I have a friend who is coming to the UK from the USA in May to research his McDowell relatives. Can anyone give a clue as to the best places in the Oban area for research -are there local history centres or records centres which he can use? Many thanks, Jim Mackay james.mackay4@ntlworld.com (Personally interested in Geddie and McPhail families who travelled to the USA - North Carolina) in about 1772, possibly from the Argyllshire area, but I have no evidence of that)