Skye Kin: Family History, Genealogy & Research for North West Isle of Skye
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Research, family trees, help and advice. Family history, genealogy & research for the north western parishes of Scotland's Isle of Skye: Duirinish, Bracadale, Dunvegan, Edinbane, Glendale, Struan, Waternish and all places between.
    

   
With a wealth of local knowledge, Skye Kin draws on a huge variety of information sources, some generally available and many others obtained through the benefit of local contacts and accumulated research. The Old Church of Dunvegan: click to enlarge ...

Local information including births, marriages and deaths from 1855, old parish records and census returns provide the initial starting point for an enquiry. 

Other supplemental material including books, wills, estate papers, graveyard / memorial inscriptions and the full 1881 Census on CD-ROM are  used to add 'depth' to research.

Skye Kin maintains a fascinating and comprehensive database of Dunvegan from Kinloch: click to renlarge ... 2000+ family groups. Summarising and cross-indexing all of the genealogical research done to date connected to a particular family line, this database is continually being updated and expanded by a programme of proactive ongoing research.

An infinitely valuable resource, Skye Kin's Family Group Sheets are the starting point for any enquiry and mean that, in many cases, a brief and affordable initial report can be delivered without the need for any in-depth research.
   

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Contact: Marjorie MacInnes, 3 Claigan, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland IV55 8WF
Tel: +44-(0)-1470-521215 or email marjorie@skye-kin.co.uk.


For Research & Genealogy on Trotternish (the parishes of Portree,
Snizort, Kilmuir and Stenscholl) & Raasay, why not visit the
Skye Roots Website at http://www.skye-roots.co.uk

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