Crofters on the march – my rather dramatic title for a short talk I did in recently as part of the mini All About that Place online event. My talk focused on crofters from North Walls and Brims, Orkney, Scotland, and their applications for a fair rent following the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886.. The | more…
Were your ancestors crofters? That is, living in one of the seven crofting counties of Scotland – Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire and Argyll – with a holding of not more than £30 in annual value or rent. If the answer is yes and they were there from 1886 onwards there’s a | more…
An American ‘Labor Day’ theme this week for #52Ancestors: work. The vast majority of my ancestors were crofters and farmers, combined in varying proportions with fishing or, less frequently, a trade. This time I’m focusing on James Nic(h)olson, my paternal granny’s father, so one of my great grandfathers. (The ‘h’ creeps into the family name | more…
