The Highlands of Scotland are beautiful and their history fascinating. They are also big, geographically speaking: roughly the same size as Wales or Belgium. The question is, how do you deliver a service to all schools fairly across the area? It’s relatively easy to support the activities of schools which are located close to one… Read more »Read more

We were asked to give advice on the fifteenth century Papal Bull held by Tain Through Time, the museum of Tain & District. The Papal Bull, dated 17th July 1492, confirms the status of the Collegiate Kirk of St Duthac of Tain so is important to the town and generates a lot of public interest. Museum… Read more »Read more

April-July – Living Memory Days Over 250 former employees, those with an association or interest in AI Welders, McDermotts of Ardersier or nursing in the Highlands, attended three ‘living memory’ days held at the Highland Archive Centre.  It was wonderful to see former colleagues, who hadn’t seen each other in many years, meet up and… Read more »Read more

In August we welcomed a party of twenty Americans from Chicago on an ancestral tour. One month prior to this we were contacted on their behalf by a travel agency based in London, who provided us with very little information about a John Bruce who emigrated with his parents to America. The family had originally… Read more »Read more

This year has been a busy one for Records Management (RM). Back in May we provided our usual support to the Highland Council at the General Election count in Dingwall. It is the job of RM to take custody of all the election records once the count has been completed. This includes the marked registers… Read more »Read more

 High Life Highland’s Am Baile website has been given a new lease of life. Not only does it have a shiny new website but it also has a new home, as part of the Highland Archive Service.   For those of you who don’t know, Am Baile was founded in 2000 by a consortium led… Read more »Read more