Argyllshire This page is sponsored by HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. FAMILY NAMES Argyll surnames list Argyll surnames list Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Highland Family History Society Lochaber & North Argyll Family History Group Clan Donald Centre, Armadale - library and study centre. MULL Genealogy - family history information covering the three parishes of Kilfinichen & Kivickeon, Kilninian & Kilmore, and Torsay. MULL & GLENCOE Roots - researching names of MacPherson, Downie, Cameron and Stewart. GOVERNMENT SITES Argyll and Bute Council HISTORY AND CULTURE Argyll & Bute Council - heritage links. Argyll & Bute Council - local heritage short stories CAMPBELTOWN - history of the Campbeltown RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Kintyre Antiquarian & Natural History Society - online magazine with back issues. LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Argyll & Bute Council - library details. Argyll & Bute Council - museum links. Familia - Directory of family history resources held in public libraries Argyllshire. Provides information about the libraries and their holdings. Argyll & Bute Council - archive details. LOCAL WEBSITES BOWMORE - Islay Combination Poorhouse 1881 Census. BOWMORE & KILARROW - baptisms 1763-1819, 1820-1854 BUTE - official island website. CAMPBELTOWN - residents of poorhouse, Witchburn Road 1881 Census. COLONSAY and ORONSAY - register. List of island residents prior to 1900. COLONSAY - census of 1841. COLONSAY - census of 1841. COLONSAY - general information site. COLONSAY - family history, reasearching the departure of emigrants from the island. GIGHA - general island information, cemetery inscriptions and genealogy links. INVERARAY - searchable database of Inveraray Jail, history and general information. INVERARAY - undiscovered scotland website covering history and attractions. INVERNEILL - Mausoleum inscriptions ISLAY - 1875 vital statistics, marriages, births etc. for the island. ISLAY - genealogical information extracted from a brochure issued by Argyll & Bute Council Corporate Services entitled 'Tracing Your Islay Ancestors'. ISLAY - Museum of Islay Life. ISLAY - data page concentrating on the Isle of Islay. ISLAY - Tenants Rental List 1836. ISLAY - immigrant index. ISLAY - immigrant index. ISLAY - general island information and genealogy links. ISLAY - Old Parish Records. ISLAY - 1722-1856 Old Parish Records for some parishes. ISLAY - 1811 tenant records. ISLAY - Vital Statistics for records up to 1875 plus some later births. ISLAY - marriages 1855-1875. ISLAY - marriage & other records (in .zip file format). JURA & COLONSAY - online data for both islands. KILBRANDON &: KILCHATTAN - parish censuses for 1851, 1861 & 1871. KILCHOMAN - Islay Rentals 1733-1741. KILCOLMKEIL - churchyard at Southend Parish, Kintyre Peninsula. KILDALTON - marriages 1722-1766 & 1789-1854. KILDALTON - baptisms 1723-1762 & 1789-1856. KILEARNADAIL - graveyard on the Isle of Jura. KILMARTIN - genealogy web site. KILMORE & KILBRIDE - 1881 census, residents of Lorn Combination Poorhouse, Soroba Rd, Kilmore & Kilbride. KILNINIAN & KILMORE - 1881 census, residents of Union Poor House, Kilninian & Kilmore. KINTYRE - list of graveyards, anmes and maps. KINTYRE - list and name list of cemeteries KINTYRE PENINSULA - official website. LOCHGILPHEAD - residents of Lochgilphead Combination Poor House, Glassary 1881 census. MUCK - history website including various record transcriptions of the isle. MUCK - census Records 1841-1891. MULL - natives of Mull in Prince Edward Island, Canada. MULL - burial place index. Worldwide cemetery list of Mull natives. MULL - official island website. MULL - island surname index. MULL - island birth index. Search by birth or baptism date. MULL - www.mullgenealogy.co.uk offers family history information covering the three parishes of Kilfinichen & Kivickeon, Kilninian & Kilmore, and Torsay. SKIPNESS - parish records. SKIPNESS - 1841 census Skipness House, The Mill and the Farm, Skipness Parish. TORSAY - 1841 census (partial extraction). TYREE & COLL - 1841 census (partial extraction). MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Argyllshire old maps - historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560. Ordnance Survey Town Plans 1847-1895 Town Plan of Campbeltown - surveyed 1865. MILITARY Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Strathclyde - covers the whole of the former Strathclyde region, and not just Argyllshire. Argyllshire Roll of Honour 98th Argyllshire Highlanders of 1794 CAMBELTOWN - War Memorial. NEWSPAPERS Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard - online archives back to April 2001 only. The Oban Times & West Highland Times - online archives back to May 2001 only. Argyllshire Advertiser - online archives back to May 2001 only. Campbeltown Courier - online archives back to May 2001 only. The Ileach - covers the islands of Islay and Jura. OTHER BITS AND PIECES Poorhouses in Scotland - Campbeltown, Islay Combination, Lorn Combination (Oban), Lochgilphead Combination & Mull Combination. GENUKI's pages for Argyll The Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust Scotland’s Online Resource Centre for Celtic Studies Argyll 1841 Census Page IGI Batch Numbers for Argyll Parish Register Copies - Parish register copies in the library of the Society of Genealogists as of December 1994. 1779 Census Argyll Estates- offers a Census of the Duke of Argyll's Estates only in 1779. HappyHaggis.co.uk ©