A grateful thanks to all those that replied to my request for information on
the Bews/Sinclair Orkney link.
To Niven-thanks for those exciting historical snippets that led to much mirth
in the Bews camp.They are hotly debating the merits of whether to be
hobgoblins,dandies or otherwise.(Also while I have you on line-thanks for the
very powerful poem of David Vedder's -'Orcadia'-Ive shared it around)
To Jack Brown-a very informative link.Thanks a million.The Orkney website
www.familysearch.org was a goldmine,especially the database of Walt
Custer's.I found six Bews/Sinclair intermarriages (inevitable really when you
consider they were neighbours-and of course Sinclair women being so becoming)
To Milamba-dont get too excited.This Melbourne Sinclair is an NZ immigrant
and working as a GP in Knox City-not related to your gathering.The Bews
families are close friends and we were recently remarking on how history
comes round in circles and astonishing patterns reemerge.This led to this
research that because we were both Orcadians way back,our family friendship
might be a pattern of an earlier historical link.Were still working on
that-because it has now become extremely likely
Cheers
Ross Sinclair