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I have added a section called (loosely) "Every Day Living" to Knapdale People. The major item here is a pdf of an inventory of ...

One of Allan McLean's descendents informed me that he and his family - after being ' cleared' from Arichonan, North Knapdale - ...

When I updated Knapdale People yesterday, I didn't notice the really egregious error I made on the 1st page of the Colin McGugan present...

if you want to know if one of your ancestors left a signature on an Inverneill Estates paper, one that I can photo for you, go to KnapdaleP...

I have a microfilm reader, and have discovered that one can make a reasonably good photo of the signatures of the signatures to be seen on t...

I have added a new section, and called it "Leaving Knapdale." The first item is a contribution by Colin McGugan. He is the descen...

Tarbet, Monday, 17th September, 1838: ... Nothing particular in Court except the account which a worthy sempstress of Campbeltown, a witness...

I received this kindly note from Mid Argyll... Hi Heather - I just wanted to thank you for all the work you have done on the Knapdale area. ...

Lord Cockburn (1779 - 1854), besides being a very substantial leader of mid 19th century Scottish society, was also the judge during the Ari...

Some lovely photos of Arichonan are up on the web right now! The first is wonderful, taken from above the settlement remains, featuring t...

while I am working on a new entry at Knapdale People website, on "Leaving Knapdale", as well as adding to the section on Major Ge...

Sharing his sailing trip up Loch Sween... a nice description for those of you who are sailors: .... After a leisurely breakfast we launch fr...

Google lets me know when Knapdale and Arichonan and etc come up on the 'net. Yesterday, they noted an interesting site for you who may ...

I did some more thinking (always a Good Thing), and compared the Hearth Tax list with known population figures, and... added the following ...

Mr. Ian MacDonald, a historian of Kintyre and Knapdale, and a great help to all family historians, has this to say in a letter: "We h...

And why is this interesting? Well, things were different then.... spelling, names, poverty, etc. I have 2 data bases on this: one by modern ...

A photo of the sailing ship Inverneill has appeared on the 'Web, posted by Australia's Victoria State Library. They say they have ...

The "Hearth Tax" of 1694 was an attempt of the central government to tax the Scottish population according to the number of hearth...

... a journal of scottish studies asked me to write something on Knapdale. I am having trouble with doing that, not just because of Sloth, b...

The Scottish Local History Forum is presenting a conference on "Scotland and Slavery", Saturday, 29 September, 10 am - 5 pm, at t...