THE ARICHONAN CLEARANCE

There are various 'people lists' on this site, associated with each and every topic. Click on the picture below to see what we have at this time. And below THAT is the link to a full explanation of the Knapdale Data Base.






THE KNAPDALE PEOPLE BLOG

JULY, 2011: The Argyll Militia project is up. This section has, I think, shown that, by 1800, many common people in Argyll had lost that old clan spirit... just like the landowners, who had morphed into renters, rather than clan leaders; and also, the rather surprising tolerance shown to local men who avoided being drafted probably was based on the fact that these men were needed to develop the kelp and cattle industries, which was very profitable for landowners. As an adjunct to this project, I have added lots of names to THE DATA BASE of men mentioned in the Argyll Militia Court Lieutenancy minutes. Go to the Data Base, then to "Advanced Search", and "AM" entries in the "Source" section.

Also added this month: a lovely map of McNeills in Knapdale, Kintyre, Arran, Gigha, Glassary, as found in records dated from 1596 to 1722. This project is a gift of Neil McNeill, Sydney, Australia, who is descended from McNeills from Arran.

I have been very pleased with Author House's support in making the Arichonan book, and I would not hesitate to use their services again. All this is a prelude to this: if you choose to publish a work of your own, and - further - decide to use Author House, then it would be great if you mention this website along the way, as they will pay me $100 for such a referral! Which would be quite a wonderful thing! No, I have not made enough money to cover my initial publishing expense. However, the book has found interested readers, and for that I am proud. To be honest, I hope that the Arichonan townsite is - eventually - studied by archaeologists. I think humans lived on that hill for a very long time.