Hi Betty

Still cannnot find a link. Most of my Groats are from the Walls and Flotta Parish.

The IGI lists the following:
James Bichen GROAT (M) C: 27 Jun 1841 in Deerness, Orkney
Father: John GROAT
Mother: Mary MACKIE

William GROAT (M) B: 16 Jan 1844 in Deerness, Orkney
Father: John GROAT
Mother: Mary MACKIE

John Hebron GROAT (M) C: 14 Mar 1841 in Deerness, Orkney
Father: John GROAT
Mother: Mary MAKIE

I assume this is the James and father John to whom you refer. Do you have any Walls and Flotta connections or a dob for father John?

Tracey