Hi Ian Rudimentary is just fine! Many thanks for solving a three-year-old mystery. Your help is much appreciated. Sincerely, Frances Ian wrote: >Hi Frances, > I was waiting for someone more qualified to reply >because my gaelic is very rudimentary. However, until they do, here >is my guess: "Remember your father: Donald Sutherland born at Brora >in the Shire of Sutherland, and on the twelth of the month of May, >1863" It seems to be a book of poetry written by Thomas Sutherland. > >Ian > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Frances Bishop >Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 5:04 PM >To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: 1863 Gaelic book re Donald SUTHERLAND > >Greetings to all. >This is a recycled query, originally sent to the Nova Scotia List (1998). > >Title Details: >Cumha d'athair: Domhnull Sutherlan a bh'ann am Brora an Siorrachd >Chatabh, agus a dh'eug sa' mhios Mhaigh 1863. > >Does anyone on the SUT list have the Gaelic? >I would dearly love to know how this title translates into English. > >During a visit to the National Library of Scotland (on holiday from >Canada), my husband and I found reference in the Sutherland Estate >Papers to a Donald Sutherland who was a water bailiff at Brora, >County Sutherland (sorry, I have no other details). I wonder if >there could be any connection between this man and the man in the >book's title. > >I will be grateful for any help at all with this one. > >This title is held by Glasgow University. The citation given on the >excellent COPAC web site for UK university libraries is "Main Library; >Celtic, JG120, SUT; No 1 of 8 pamphlets bound together". The COPAC >web site (university research libraries in the UK and Ireland) for >searches by author/title, periodical and subject is at >http://copac.ac.uk/copac > >Does anyone know of a Canadian library source for this publication? > >Best wishes, >Frances >bishad@direct.ca > > >==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. >You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > >==============================