« on: Saturday 02 June 12 18:41 BST (UK) »
Hi Chatters,
I received an e-mail this morning from a new found relative. He was speaking to another "cousin" who indicated that the family owned several islands in Shetland for "many generations" & sold them before they left Shetland between 1881 & 1891.
I'm aware of the Shetland family history website - Bayanne. It doesn't provide any hints that might help us solve this new mystery. Just for clarification, the reason we're interested in this subject is that we have had an old mystery as to where the heck the money came from for the generation of Inkster children born in Shetland between 1859 to 1881.
Can someone suggest how we might determine if the family did own several islands & sell them between 1881 & 1891?
Thank you in advance for any direction you can provide on how we might go about researching land ownership for our family.
MACDONALD of Benbecula, Scotland, Earlswood/Wapella Sask
BAIN of Aberdeenshire, Trafford district, Red Jacket and Moosomin, Sask
CHEYNE of Aberdeenshire & Trafford district, Sask
FISHER of Yorkshire, Ontario & Saskatchewan
INKSTER of Shetland, Edinburgh, Sask and BC
GAUNT of Yorkshire, Kent, BC & Australia
KINCH of Ireland, PEI, Ab, Sask
CORCORAN of Ireland, PEI & Sask
GOTZ / GOETZ of Soufflenheim, Alsace & Ont
MITTELHAUSSER of Soufflenheim, Alsace
MULLER or MILLER of Drusenheim, Alsace & Ont