Paperback booklet `Croft History – Isle of St Kilda` by Bill Lawson.
Genealogical information about the people of St Kilda ordered by Croft number.
See page 23: record of Malcolm MacArthur, Kilkenneth
2000.126.3
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1999.303.13
Hardback book `Warriors and Priests: The History of the Clan MacLean 1300-1570` by Nicholas MacLean-Bristol.
The origin and history of the Clan MacLean, with references to Tiree in the index.
2000.67.2
Audio cassette recording of a ceilidh with Angus and Nella Munn, Neil and Vivienne Johnston and Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Angus Munn and Neil Johnston talk about electrician and builder Angus MacRae who was the first man to install TVs in Tiree and had a shop in Baugh, the inebriate MacEwan who was a professional golfer, the 18-hole golf course in Scarinish, the crofts in Heanish, Angus’s relations in Heanish, Captain MacKinnon’s relationship to the Nisbets, John Munn and his shop and horse-drawn van, the puffer Mary & Effie unloading at Port a’ Mhuilinn and the fishing boats that used to sail from this harbour.
2001.176.1
Account of the Clark family titled `Tiree Tales`.
Account of the Clark family and their connections to Tiree, with three family trees.
2004.25.3
Hardback book `Monro`s Western Isles of Scotland` edited by R. W. Munro.
The first known description of the Western Isles written from personal observation by Donald Munro, Archdeacon of the Isles, in 1549, with the descent of the five main branches of Clan Donald.
2001.98.1
Photocopied letter dated 11/5/1910 from Darah Lamont of Ruaig about his family tree.
Letter dated 11/5/1910 from Darah (Donald) Lamont of Ruaig to his cousin James Stuart MacFadyen at Blair Atholl Manse about their family, some in Australia and the USA.
1998.280.1
Audio cassette recording of Anneen Black talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.
Anneen Black (Anneen Mhòr Lachainn Iain) of Ruaig talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) about her holidays each year on Tiree since childhood, friends and social visits, genealogy, Ruaig Post Office, church and Sunday School, Ruaig School, the achievements of Tiree people, her uncle Donald Lamont MBE, her life as a teacher/headmistress and advisor to Primary Education Services in Glasgow.
1998.290.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.
2000.120.1
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacKinnon, Kilkenneth talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2000.
Hector MacKinnon of Kilkenneth talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2000 about the people who used to live in Kilkenneth, their relations and employment, how the roads used to be and the large numbers of horses, the self-sufficiency of people in his young days, Land Leagues, wells, leaving Kilkenneth aged 18, the emigration to Canada after the Glassary closed, the fall in the population of Moss, the Tiree bards and the size of families.Tha Eachann Mhic Fhiongain a Cille Choinneach a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns a’ Mhàigh 2000 mu na daoine a b’ àbhaist a bhi fuireach ann an Cille Choinneach, an càirdean agus an dreuchd aca, staid na rathaidean o chionn fhada agus an àireamh mhòr eich a bh’ ann, cho fèin-bhith ’s bha daoine ann an làithean òige, ‘Land Leagues’, tobraichean, a’ fàgail Cille Choinneach mar a bha e ochd bliadhna deug a dh’ aois, daoine fàgail an dùthaich a’ dol gu Canada an dèidh do ’n Glasairidh dùnadh, cho beag de dhaoine a th’ anns a’ Mhòinteach, na bàird Thirisdich agus meud na teaghlaichean.
2001.16.6
Family Group Record for John MacPhaiden and his wife Catherine MacLean.
Family Group Record for John MacPhaiden and his wife Catherine MacLean from Coll and their fifteen children, all born in Salum.