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Blog posts with the tag 'Elster'

Assumptions, a puzzle and a link – Elster, North Walls, Orkney

This is all that remains of the house on the former croft of Elster, near Lyness, in the island of Hoy, Orkney. Location map. My grandfather, John Ross, was born at Elster on 28 May 1889 and his family was still there on 5 April 1891 when the census was taken. But very recently, in  |  more…

Posted on 18 August 2022.   Filed under General, North Walls, One-Place Study   Tagged: Elster, Kennedy, Sinclair
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