This document provides information about various records held in archives that relate to the history of the North Lochs area in the Outer Hebrides. It lists sources such as Presbyterian church records from 1700 onward, poor relief applications from 1917-1929, school records from the 1800s and early 1900s including log books, valuation rolls from 1912-1913, and records relating to the Iolaire shipwreck in 1919. The document promotes the creation of a new museum and archive center at Lews Castle that will repatriate important historical collections back to the Outer Hebrides from elsewhere and serve as a dedicated space for archival materials relating to the islands.

1. North Lochs on the record
David Powell
26 March 2013

2. Church
records
Presbyterian
Church in
Scotland
family tree
post 1700
(Source: Collins Encylopedia of
Scotland ed. John and Julie Kaey
(London, 2000) p 1041)

3. Lochs Parochial Board/
Parish Council
• Minutes 1910-1928
• Applications for Parochial Relief 1917-
1929
• General Registers of the Poor 1890-1930

4. R1.646 Gen Reg of Poor 1890-1911

5. R1.646 Gen Reg of Poor 1890-1911

6. Lewis Combination Poorhouse

7. What’s for dinner?

8. R4 Stornoway Poorhouse Minute book 1893-1938

9. Crop rotation 1941-

10. Lewis District Committee
OS 6inch-mile 1899 Second Edition

11. Lewis District Committee
R3.01 Lewis District Commttee Minute book 1890-1893

12. Pentland Road
R3.6 Lewis District Committee minute
1912

13. Valuation rolls
R1.349 Valuation Roll Ross & Comarty Lewis 1912-1913
[Held for 1899-1973]

14. School locations c1899

15. Scholar numbers 1873
Leurbost 114 Raernish 98
Crossbost 38 Grimshader 31
Total 152 Total 129
New school to New school to
accommodate 180 accommodate 140

16. Achmore School

17. Grimshader log book Nov 1906

18. Grimshader 21 March 1913

19. Grimshader log book 30 May 1906

20. Fidigary 26 Oct 1937

21. Fidigary 12 November 1937

22. Iolaire
The Iolaire and its bell (now kept by Museum
nan Eilean in Stornoway.

23. Letter from NRS
Hutchison, Soval
Lodge, to Lady
Matheson, 18 Aug
1862

24. D D Morrison’s, Stornoway
[GD12]

25. Lewis Coffee House Co
Lewis Museum Society collection (Museum nan Eilean)

27. www.tasglann.org.uk

28. www.tasglann.org.uk

29. www.tasglann.org.uk

30. www.tasglann.org.uk

31. New Museum & Archive @ Lews
Castle
• Permanent archive service
– Storage
– Continued outreach
– Dedicated searchroom
– Home for archives of CnES and others
– Partnerships
– Outward focused

32. New Museum & Archive @ Lews
Castle
• Repatriation from Edinburgh
– Church records
– Customs & Excise
– Fisheries
– Small business collection
• New collections
– Emergency services
– NHS
– Pan-island

33. Tasglann nan Eilean Siar
www.tasglann.org.uk
enquiries@tasglann.org.uk
01851 822 750