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Hello
My
name is John Marwick and I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. The website
was designed by my late uncle Robert C Marwick (RCM) who was born and raised on
the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland.
If you are looking for
ancestors in the Parish of Rousay,
then this website is the place for you.
The
island of Rousay
and the small neighbouring islands of Egilsay, Wyre, and
Eynhallow, make up the Parish of Rousay.
If you
would like to contact me regarding your Rousay ancestry with any
queries, please click on the Contact link on the
left side of this page or email me at 600jsm@gmail.com.
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John Marwick
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After RCM retired he
researched the histories of most of the old families in the
parish and published the results in a book called Rousay Roots which
ran to three editions but is now out of print. However, the
whole of its contents appear on this website along with a wealth of
material which does not appear in the book.
The information displayed on this site
includes -
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a copy of RCM's book Rousay Roots which
contains the family
histories of most of the old families in the parish
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eight
censuses of the parish dating from 1841 to 1911
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gravestone inscriptions from all seven cemeteries in the
parish
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a list of common surnames in the
parish
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lots of old
photographs from many families
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maps
of Orkney, Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre
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links
to other sites of genealogical interest
Since this
website went online in 1998, RCM received hundreds
of emails from residents in the UK, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, the USA and South Africa seeking information about their
Rousay forebears. Many of them have followed up the
discovery of their ancestors with a visit to Rousay to see where
they had lived.
RCM has written two other books about Rousay
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From My Rousay Schoolbag
covers the history of schooling
in the island from 1725 to the present day. It includes many
reminiscences by former pupils of their schooldays.
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In Dreams We
Moor is an
affectionate look at the island of his birth.
Rousay
Roots and these books are no longer in publication (and won't be published
again), but are occasionally available online from Amazon
and other similar sites.
John S Marwick
Banner photo -
Wasbister, Rousay is bathed in the
warm glow of an Orkney sunset.
Photo shown here by
courtesy of Charles Tait and Alistair Marwick - "Saviskaill Bay and
Wasbister Loch from Innister, Rousay".
Photo copyright www.charles-tait.co.uk
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