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Homecoming 2007 2 NEWSLETTER of the ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Issue No NEWSLETTER OFSIB THE ORKNEY FAMILY FOLK HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSISSUE No 42 JUNE 2007 Homecoming 2007 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Issue No. 42 June 2007 Chairman’s farewell This has been a very 9th cousin It is amazing how often there was a family special year for the Society resemblance, obviously the Orcadian genes are very with our 10th anniversary strong. George and Elaine has gone for a well earned rest celebration in February and hopefully will come back refreshed and raring to go and the Homecoming in with all your queries. May . I hope you all liked Our calendar of events continues with our ‘Summer our Anniversary edition Ooting’ in June with a Mystery Tour of South Ronaldsay, of the Sib Folk News hopefully including visits to places not normally open to The committee thought the public. We are still in negotiation so see the report in that we should have a the next Sib Folk. We also hope to be at the Vintage Rally small souvenir made as usual and are waiting for confirmation. to give to all our members and obviously it had to be At the AGM in May the meeting voted in our new something that could be posted to everyone so we decided Chairman Alan Clouston I want to wish him well and on a bookmark and our editor very kindly volunteer to hope he enjoys his time as Chairman as much as I have design for us. You should all find one enclosed with this for the last three years. All the support I’ve had from the edition of your magazine , if not please let us know. committee has made the job much easier than it could I want to thank all the ‘Homecomers’ for making the have been especially George and Nan who were always journey to Orkney and making the whole event a there to nag (Oops!) advise me. We’ve had a lot of fun success. It was a real pleasure to meet you all and hope along the way. you enjoyed your visit and will come back to see us very On behalf of the society I would also to thank our soon. You will see a report of the visit in this edition of Patron Brigadier Sidney Robertson for the keen interest the magazine and may see yourself in the middle page he has taken in the setting up of the society and the spread. continued help and support he has given over the last I hope you have all recovered from your hectic schedule ten years we appreciate it very much , also our Honorary and ready to get stuck into your family trees. I know you Vice President Gavin Rendall if not for his drive and will all agree with me that the biggest thank you must go determination we would not have the Society we have to George Gray for all the research he did for you before today. you came and in most cases managing to find relatives CHAIRMAN here in Orkney for you to meet whether it was 2nd or Anne Rendall Introducing our new Chairperson Alan Clouston was appointed of the Society over its ten years of its high standards, its at the May AGM as our new recognition and reputation as one of the most active Societies chairperson. Alan has been a in Scotland under the leadership of Nan Scott and Anne member of the Society since 1999 Rendall. It is much appreciated that both continue to serve on and latterly an active member of the Committee”. the Committee. The completion of the second Orkney Homecoming in May He is an Orcadian, born in the brought back the importance of one’s heritage no matter parish of Orphir where he also where in the world you live. He recalls a specifically moving now lives with his wife Brenda. experience during the previous homecoming in 1999. “In His ancestral heritage stems search of Nurquoy” became a Canadian radio broadcast where from Clouston, Groundwater, Alan led an “Inkster” family to stand where their ancestors had Robertson, Work, Marwick, lived at Nurquoy all those years ago. “Although the buildings Morrison, Reid, Guthrie, Hercus, had long gone, we stood up to our knees in long wet grass, in and Knarston families. the wind and heavy rain but this could not hide the tears of the Early this year Alan took early family in being able to see the view and landscape that their retirement from his post as Assistant Director of Education ancestors had seen over a hundred years earlier”. and Recreation Services with Orkney Islands Council. During As the Society enters its second decade Alan feels it is important his 30+ years of work he has an extensive knowledge of the to review our operations – to keep all that is best practice; communities and the people around the islands. to improve areas where we can offer more opportunities His own research has concentrated on his Clouston and and activities to our continuing growing membership and to Morrison ancestry and on his wife’s Tait ancestors. However maintain the success of the Society. The Society’s strength lies constant diversions of research of other Orphir families, the old in the tremendous work of the willing band of volunteers who buildings and place names of the parish give a wider flavour of staff the office, the quality publication of our Sib Folk News and his passion for family history. He is writing his mum’s story of the fantastic success of our researchers who continue to link the Morrisons where she was “One of Seventeen”. descendents across the world with their Orcadian ancestry. On his appointment as Chairperson he said, “ It is a great Alan feels sure the Society can continue to serve its membership privilege to be appointed the third chairperson of what is one well and would welcome ideas and feedback from the large of Orkney’s most valued organisations. The celebration of the Society’s “family”. Society’s tenth anniversary marked a milestone of the growth Alan can be contacted by E-mail at [email protected] Issue No. 42 June 2007 NEWSLETTER OF THE ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY 3 James Irvine reports on the 18th Annual Conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies, Inverness, Sat April 21st SAFHS was founded in 1986 and our Society has been a also migrated from the Lowlands, and much 19th century member since 2000. Although Nan Scott and others have emigration was motivated by the assiduous advertising attended several of SAFHS AGMs, this was their first by authorities in USA and the Dominions. Annual Conference at which the OFHS was represented. Professor Jim Hunter, Head of History at the Nan Scott, Davina Brown, James Irvine, Leslie Foubister University of the Highlands and Islands, described his and Stephen and Helen Manson were amongst nearly fascinating discovery of the story of the red Indian, 150 delegates from most of the 27 member Societies. Duncan MacDonald, the son of a Hudsons Bay Company The evening before the Conference the Depute-Provost fur trader, who married the daughter of the chief of the of the City of Inverness Nez Perce, and the 36 hosted an enjoyable Civic generation pedigree Reception in Inverness from Duncan’s 97 year Town House. We were also old nephew, whom Jim able to see the Council met in Montana, back Chamber, the venue in through Culloden, the 1921 of the only meeting of massacre of Glencoe to the UK Cabinet to be held Somerled and Gofraid, outside London. son of Fergus, who Early birds the next came to the Highlands morning helped set up the from Ireland in AD Society tables: ours was 835: “Some may call well advertised by John it coincidence, I call it Sinclair’s splendid new Providence”. banner. During the day David Stenhouse, we answered many queries journalist and Senior and sold several census, Producer at BBC Radio MI booklets and other local Scotland, spoke on publications. “Scots and ‘Former SAFHS Chairman Scots’: Learning to Neil Murray welcomed love the Diaspora”. delegates to the formal He contrasted the conference, which was popularity of the Irish opened by Roddy Balfour, and Scots in USA, at Chairman of Inverness Left to right: Helen Manson, Nan Scott and Davina Brown least until Sir Harry Area Education Committee Lauder and Braveheart, and Chieftain of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, and and challenged those cynical of the kitsch of Tartan chaired by Graeme Mackenzie, Chairman of the Highland Day and the many Highland Games in USA, that these FHS. The theme for the lectures was “Emigration - from phenomena had grown in part through the failure of Poverty to Prosperity?” For this our hosts had selected most Scots to recognise the yearnings and achievements four speakers, each of whom was both ably qualified and of ‘former Scots’, the latter manifest by the ‘Tartan an entertaining presenter, and although Professor Ted takeover’ of London. Few of us will forget his hilarious Cowan was unable to attend through injury, the other anecdotes of the four year old Haggis Lassie, the 25-foot three certainly lived up to their reputations. model of Dunvegan Castle that fell off its trailer, and Dr.Marjory Harper, a Senior Lecturer in History at Mrs.Scarlatti’s ‘Clan for Non-Aligned Scots’. Aberdeen University, spoke on “Adventurers and Exiles: A stimulating discussion session rounded off a most Exploring the Scottish Exodus”. Noting that ‘the Scots are enjoyable day. As I gather this was a typical SAFHS brilliant at living anywhere but Scotland’, she stressed conference I can heartily recommend OFHS members that while ‘The Highland Clearances’ were terrible, many attend its successors.
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