--=======60A45870======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-53AF26A0; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all While most of the work we do at the Highland Clearances project is about evictions in the 18th and 19th century, the fundamental problems of security of tenure and absentee landlords continue to this day. We received an email this weekend from Finlay Macdonald, albeit in Lewis rather than Inverness-shire, but the problem could occur anywhere in the Highlands where land has not been brought into community ownership. This is not about genealogy directly, although it helps explain why many of you are reading this message in Canada, Australia or America, rather than Scotland. It is about real problems which continue to face people living in the Highlands today. Read his story, and related press articles at http://www.morsgail.co.uk/ Best Wishes Douglas The Highland Clearances http://www.theclearances.org --=======60A45870======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-53AF26A0 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 10/06/03 --=======60A45870=======--