Lundavra Primary School Visit

Lochaber Archive Centre was recently visited by 49 pupils from Lundavra Primary School who were studying the Jacobites. Community Engagement Officer Lorna Steele and Archive Assistant Fiona MacKenzie told the pupils about the Jacobites using original documents from the Cameron of Locheil collection. Based on a cypher used by the Jacobites, the pupils made their own codes and cyphers by deciding what things were… Read more »Read more

Easter Public Holiday Closure

The Lochaber Archive Centre will be closed on Friday 30th March 2018 for the Easter public holiday. We will be open as normal on Friday 6th April at 10am.Read more

Volunteer at Lochaber Archive Centre

We’re very grateful to all our volunteers in the Highland Archive Service – they are a great asset and carry out such valuable and worthwhile work. At Lochaber Archive Centre, for example, volunteer Lorna Byrne has recently been working on indexing the Kilmallie Parochial Board Minutes. If you’d like to see what other types of… Read more »Read more

The McColl Family Follow in their Ancestors’ Footsteps

The Lochaber Archive recently received a visit from three generations of the McColl family from North Carolina, USA who were visiting the Highlands to re-trace the footsteps of their Scottish ancestors. The Lochaber Archive holds the research papers of Hugh Geoffrey MacColl and the papers of the Clan MacColl Society, an extensive collection of correspondence, notebooks,… Read more »Read more

Meeting of Old Acquaintances

At the Lochaber Archive Centre we recently had a meeting of old acquaintances. Dr John McGregor was born in Fort William and educated at Lochaber High School and Edinburgh University. He is the author of several books on Highland railways including “The West Highland Railway – plans, politics and people”. May MacIntyre, also a native… Read more »Read more

Lochaber Archive Opening Hours

Due to a staff shortage Lochaber Archive Centre is now open on Fridays by appointment between 10am and 5pm. (Closed for lunch between 1pm and 2pm). To make an appointment to visit the archive on a Friday to access any of the collections please contact us via email on [email protected] or telephone 01463 256444.Read more