The census of his estates commissioned by the Duke of Argyll in 1779 listed the name, age and place of residence of every man, woman & child in Tiree. The census data were transcribed and edited by the late Eric Cregeen of the University of Edinburgh and published in 1963 under the title "Inhabitants of the Argyll Estate, 1779". It is one of the most important reference sources for people interested in their Tiree ancestry, but copies are hard to come by. Iain Campbell, a great-great-grandson of Hector Campbell & Ann McEachern of Balinoe (and a distant cousin of many people of Tiree descent in Australia or New Zealand) has extracted the 1779 census data for Tiree and entered them into a searchable spreadsheet. He asked if I would like to add the spreadsheet to the Tiree Genealogy website, and for something of this importance I didn't need to be asked twice!! It can be downloaded (and searched) at www.keithdash.net - from the Homepage click on "Argyll Estate 1779". You will need Microsoft Excel or Excel Viewer installed on your computer to download the spreadsheet. If you don't have Excel you can get a free download of Excel Viewer at www.microsoft.com/downloads (click on "More popular downloads" and scan down). Keith Dash Sydney, Australia