Ballachulish

[nkbauer]

Hello,
Thank you for your suggestions Martin.I don't know much about the area either as I live in Canada. Both my great great grandmother b. 1812 and great grandmother b 1844 state in the  1851 census records that they were born in Appin but in later census records they said they were born in Ballachulish. As I said I cannot find their births on SP or in the IGI. Could it be that they weren't registered at birth? Are there parish records in existence that have not be copied to SP?
I don't know of any churches other than St. John's which you mentioned and St. Muns or St. Mundas. Does anyone know of others that existed in those birth years in those areas? And do records from these churches exist? At the moment I am not even sure if these relatives were protestant or catholic. My grandmother was Prebyterian as far as I know but she died before I was born. Now there is no one left to ask.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Nan

[Martin Briscoe]

I am sorry but I just don't know enough about the area.  Try contacting the Lochaber And North Argyll Family History Group and see if they can give any advice.  There seems to have been quite a lot of questions asked about Ballachulish here but not many answers.

MB

[Martin Briscoe]

Just remembered there is at least one old church in Ballachulish

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/108821/details/ballachulish+east+laroch+the+old+stables/

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG17327




There is also Eilean Munde

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23541/details/eilean+munde+st+mund+s+chapel/

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG22558

http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG340


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0kv3/

MB

[nkbauer]

Thank you once again Martin. I've really enjoyed these sites and have learned a little more about the area. Even if I never go back another generation, I've learned more about the ones I have traced.
Nan

[Martin Briscoe]

OK glad that able to help a bit.

You can search both Canmore and the HER in several different ways.

I have some of the pictures that I have taken here, I have uploaded most to Canmore but the HER take a bit longer to catch up.

There a few other links here that you might be able to use.

Glencoe Museum have a large collection of old photographs of that area but I don't think they have any online.

MB

[mhairi1]

Hi, I'm new to this so hope I'm doing it correctly! I've been able to trace my family to John Livingston and Mary Fraser married in 1798 in parish of Lismore and Appin, probably Ballachulish. I also believe that the Livingstone brothers from there took the remains of Seamus a' Ghlinne down from the gibbet and buried them in Keil. I know that John Livingston (9th of that name) was killed at Culloden and his five sons were Eoghainn, Niall, Domhnall, John and Angus. Can anyone give me any info on 4rth son John whom I believe may have been father of my ancestor? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mhairi1

[woodfamily]

Hi Sheden & others

I'm looking for more information on Duncan McINTYRE (b. c1790) who is recorded as a shoemaker at Inverco farm, Glencoe (then in Duror QS, part of Lismore/Appin parish) in the 1841 census. His wife was Catherine McINNES (nee RANKIN), daughter of Ewen and Christina RANKIN, and their children were Ann, Catherine, Duncan and John (plus two McINNES children from the former marriage).

His death certificate gives his place of birth as Fort William, and his parents as Hugh McINTYRE and Christina McMILLAN.

My questions are:
1) Why can't I birth/baptism or marriage record for him (or Catherine) on the IGI?
2) Why was a shoemaker living on Inverco farm? Who owned the farm?
3) Can anybody help me find records relating to Duncan's parents?

Thanks!

Joel

[Martin Briscoe]

Hi Sheden & others

I'm looking for more information on Duncan McINTYRE (b. c1790) who is recorded as a shoemaker at Inverco farm, Glencoe (then in Duror QS, part of Lismore/Appin parish) in the 1841 census. His wife was Catherine McINNES (nee RANKIN), daughter of Ewen and Christina RANKIN, and their children were Ann, Catherine, Duncan and John (plus two McINNES children from the former marriage).

His death certificate gives his place of birth as Fort William, and his parents as Hugh McINTYRE and Christina McMILLAN.

My questions are:
1) Why can't I birth/baptism or marriage record for him (or Catherine) on the IGI?
2) Why was a shoemaker living on Inverco farm? Who owned the farm?
3) Can anybody help me find records relating to Duncan's parents?

Thanks!

Joel

I think the LDS have effectively discontinued the old IGI, though still available.  It was notorious for inaccurate "Members' Submissions" which most people ignored.

They now have a different format on the familysearch.org site which often links to images of parish records.

I don't know how comprehensive their coverage of Scotland is, it is very dependent on cooperation of the churches and I think many RC churches did not give them access to their records.

The starting off point for any Scottish research is Scotland's People which has both parish records and Statutary Records with images available but it is a pay site.  You have to buy credits to view records though you can search free and get an idea if there are any possible matches there.

I don't know why a shoemaker would be there but it was normal for even small villages to have shoemakers and often people would have several occupations so shoemaking could be a sideline for the person working the farm.

There is a lot of information on Scotland available online.

MB

[Eyesee]

My ancestors Duncan and Marjory FRASER left Corran in 1840 to go to New Zealand. He was the blacksmith there and ran sheep for the laird at the time. Their later children were baptised in the church at Ballachulish, which is on the other side of the Narrows from Corran, and one son Thomas was buried there in November 1839. Various descendants have visited the area over the years, and the smithy that Duncan lived in and worked at in Corran is apparently still there, as is the 1839 gravestone for Thomas FRASER in the Ballachulish churchyard.

Ian C