Sutherland Archives

Changes at Janealogy

Picture of St Johns Kirk North Walls, Orkney, also known as the Peedie Kirk

As I am now winding down my family history research business, I will only take on work relating to Orkney or the north Highlands, with research from autumn 2023. This website will remain for the next year or so while I decide how to continue to make available some of the resources. My aim is | more…

Kildonan, Sutherland – the Clearances Trail

Information post on the Clearances Trail, Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland

In summer 1976 I read The Highland Clearances by John Prebble on the long trip north by train from a family holiday in Edinburgh. The memory is vivid as the journey took us past the statue of the Duke of Sutherland above Golspie, Sutherland. I recall feeling angry as I read how the tenants were | more…