Isle of Mull Family History Pages - Resources

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Bannerman, John The Beatons : a Medical Kindred in the Classical Gaelic Tradition 1985 (paperback 1998) Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh ISBN 0 85976 489 3
Beaton, John Hector & Dr. George Hector (Editors) William Beaton 1774-1834, Catherine McFee 1814 of Mull and their Descendants in North America 1969
Boswell, James The journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson Canongate Classics 1996
Browne, James A History of the Highlands (includes selections from the Stuart papers). Useful for history not genealogy. Fullarton & Co 1849
Ralph and Ian Clark Farm Lanes of Bentinck (Grey County) 1850-2000
Contains the histories of some of the families of the area as well as transcripts of the local cemetaries.
Bentinck Historical Society 2000 ISBN 0-9687440-0-1
Currie, Jo Mull Family Names for ancestor hunters Brown and Whittaker, Tobermory 1998
Currie, Jo Mull - The Island and Its People Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh ISBN : 1 84158 105 4
Currie, Jo CR Deaths in Kilninian (Torosay, Ulva, Salen, Tobermory and Kinlochspelve) - Private working papers
Currie, Jo Index to Names - Private working papers
Maclean, Charles The Isle of Mull place names, meanings and stories Maclean Publications 1997
Johnson, Samuel A journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
MacArthur Mairi Iona, the living memory of a crofting community 1990
MacDougall Guide to Coll (Identifies the meaning of place names)
Maclean-Bristol, Nicholas The inhabitants of the Inner Isles Morvern & Arnamurchan 1716 Scottish Record Society 1998
Maclean Bristol, Nicholas Warriors and priests.The history of the clan Maclean 1300-1570  Tackle Press
Maclean-Bristol, Nicholas Hebrides Decade , Mull Coll and Tiree 1761-1771(pamphlet) Society of West Highland and Island Research 1982 
Ordnance Survey (UK) maps for most of Mull and Coll
1:25000 scale maps for Ross of Mull
CD-Rom and paper based maps of whole of England, Wales and Scotland
Old Maps of Mull
Ordnance Survey (UK)
MacNab, Peter Tall Tales from an Island Luath Press Ltd., Barr, Ayrshire 1984
MacQuarrie, Duncan The Placenames of Mull - gives english translations of gaelic and other placenames
Munro, Jean The founding of Tobermory
Riddle, Carol A township on the Ross of Mull - a study in local history Tireragan pub. by Highland Renewal Fionnphort.
Seneachie Historical and Genealogical account of the Clan Maclean 1838
West Highland Notes and queries A number of small publications of the Socy. of West Highland and Island
Historical Research
Tales and Trails (Bruce Township, Bruce County) Contains family histories on the families of Century old farms of Bruce Township. Some families from Mull, some from Tiree and others from Argyllshire Bruce Township Historical Society 1984 ISBN 0-9691740-0-4
Births, Deaths and Marriages orginally printed in the Paisley Advocate, a weekly newspaper in Paisley, Ontario. Bruce County Genealogical Society

Other Resources

Census Records for 1779, 1841, 1851 (part) and 1861 for Kilvic(k)eon Parish
MacLeans Births and Marriages for Argyllshire held in Access database
Cemetery transcripts for Vaughan & Kings Townships, York County, Ontario, Canada, York County marriages and baptisms for some Vaughan Township Churches (mostly McGillivrays and Beatons
Ships Lists - The following sites provide lists of ships and passengers :-
http://istg.rootsweb.com/, http://members/aol.com/rprost/passenger.html, http://www.theshipslist.com/, http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml and http://www.islandregister.com/index.html
Discover your Roots in Elgin (Ontario, Canada)
Small Isles (Rhum, Eigg, Muck and Canna) Research - A catechist's list compiled around 1770 is available from the University of Edinburgh price £15. Full title is "list of Inhabitants of Eigg, Rum, Muck and Canna" Shelfmark is LA.III.839 Contact Miss Jean Archibald, Assistant Librarian, Special Collections, University Library, George Square, Edinburgh ED8 9LJ email Jean.Archibald@ed.ac.uk