Booklet “Island Postal History” Series: No.9, 1979
Booklet about the history of the postal services to the islands of Mull, Iona, Coll & Tiree, published by the author James A. MacKay of Dumfries in 1979.
2010.67.1
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Dates: 1700s
2010.58.1
Map of Isle of Tiree 1768-9
Printout of scanned map of Tiree based on the map from Turnbull`s Report 1768-9 (map L5) on the status of farms of Tiree. Stored in map key folder and as PDF file on computer.
2010.55.1
Book “Family of Alexander McLean of Tiree”
Book about the family of Alexander McLean of Cornaigbeg (b.1809, d. 1885). Five of his 13 children and their children lived on the Maraekakaho property in New Zealand. Alexander`s first wife Catherine McLean, Kenovay, died after her 6th child (the drunk doctor set fire to her bed!). His second wife Flora MacKinnon, Baugh, bore him another 7 children. Includes pull-out A3 map of old Tiree.
2010.53.12
Family trees and correspondence relating to Captain Charles MacKinnon, Ruaig (1838 – 1926)
Family trees and correspondence relating to the family and descendants of Captain Charles MacKinnon, Ruaig. Includes two bound family trees for the ancestors of Margaret MacKinnon, (b.Tiree 1933), and for Thomas Roy MacIntyre, Ohio.
2010.53.34
Assorted family trees belonging to Alasdair Sinclair, Brock (1923-2009).
Eight handwritten family trees made by Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, in 1998, regarding his family and ancestors, listed as descendents of: Archibald MacKinnon `Gilleasbuig Mor` (b.1767); Fingon MacKinnon, Salum, (1795-1859); Archibald MacKinnon `Gilleasbuig Og`, Ruaig, (b. 1785); Charles MacKinnon (1838-1926); Donald MacKinnon, Ruaig (1796-1870); Donald MacIntyre, Kirkapol (1737-1800).
2010.50.4
Mounted news article about Edward Charles Cortis-Stanford – pioneer of the Scottish seaweed industry
Laminated and mounted newspaper article regarding Edward Cortis-Stanford`s seaweed industry in the Scottish islands, including Tiree, in the 1800s. Was on display in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010. In two panels with copper hanging wire.
2010.11.1
Email about completion of “Donald the Pilot” project
Printed email to An Iodhlann about the completion and online publication of the “Donald the Pilot” project. Donald MacLean of Ruaig piloted the ship taking the escaping Bonnie Prince Charlie to France after the ill-fated Uprising of 1745. Contains links to the genealogy of Donald the Pilot (ancestors and descendants), the database, and story.
2010.7.1
MacKinnon (Vaul) family tree 1708-2009
Photocopy of handwritten family tree of Archie Johnstone (Kent) whose grandmother was Mary Flora MacKinnon of Vaul. Goes back 6 generations to Archibald MacKinnon & Anna McQuarry of Isle of Muck (b1710) and Hector MacKinnon & Christina MacLean of Isle of Rhum (b1708).
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2009.159.1
Printout of internet family tree of Morty Regenstreif who is buried at Soroby Cemetery
Family tree of Mortimer `Morty` Regenstreif who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII and was shot down over the north sea. He was buried at Soroby Cemetery, Tiree.
2009.146.1
Paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides from “General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides” by James MacDonald A.M.
Typed transcript of a paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides in 1743, by James MacDonald. It describes the reluctance of the tenants to grow potatoes and the eventual domination in their diet.