Welcome to The Flett Family Online.
The following websites are dedicated to telling the story of James Flett and his wife Janet Muir.
They are the progenitors of a family that now extends across Canada and the United States.


 These sites trace the six generations that have followed James and Janet Flett  -using both photographs and text.
However, special preference is given to the first three generations.


The other sites to visit are:


This web site is meant to be used, to be enjoyed, and to be shared by the descendents of James and Janet Flett,
as well as by any and all who are interested in the contents of this site.


The following links will take you to other websites which might be of interest
The Orkney Webpage
Orkney Tourist Information
Orkneyjar - The Heritage of Orkney
The Official Website of the Island of Sanday
Charles Tait Photography, Orkney
The County of Bruce
The Town of Walkerton

If you have any information that you feel needs to be added, or if anything in this website is inaccurate or incomplete, please let me know.
Simply email me, and the corrections and additions will be made as quickly as possible!

The following sources have been used for both information and content in making these websites:


Books
  • Assessment and Taxation Rolls for the Township of Brant: 1867-1897.  Courtesy of Mr. Gary Napper, Clerk-Treasurer of the Township of Brant.
  • Baxter, Angus.  In Search of Your Roots.  Toronto:  MacMillan of Canada.  1986.
  • Brant Township Historical Society. The History of the Township of Brant.  Ed. Laura Gateman.  Owen Sound, Canada:  RBW Inc.  1979.
  • The Flett Family Bible.
  • Historical Atlas of the Counties of Grey and Bruce:  1880, 2nd reprint ed. Stratford, Canada:  Cummings Publishers.  1980.
  • Laing, Lloyd.  Orkney and Shetland:  An Archaeological Guide.  Newton Abbot, England:  David and Charles.  1974.
  • Marwick, Alastair B. Costa Heritage .  Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland: The Orcadian Limited.  2001.  (Alastair Marwick is a great-great-great-grandson of Magnus Flett.  Although Magnus Flett was born on the island of Eynhallow in 1771, it is unclear how, or if, Magnus and James Flett may have been related.)
  • Mooney, John.  Eynhallow, The Holy Island of the Orkneys.  Second Reprint Edition.  Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland: W.R. Mackintosh.  1976.
  • Robertson, Norman. A History of the County of Bruce: 1903.  Owen Sound, Canada:  RBW Inc.  1971.
  • Schei, Liv Kjorsvik and Gunnie Moberg. The Islands of Orkney.  Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland:  Colin Baxter.  2000.
  • Wickham-Jones, Caroline. Orkney: A Historical Guide.  Edinburgh:  Birlinn Ltd.  1998.
Archives, Museums, Societies, and Libraries
  • The Public Archives of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario.
  • The Archives of Ontario - Toronto, Ontario.
  • The County of Bruce Museum and Archives - Southampton, Ontario.
  • The Walkerton Library.
  • The Ontario Historical Society.
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada Archives - Toronto, Ontario.
  • Heritage Walkerton - Walkerton, Ontario.
  • RMB Genealogical Services - Stouffville, Ontario.
  • The Presbyterian Church in America Historical Center - St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Time Passages: Genealogy of the Dakotas - Horace, North Dakota.
  • The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Orkney Roots Research - Stromness, Orkney.
  • The Orkney Library and Archives - Kirwall, Orkney.
  • The Orkney Family History Society - Kirkwall, Orkney.
Personal Correspondence
  • Mr. Dale Wilson of Heritage Walkerton.
  • Ms. Tracey Knapp of the Walkerton Library
  • Mr. Wayne Sparkman, Director of the Presbyterian Church in America Historical Center.
  • Mrs. Joan Lowrey, Genealogical Researcher, La Jolla, California.
  • Mrs. Elizabeth LaDoucer, Genealogical Researcher, Amerherstburg, Ontario.
  • Ms. Suzanne Palmer, Researcher for the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times
  • Ms. Cathy Thorsteinson - Willoughby Historical Museum.
  • Mrs. Annella McCallum of Orkney Roots Research.
  • Mr. Philip Astley, Orkney Heritgage Society.
  • Mr. George Gray, Orkney Family History Society.
  • Mr. Gregor Lamb, Authority on Orkney Surnames.
Cemeteries
  • Town of Walkerton, Ontario
  • Village of Malcolm, Ontario
  • Town of Amherstburg, Ontario
  • Village of Evie, Orkney, Scotland
Obituaries
  • James Flett
  • Janet Muir (Mrs. James Flett)
  • Mary Muir (Mrs. Thomas Tulloch)
  • John Arthur Flett
  • Helen Flett (Mrs. W.J. McNally)
  • W.J. McNally
  • Miss Janet Flett
  • The Reverend Wesley Baker
  • Arthur McNally
  • Douglas Flett
  • John F. Baker

 
 
Hello everyone, my name is David Lamb.  I was born and raised in the small town of Durham, Ontario, Canada.  I received a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Queen's University in Kingston in 1987.  At the same time I received a Bachelor of Education which qualified me to teach English and Social Studies at the high school level.  My first job was as a high school English and Social Studies teacher at the Universal American School in Kuwait, a position I held until 1990.  Due to the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, I spent the 1990-91 school year at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, Turkey (birthplace of the Apostle Paul).  Following the liberation of Kuwait, I returned to teach at the American International School.  While working there I met Tessa Pedotto of Tempe, Arizona.  We were married in 1996. 
In 1997 we moved to Caracas, Venezuela where we worked at the Colegio Internacional de Caracas. While we lived in Venezuela we experienced the birth of our son, Brendan, in 1999.  In June of 2000 we moved to our home in Chandler, Arizona where we intend to "stay put" at least for a little while.  In January of 2002 our family got a little larger with the arrival of our twin sons, Collin and Garrett.
I first became interested in genealogy while I was still in high school.  I guess it was just a precursor to my job as a history teacher.  With the advent of the modern age of communications I found that researching our collective family tree had become much easier.  What is more, these systems of communications make it easy for me to share this information as well.  I hope you enjoy the information that you find at these sites.
David Lamb
Tempe, Arizona
February, 2007