Copied birth certificate and photograph of Alexander Campbell MacLean of Kilmoulaig.
Birth certificate for Alexander Campbell MacLean of Kilmoulaig, born 20th August 1878 with attached photograph, used for a job application and stamped by the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Toronto.
Copy of the birth certificate for Mary Ann MacLean of Middleton, born on 1/5/1870.
Birth certificate for Mary Ann MacLean of Middleton, born on 1st May 1870, the daughter of Alexander MacLean and his wife Flora MacKinnon..
An Iodhlann`s visitors book 1997-2007.
An Iodhlann` s visitor book with comments from 4 July 1997 to 28 June 2007.
Copied school certificate of 1950 for Janet MacArthur.
School certificate for Janet Brown nee MacArthur dated 1960 and signed by headmaster Allan MacDougall.
Photocopied letter from the Kirk Session of Tiree dated 13th June 1821.
Letter dated 13th June 1821, signed by the minister Neil MacLean, the Session Clerk Alexander Mathewson and three others, attesting to the `unimpeached moral character` of Donald MacPhaiden, his wife Catherine MacNaughton and their family and recommending them to `any Christian Society or Congregation` in North America.
Scanned photo of a Naval telegram regarding D-Day.
Naval telegram advising of the postponement of D-Day by one day.
Two death certificates from New South Wales, Australia, for Catherine and John Lamont, 1903-7
Death certificates for Catherine Baker nee Lamont (1819-1820), dated 1903, and for John Lamont, born in Tiree in 1844, the son of Hector and Catherine Lamont, dated 1907.
Valuation for Lodge Farm, Kikrapol for 1966-7.
Valuation for Lodge Farm, Kikrapol for 1966-7.
Police report on the theft of peats
Transcription of a police report on the theft of peats from the Tiree peat moss in the Ross of Mull in 1860.
Courtesy of Argyll & Bute Archives
In 1801 the 5th Duke of Argyll instructed his chamberlain of Tiree: ‘No peats to be allowed to crofters from the mosses in the island, which are nearly exhausted, but coals must be imported…They can be allowed to take peats from Ross in Mull if they chuse.’
In the previous century the people of Tiree had frequently resorted to the peat mosses in the Ross of Mull for their fuel, a practice that continued, some say, until the beginning of the 20th century. The men and boys would sail over to the Ross in the spring to cut and stack the peats, returning later in the year to ferry the dried peats back to Tiree.
In 1860 Effy MacKinnon of Ardtun appeared before Sheriff Robertson in Tobermory charged with stealing peats belonging to Gilbert MacDonald of Balemartine. She was found guilty and sentenced to six days imprisonment.
