In a message dated 4/3/02 3:05:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, SCT-CAITHNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << It's always referred to as Orkney, not the Orkneys. >> Fiona, I completely agree - except ..... Is it too late to revise the title of B.H. Hossack's marvellous book from over a century ago?? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada mcharrison@compuserve.com HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census.

> << It's always referred to as Orkney, not the Orkneys. > >> > Fiona, > I completely agree - except ..... > > Is it too late to revise the title of B.H. Hossack's marvellous book from > over a century ago?? > > Ken Harrison The Orkneys has certainly been used pretty often historically, but it still remains that if anyone nowadays says "the Orkneys" all Orcadians collectively cringe! There's an interesting article on the usage on the Orcadian's website: http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/theorkneys.htm Fiona Orkney