Webpage printout of the descendants of Neil MacKinnon.
Family tree for the descendants of Neil MacKinnon and Flora MacDonald who were married in Tiree on 29/5/1787.
1999.23.2
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Dates: 1900s
2002.190.9
Hardback book `The Road to the Isles` by Derek Cooper.
Evocative account of the Hebrides drawn from the journals and memoirs of intrepid travellers and the author`s many personal journeys.
2002.192.1
Family tree for the author Alistair MacLean.
Sketch family tree for Alistair Maclean, the author.
2002.193.5
Hardback book `Raasay` by Norma MacLeod.
The history of Raasay from the medieval period into the twentieth century.
2002.193.6
Paperback book `Old Skye tales` by William MacKenzie.
William Mackenzie (1851-1935) records local legends, folklore and superstition, the changes he saw in agriculture, education, the Church and emigration and recounts the history of Skye`s leading families and also the lives and experiences of crofters for whose rights he actively campaigned in the 1880s.
2001.101.1
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacKinnon, Heanish, talking to Maggie Campbell in 2001.
Hugh MacKinnon of Heanish talking to Maggie Campbell about the Mary Stewart bought by his father for Donald MacLean, Scarinish; his work on the roads before the war; joining the Merchant Navy in 1939; his brothers one of whom was awarded the DSC for Bravery at Dunkirk; his teachers at school in Scarinish, fishing by boat off Heanish.
2000.28.20
Black and white photograph of the crew of the `Baron Polwarth` around 1916.
The crew of the Baron Polwarth around 1916. Front row: John MacKinnon, Balephetrish (1st left); possibly Walter MacDonald, Moss (2nd left); Hugh Cameron, Cornaigmore (4th left); Hector MacMillan, Cornaigmore (5th left). Back row: Charles MacDonald, Middleton (2nd left); John MacArthur, Middleton (4th left) .
2002.187.1
Microfilm of 1901 census. (Districts 544`1 to 551`2. Box No. 185)
1901 census on microfilm
2002.179.4
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
Stories of violence, one from Tiree recorded by John Gregorson Campbell in his book `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
1997.233.1
Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald talking to Reg Knapman in Scarinish in 1982
Iain MacDonald (Iain Noan) talks to Reg Knapman in 1982 about the MacLeans in Cornaig and Scarinish and their relation to Rossdhu, his grandfather and the `Mary Stewart`, starting work, WWII, CalMac ships and the service years ago, Tiree working boats, Flora Campbell and her family, the MacLeans and MacDonalds of Kenovay, the Rev. James Curry, Dr Armstrong and Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster.