I very much appreciated the list of 1811 clearances posted, but one should exercise some caution in drawing conclusions that it means they in fact were removed to some other place by the 'Estate'. I have checked the Sutherland Papers, which of course refer to this period in some considerable detail. Patrick Sellar and William Young had just received their commissions by the Marquis and Marchioness of Sutherland in February of 1811, following on from Cosmo Falconer who had been Factor, and for whom they had been working for many months. One of the first things Patrick Sellar did apparently after receiving his commission was to do an inventory of the estate, its holdings, who was renting what, what leases there were current, etc. This is published and dated April 1811. His title for this was: "State of Lord and Lady Stafford's property in the County of Sutherland; prepared, with a view to the formation of a correct rentall of the sums due, Martinmas 1811 and Whitsunday 1812." (SEM. Vol 1., pp45-118) Meanwhile William Young was busy making wholesale removal plans on a grand scale as we now know. As I read it, he was planning to give notice on 15 or 16 May 1811 for the 'sett' of leases of 19 years as of Whitsunday (November) 1811, which meant that lots of families were about to get notices 'to remove'. His letter to the Marchioness of Stafford of 12 April (SEM, Vol. 2, p140-142) give these new lease descriptions in the vaguest of terms. For example, 'Lands to be sett on Leases of 19 years at Whitsunday 1811' list includes among many, the following: 'Evelicks and Cyderhall moors to be lotted out among dispossessed tenants. Proncy Croy with the exception of Moor Ground. Lower Proncey with the same exception. Balvraid as now laid off in two Farms 60 acres each and one of 30 acres' etc While the Sutherland Estate Management Papers as published do not include the names of 'named' individual tenants (i.e. named by Patrick Sellar in his report), since the editor of them purposely omitted them (why in God's name I don't know), they do include fairly detailed information about the general goings-on, if I can put it that way. Back to my point. While the 1811 list posted gives for example, "Mr. Andrew Sutherland Pittentrail from Davach beg" as being removed, this is not exactly what happened. In 1815 he is still listed as the principal tenant at Pittentrail along with 13 named tenants, paying rent of L112 s2 d8. (SEM, VOl. 1, p231). He may however have removed from 'Davochbeg', which in April 1811, Sellar notes, ' Davochbeg. Tenants: 7 named small tenants. Rent: L30. Duration: From Whitsunday 1801, no lease. Tenants' interest: 'Not ascertained whether any Stipulation or if the tenant may carry away the timber agreeably to practice' . Remarks: 'Tenants warned out; Mr. Young to say how to be possessed.' In 1815, Davochbeg was in the hands of John MacKay. Similarly, with regard to Mr. Donald McKenzie of 'Balfour and Covenlorkan?' given on the 1811 list. Patrick Sellar's notes of April 1811: 'Pitfure. Tenant: Mr. D. McKenzie. Rent: L45. Duration: Lease for 19 years expiring Whitsunday 1828 renounced. Remarks: 'This man has renounced his lease for Colonel Sutherland's Accomodation. Mr. Young to say how it is to be possessed'. There are similar comments for Mr. Donald McKenzie for Carranlorkan in April 1811. Balfour may be 'Ballifure'. I therefore suspect that others listed were perhaps 'warned out' by Sellar, but that doesn't mean they went anywhere very far, at least in 1811. Since we don't have a comparable detailed inventory/census of who lived where after Martinmas (November) 1811, at least for many years, one should read this list as just another clue to who lived where, when. I think the fact that they were there at Whitsunday 1811 to be warned is a great bit of information for us all. They may well have been there for several years more, we don't know for sure, at least from this list we don't know. Ron Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada L0S 1J0