Ross of Mull Historical Centre

These web pages are run in conjunction with the above Centre which is located in Bunessan on the Isle of Mull.

The Centre was established in 1997 to act as a repository for artifacts relating to life and those that have lived on the Ross of Mull. The Ross is the penisular that forms the western end of the base of the island. It now has a number of displays which it seeks to expand on :-

• Emigration - Maps, letters, photographs, Settlement paper records
• Family Records - Family trees, histories, old photographs. The following is an extract from the Centre's January 2000 Newsletter :-

HISTORICAL DATABASE
records for the Ross are being collated in a computer database. The progress of our database is due to Mary McLean Hoff, Tom Aitchison and Margaret Carson, who inform us that The Census Records for Kilfinichen and Kilviceon as well as the Quod Sacra Parish of lona from 1841 through’to 1891 have now almost been completely transferred onto an Access Database and can be used for instantaneous searches by Family Name or Location in the Ross or lona.  Mary MacLean Hoff is at present entering the Old Parish Records covering births, christenings and marriages from 1804 to 1854 into a further database which will eventually be linked to the Census Database and other databases covering Canadian Emigrants, School Rolls etc. Hopefully, many of these will be available for general use in the centre from early in 2000.

(Please note that the family records correctly being collated by the Centre relate only to the Ross whereas the family details on the web pages cover the whole of the island. The Centre has a long term plan to collate records for the other two parishes on the island.)

• Geology - Maps, rocks, fossils, granite and marble quarries.

In addition reading material is available on :-

• Farming and Crofting
• Famine and Famine Relief - Evictions, population movements
• Historical Sites and Monuments
• Churches, Schools, Roads and Piers
• Valuation Rolls, School Rolls and Electoral Rolls
• Medical, Maritime and Military History
• Gaelic Place Names
• Wildlife, Birdlife, Flora and Fauna.
• Correspondence from Canada, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc (These are being added to constantly by locals and vistors.)

The address for correspondence and details of membership subscriptions is :- The Ross of Mull Historical Centre, Pier Road, Bunessan, Isle of Mull, Scotland PA67 6DP  The Centre telephone / fax  number is +44 (0) 1681 700 659. Email romhc@lineone.net