Historylinks Archive

Digital photography of Dornoch from the North East

Digital monochrome photograph of Dornoch from the North East, with two figures standing at the east end of the High Street, with Dornoch Cathedral at right and the Castle centre left....

Date Added: 02 July 2025

First passenger train leaving Dornoch 2nd June 1902

Digital copy of a monochrome photograph, mounted in a brown card frame, of the first train leaving Dornoch Station on 2nd June 190...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Booklet Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme

Copy of a booklet 'Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme' with a folded insert issued by the Ministry of National Insuranc...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Carbisdale Castle Youth Hostel Ghost Stories

Digital copy of a monochrome leaflet entitled Carbisdale Castle Youth Hostel Ghost Stories...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Report from Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Scotland

Six pages about the Burgh of Dornoch from a published report from Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Scotland. The openi...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Old map of Burgh of Dornoch

Copy of a monochrome map of the old burgh of Dornoch with approximate sites of buildings and crofts. There is listing of the prop...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Golfer with audience of males and a dog

Monochrome photograph of a golfer with an audience of males and a dog. Dornoch Cathedral can be seen through the mist in the cent...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

View of Dornoch looking west with children in foreground

Monochrome copy of a photograph of Dornoch looking west with children in foreground in the school playground between Argyle Street...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Handwritten letter to Miss Matheson, Burgh High School 24 July 1911

Handwritten letter from I Houston, Coronation Comm (committee?) Burgh School Dornoch dated 24th July 1911 to Miss Matheson enclosi...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Dornoch as a Royal Burgh in the 17th century

Northern Times full page article dated Friday 19Oct 1979 about Dornoch as a Royal Burgh in the 17th century written by Jane F Macl...

Date Added: 02 July 2025

Comments

This picture is of George Sutherland and children from his second marriage and not John Sutherland, George was a brother of my great great grandfather Robert Su Used to visit Aunt Nan and Aunt Jessie when they lived in Polk City Florida. Fun memories My grandparents James Macdonald was upholsterer at Skibo Castle my grandmother Louise Brodie was a seamstress at Skibo prior to Andrew Carnegie moving to Ameri In trying to find out a couple of things Where the rafts of timber were landed in France after A day Any information on the forestry corps in the Ardennes Rev .prof. George Middleton is my 8 th great grandfather. Many of the family are born , Married and buried in St Machar ,Aberdeen. Charles Gordon 1664- 1740 David Brownjohn (my Dad) is the gentleman standing at the back with his hands in his pockets I doubt that is Arthur Ryle as he was quite a bit larger of a man. He also did not become captain until 1905. The captain at 1900 was William Llewellyn Hacon. Produced by kitchen tala ware Also my father was awarded this same but I know very little about what regiment he was etc any advice or help would be appreciated kind regards terrymeager It's nice to see these old pictures. My grandmother was Jessie Ross. Her son, David, was in the US Army and worked in law enforcement Ohio. David Ross wasn't in the USMC. He was in the Army and served in Vietnam.