Hi Flora I would like a copy of the 1776 records. I am trying to trace my McDonald's, who were said to be from Tiree, but who knows. Thanks so much for making this available. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flora MacDonald" <FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com> To: <SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:09 AM Subject: RE: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Parish of Tiree & Coll - COLL CHURCH RECORDS 1776 > Everyone, > > I have a copy of the 1776 church records for Coll if anyone is interested. I > find Coll very difficult to get info on and 3 different ancestors of mine > came to Canada from Coll. MacDonald, MacFadyen, MacKinnon. If anyone is > researching these names in Coll, please drop me a line. Maybe we can build > on each other`s info. > > And if anyone wants the Coll Church Records from 1776, let me know. > > Thanks > > Flora > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Dash [mailto:dashjk@ozemail.com.au] > Sent: June 4, 2004 6:32 AM > To: SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Parish of Tiree & Coll > > > Louise is right that Tiree & Coll were for many years included in the same > parish. The minister was based in Tiree and an assistant was based in > Coll. However, from what I have seen of photocopied pages or transcripts > of the Tiree Parish Register of the 1700s and 1800s, I think separate > registers must have been kept for Tiree and Coll. I have not come across > any entries for Coll baptisms or marriages in the Tiree register. > > Also, statistics on population and local economy were recorded separately > for Tiree & Coll. For instance, the population of Tiree was 1509 in 1755, > 2416 in 1792, and 4687 in 1843; in contrast (perhaps because of a different > approach to land tenure than that followed by the Duke of Argyll in > Tiree?), the population of Coll remained relatively static - it was 1193 in > 1755, 1041 in 1793, and 1409 in 1843. In 1843, the annual average of > baptisms was 143 in Tiree and 44 in Coll; the annual average of marriages > was 25 in Tiree and 6 in Coll. In 1843 the gross value of produce, of > which the major commodities were potatoes, grains & pasture, was estimated > at 10,609 UK pounds for Tiree and 4,419 UK pounds for Coll. These figures > suggest that food production per head in Tiree was already much less (about > 30% less) than that in Coll before potato blight struck in 1846, so it's no > wonder our ancestors looked for a way out. > > > > > _________________ > Keith Dash > Sydney, Australia > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >