Very right - it was *me* that had a senior moment! Thanks for your response, would be nice to see how your house came out, maybe someday if I win the lottery! Cate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Thain" <norma.thain@balgavies.demon.co.uk> To: "Petrie-Scotland Mailing List" <petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] another Petrie request > Hello Catherine > > Oh dear Catherine...for a minute there I thought I had had a major time > lapse.... ....and the builders did seem to take forever to complete the > renovations > ....but I think that it was 2003 when you visited.... ;o) > > I do remember your visit with your husband, it was very nice to meet you > both > and we spent a lovely afternoon chatting about our potential family > links...your Janet Stirling (nee Petrie) was the 1st death recorded in > the > 1855 records for Panbride Parish....and I have still yet to find any firm > evidence to prove that my gt gt gt gt grandfather Thomas Petrie was the > son > of James Petrie & Margaret Stalker of Monikie....and if only I could, we > would be related !!! > > I have been off-line for a long time too.... so it's wonderful to catch up > with everyone. > > I will be delighted to send you a link & password for access to the > Petrie-Scotland Website. > I will organise that now and it will come in a seperate e.mail direct from > the website via My Family.com.... > > bibi > norma > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Catherine Stirling-Gould" <cstirlinggould@earthlink.net> > To: "Norma Thain" <norma.thain@balgavies.demon.co.uk> > Cc: <petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:53 PM > Subject: another Petrie request > > >> Hi Norma: >> I visited you in 1999 or so, when I was in the UK with my husband who is >> from Dorset. You were in the middle of a massive reno, but kindly gave >> us >> tea and hospitality. I brought you a little cowboy teatowel if it jogs >> your memory. . . >> I moved from Michigan to New Mexico in 2005, and am finally getting ready >> to resume my genealogy, after some years spent with my parents passages >> and others. May I request you send me a link to access our Petrie of >> Scotland ( I am descended from Janet Petrie Stirling b. 30 November 1764 >> in Hillhead/Monikie/forfar - she was the first person in the Scots GRO >> records - and talked with you at one time about whether her brother >> Thomas >> (?) was part of your line.) I am glad to be able to contact you again, >> and hope you and yours are well and happy. Hello to all you Petries! >> Catherine (Stirling Gould) >> >> > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0638-1, 22/09/2006 > Tested on: 25/09/2006 10:58:54 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PETRIE-SCOTLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >