Useful Links
Useful information about:
Local Sites
www.sleat.org.uk – Sleat Community Trust
www.sleatperfectlyskye.com – information on accommodation, food & drink, facilities etc for the visitor to Sleat
www.camuscross.org – The Camuscross and Duisdale Initiative - a local community group with a wide remit including heritage and interpretation
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk – Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the National Gaelic College based in Sleat
www.armadalecastle.com – Armadale Castle and the Museum of the Isles. Our local museum and genealogy research centre
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/aite/Sleite – The Sleat folklore project - information on a range of folklore subjects, with audio files of songs and interviews with several Slèitich
www.highlifehighland.com/skye-and-lochalsh-archive-centre The local branch of the Highland Archive Service. It is based in Portree.
www.skyemuseum.co.uk – The Skye Museum of Island Life, based in Kilmuir, in north Skye
Local Connections
Alexander Robertson and Sons Ltd (Yacht builders) on Wikipedia – the history of a yacht building firm in Sandbank, Argyll, which had strong connections to Tarskavaig.
Local History Societies
Portree Local History Society - now on Facebook as Comann Eachdraidh Ionadail Phortrigh
raasayheritagetrust.org.uk – Raasay Heritage Trust
www.applecrossheritage.org.uk – Applecross Historical Society
www.moidart.org.uk – Moidart History Group
www.spanglefish.com/eigghistorysociety – the Isle of Eigg History Society
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/buidhnean/eachdraidh – A listing of local history societies in the Highlands and Islands (includes links)
www.hebrideanconnections.com – Access to the collections of the local history societies in the Western Isles
Useful Information
www.her.highland.gov.uk – The Highland Historic Environment Record gives access to information on historic and archaeological sites across Highland region
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-history/research/resources/the-napier-commission – for a transcript of the Napier Commission (the Royal Commission on the Condition of Crofting, 1883). Volume 1 includes witness statements of crofters from Sleat and other parts of Skye.
www.ambaile.org.uk – Original resources for Highland and Island history based on the collections in Highland Council Libraries and Archives, and other libraries and archives in the area. Includes a searchable index of 19th century Highland newspapers.
www.trove.scot – this is a new platform which combines information from the Historic Environment Portal, Canmore, SCRAN, and Property in Care Collections. Searches are free
www.digitalresearchservices.ed.ac.uk/resources/statistical-accounts-of-scotland – Transcripts of the Old and New Statistical Accounts of individual Scottish parishes
www.catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/scancatalogue/welcome.aspx The Scottish Archive Network is an online catalogue describing historical records in more than fifty archives and record offices throughout Scotland. PLUS useful information and help on a variety of topics and themes eg the Highland and Islands Emigration Society, and reading Scottish handwriting.
www.nls.uk – The National Library of Scotland
www.nrscotland.gov.uk The National Registers of Scotland, which is a combination of the resources of the National Archives of Scotland and the General Register Office
www.catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrasregister/welcome.aspx – The National Register of Archives for Scotland – this provides access to the catalogues of archives not held in the National Archives
www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/about – Scotland’s Places, is a website that allows users to search resources such as historical tax records and Ordnance Survey Name Books using geographic locations. A partnership between the National Records of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk – Scotland’s People, the official UK government source of genealogical data for Scotland. Includes access to the statutory registers, Old Parish Registers, censuses and Scottish wills.
www.ohs.org.uk – The Oral History Society