'NEWS DESK'
Are you intending to visit the UK?? --- It is never to early to start preparations for your visit. In fact the longer period you allow for preparations the better especially if you intend touring as there can be an awful lot of pre-planning to do beforehand.
Using our Personally Guided tours service means that you can either travel independently or use our services.
However, working together under contract we will offer to draw up an itinerary subject to individual clients' perceived needs and requirements.
This itinerary will involve meeting clients at their arrival point and taking them to their car hire collection point where they will be given an information pack detailing their preferred accommodation, routes with accompanying maps as well as names and contact details of emergency services.
At the end of your stay and, once the hired vehicle has been returned to the designated office, we will then undertake to accompany clients to their preferred point of departure.
Further, as in previous years we are conscious that behind every great golfer there are the golfing widows and widowers who may wish to see the sights whilst their partners are otherwise engaged!
For these people we will continue to offer our unique personally guided tours or, if they wish and have their own transport, provide them with suggestions and venues that may suite their individual tastes - where necessary routes and maps will be provided.
BREAKING NEWS _ LOCHABER ARCHIVE CENTRE
An £80,000 new archive centre, which preserves and makes available documents relating to aspects of Lochaber’s history from the 15th Century until the present day, was formally opened today Friday (11 April) by Lord Lieutenant, Donald Cameron of Lochiel.
Lochaber Archive Centre – Ionad Tasglann Loch Abar holds estate and family archives of Cameron of Lochiel and Cameron-Head of Lochailort. The centre also holds archives of parishes within the Presbytery of Lochaber.
Funded by The Highland Council and Highland 2007 the new centre - located at the Lochaber College - is part of The Highland Council’s hub and spokes strategy for the provision of its Archive Service. In addition to Lochaber, an area Archive Centre has been established in Caithness and another centre is being developed in Skye and Lochalsh.
Donald Cameron of Lochiel said: "I am delighted to open this wonderful archive centre as I am very supportive of the concept of gathering historical papers, preserving them and making them available to the public. Lochaber has a rich history and I hope many people will gift or lend documents so that the Archive will become a repository of unique and important information. The Lochiel family papers have been handled extremely well by the Highland Council Archivist's team for whom I have nothing but praise."
Councillor Bren Gormley, Vice Chairman of The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee said: “The opening of Lochaber Archive Centre confirms the Council’s commitment to maintaning and developing an active interest in the heritage and history of the Highlands. Establishment of this centre is a major achievement in delivering a Highland-wide network of local archive facilities which will play a major role in the ‘Year of Highland Homecoming’ in 2009 and beyond.
“Archive staff at the centre are hoping to work with heritage groups and local museums to preserve the archival heritage of the area. I hope that these and many new collections will expand the wealth of information held locally including the transference of some materials from The National Archives of Scotland. An education and outreach programme will also be developed through the Lochaber Archive Centre.”
Records of The Highland Council relating to Lochaber and other historically important archives from the area will be stored in a secure and environmentally controlled archive repository.
A search room is available for members of the public to consult the archives and is supervised by trained staff that are on hand to help. Photocopying and digital photography of documents, subject to the condition of the documents, can be carried out by staff.
Collections and resources in the Lochaber Archive Centre - Ionad Tasglann Loch Abar include: * Council and local authority records for the Lochaber region, including school and education records and police records; * Valuation Rolls; * Estate and Family Archives of Cameron of Lochiel and Cameron-Head of Lochailort; * Records of the parishes of the Presbytery of Lochaber; * Maps and Plans, including large scale Ordnance Survey sheets; * Burial records for Lochaber (available on CD which are accessible by staff); * Volumes of Statistical Accounts for Scotland; * Census returns on microfilm for Lochaber (1841 -1901); and * Old Parish Registers on microfilm.
The Lochaber Archive Centre is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am-1pm and 2pm to 5pm. Parking is available behind the college, and snacks and drinks are available in the college café. For further information please telephone 01397 701942 or 700946, view the Internet at Lochaber Archives or contact them by e-mail at Archives
Article from "The Highland Council" site on 11 April 2008
WORK PROGRESSING APACE AT 'NEW REGISTER HOUSE'
The progress and development of the new family history centre in Edinburgh's New Register House is now, at April 2008, gathering pace since the new Contractors took charge. However, as expected, the work is slightly behind schedule and it will be towards the latter part of 2008 before all the work is completed. The re-vamped East Wing is now open and renamed "The Dundas Search Room". Meanwhile, 'Scotland's People' web site continues to expand with all the Census' material now on-line. With these Census' records all on-line it means that Scotland's People will be the first site to have a complete set of Scottish Census material on-line and easily searchable.
Within New Register House it is now also possible to view all the RCE records on your desk top computer - no fiche required.
**The records on Scotland's People start with Death records from 50 years ago; Marriages from 75 years and Births at 100 years or more. Anything from those dates to the present will continue having to be researched independently.
Of course, this is something that we at ROOTS Consulting Services can easily assist with as we visit New Register House on a regular basis - please ask for a quote to bring your ancestral line to the present day.
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