Hello Everyone, I am hoping that SKS can help me with the above place, Samalaman. I know that it is, or was, an island, but can anyone tell me about it's history, apart from the Seminary that was on it. I have a Lachlan CHISHOLM that I am trying to find, born about 1810, son of an Alexander CHISHOLM mother unknown. He went to Queensland with his family in the 1860s, but his obit. when he died said that he was born in Samalaman, and his children say they were born in Moidart. I cannot find any trace of a birth or marriage for him anywhere. He married a lady called Alexandrina MCIVER, and I cannot find a birth for her either, I have tried the OPRs. In 1841 he was living in Arisaig, which I believe came under Inverness, but is not far from Samalaman. He disappears from then until he appears on the shipping list going to Qld. Evidently a house or small estate called 'Lochans' in Arisaig was bought for him by his father Alexander and that is where he was in 1841. Any help a! t all as to where I should look for his birth would be most appreciated. Regards, Anne Major - Australia