My wife and I are travelling to Lairg in a couple of weeks and we hope to build some knowledge of the area and find out more about my Great Great Grandparents and perhaps their parents - they have been subject of an exchange of info on this site under the Ferguson's Clyne header. Could anyone give me any pointers as to local heritage centres in the area where I may pick up more detail of their lives.
My Great Great Grandfather was John Ferguson 1813 b Clyne and his wife was Ann Macleod - 1820 b Clyne. In the 1851 and 1861 they lived in Lairg and died in Lybster - his death was recorded in the Parish of Latheron. I beleive John may have been born in Urachill as may his brother Donald. We tried to track down where they were buried and it appears that there was no graveyard at Lybster and that the most local one was at Latheron - unfortunately the records prrior to 1928 have been burned.
I have no idea about these parishes and places as I have always lived in England but I should be delighted to learn more, so if there is any advice out there I would be grateful
