Hi Karen and all Good point ! For over 5 years I ran the Orr One Name Study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies. I had to give it up because the Orrs are too prolific - about 100,000 currently alive in the USA alone, and I was not able to confine my research to pre 1900.! I have accumulated overr 100,000 Orr related items, and hold them in Works searchabe databases. These are mostly pre 1900 and cover Orr individuals world wide - over 30,000 in the USA, 18,000 in Scotland, 10,000 in England & Wales, 6000 in Ulster/Ireland, 3000 in Australia/NZ., 4500 in Canada. The data is variable, sometimes only a name and place, other times full dob, dod, place, marriage, children, source, contact for earlier enquiry. etc etc Also the 1881 Census for England and Scotland, Orrs KIA in WWI and II, the `Ulster Pedigree ( 2900 Orrs linked)`, I also have an interest in the history of my ancestors (the Scotch Irish) hence the many pages about the Covenanters, the migration to Ulster ( the SI) and background info on why they migrated/emigerated around the world.. This is on www.thereformation.info. and in two books,so far. I hope this helps, and doesnt flood me out < VBG :)) > Brian brian@orrnamestudy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Hart Anthony To: Brian Orr Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] New web site Congratulations! Would you please remind us all what the basic information is that you hold, when you say we could reach you by email and you could look up info on your database? generally -- what area(s) of Scotland? Ireland? any particular counties? etc. Thanks so much for your offer, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Orr" <brian@orrnamestudy.com> To: <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: [Sc-Ir] New web site > Greetings all > > Just to let you know that I have set up a new web site at > www.thereformation.info which, as the title suggests is essentially about > the conflict between the medieval Church of Rome and the establishment of > Protestantism in Great Britain ( Presbytery in Scotland,and the Church of > England) It also includes pages on the Covenanters, the migration to > Ulster ( the Ulster Scots aka the Scotch Irish) and emigration to the > former Colonies.There are some miscellaneous items on my travels in > Scotland, the children of scotland, 18th century medicine, the National > War Memorial. > > These were previously on my genealogy site at www.orrnamestudy.com. . > > I have finally (after 40 years) finally written the book (about the Orr > `family`) we all aspire to and sent it to publishers for consideration. In > consequence I have temporarily taken down the Orr site. BUT, I can still > be reached by e mail and will continue to help where I can by > interrogating my database of over 100,000 Orr entries. > > Enjoy > > Brian Orr > brian@orrnamestudy.com > > >