Scanned copy of four receipts received by John MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig, acknowledging his payment of £1 and 15 shillings for rent of his land from the Duke of Argyll. Signed by the factor Hugh MacDiarmid in 1895 and 1897.
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Summary of research into the families and descendants of people at the centre of the Balephuil Fishing Disaster of 1856, by descendant Sharon Clayton, Canada, in 2020.
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Article written in 2020 by Shanna Avery, USA, about tracing the ancestry of the McLeans of Chase, Michigan, back to Donald McLean of Vaul.
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Short memoir about life on Tiree in the RAF during the 1960s. Ray Murton was part of the RAF detachment during 1961-1964.
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Careers article from the ‘Vet Record’ magazine, April 2019, about Tiree’s new vet Anne Stanely, and life in the islands for her and her husband Mark.
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Scanned copy of a newspaper obituary for Captain Allan Campbell (b. ca 1900), Scarinish, in around 1980. Allan Campbell was a deep-sea mariner all his life, including serving in the Merchant Navy during WWII.
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Scanned copy of a typed appeal to raise £15,000 for the Tiree Public Hall Renovation fund during the 1980s. Signed by C A MacLennan, Chairperson. The appeal was for the old hall at Crossapol.
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Scanned copies of five letters to a Scottish newspaper in 1970, discussing the meaning and origin of the word ‘teuchter’, which is old slang for a rural worker. Correspondents are Donald G Mackenzie (Stevenston), Hugh Cattenach (Glenfinnan), A H MacAlpin (East Kilbride), Angus Macintyre (Tobermory) and Renwick H Leitch (Skelmorlie).
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Scanned copy of a certificate of an apprentice’s indenture belonging to Niall Colin Brown Campbell, Scarinish (b.1933), dated 1949. His mother, Margaret Campbell, signed her consent to the apprenticeship. They lived at Deobedal, Scarinish. Niall served his apprenticeship with H Hogarth & Sons, Shipowners, Glasgow, until 1953. The reverse side of the document includes the names of the ships Niall served on and his pay. Niall signed his name C Campbell suggesting that he was known as Colin Campbell.
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Scanned copy of a Board of Trade Certificate of Competency, First Class Engineer, to John Cromarty Brown (b.1861), Mannal House, signed in 1893 at Cardiff, Wales. Printed on parchment or vellum.
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