A couple of weeks ago, Louise asked if there had been a "census" or other population count for Tiree around the same time as the 1776 "Coll Kirk Session Records: List of the Inhabitants of the Island of Coll". The nearest is possibly the 1779 "Inhabitants of Argyle Estate", which included the whole of Tiree and parts of Mull and the mainland. Also, descriptions and population counts for Tiree and Coll in 1755, 1792/93 and 1843 were recorded in "The Statistical Account of Scotland", in entries written by the parish minister of the day. Some notes on the ownership of Tiree and Coll from the 1843 account by Rev. N. MacLean: "Tiree was formerly a part of the lands pertaining to the clan McLean, having been anciently granted to them, as is supposed, by the Lord of the Isles; and the name is still one of the most common in the island. It fell into the possession of the family of Argyle in the year 1674. Since that period, the Earl or Duke of Argyle has been the sole proprietor." "The middle and principal part of Coll is an ancient possession, the charter having been granted to John Garve, first laird of Coll, and predecessor of the present family, by King James II. The two extremities of that island, which were acquired by the Argyle family at the same time with Tiree, have been latterly sold by his Grace, and Coll is now possessed by three proprietors." _________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia