Analysis of even a small snapshot of officers in the Jacobite army of 1745 reveals a complex web of close inter-relationships. The chart below is an example of […]

  Note: Having received a considerable number of queries in relation to a possible entry for Galbraith of Culcreuch, I decided to pull together what evidence I had for them […]

    Note: Yet another example of a fascinating family with a story to tell but who have fallen into complete obscurity. The lands they possessed and from which they […]

  I have received a considerable number of enquiries relating to the genealogy of the Somervilles of Cambusnethan. I had intended to include an entry for them in the first […]

The Three Donalds of Ballachulish In a letter dated 16 October 1844, John oig MacColl, a well-known Gaelic Tradition-bearer from the Ballachulish area, laid out the descent of three generations […]

  I was delighted to receive an email from the noted Orwell biographer, Darcy Moore, in relation to my research findings published in Volume 2 of the Red Book laying […]

    From Red Book of Scotland, Fifth Series, Volume 6, pp. 393-394. NOTE: Robert Erskine was the youngest of the three sons of John Erskine of Dun who had […]

    NOTE: Research for this entry is still underway and it is published here as a work in progress.   GORDON of GIGHT   Sir William Gordon, 1st of […]

  NOTE: This entry is still within the research stages and is published here as a work in progress.   FRASER of KNOCK   William Fraser of Knock, is the […]

    NOTE: This entry is still within the research stage and is published here as a work in progress.   STEWART of KILCHATTAN     Ninian Stewart of Kildavnan […]