> > Quite Impressive.  I am very Interested in SCOTLAND. > My name is James HARRIS and my question to You is about the > location and > geological/geographic area of "The HARRIS Islands" on the West > Coast of > SCOTLAND.   > > My Family were fishermen and may have lived in this area.  Do You > have any > Early History? > > > jIMMY >        The area known as Harris was part of the islands known as the Outer Hebrides. The islands were once divided into two areas known as Harris and Lewis. If you go to: http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?scale=100000&place=NG050940&GridE= 105000&GridN=894000&db=grid - you'll see a map you can manipulate to get a better idea of its' position. (watch that the above link may have an end of line character in it.) If you have problems with the link above go to: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ - and type in Harris in the Gazetteer provided there - it will take you to the same place! Slainte! John Gibson Chalmers - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@us.abb.com Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/