Local documents will be on display as Nucleus hosts Caithness family history meeting
Nucleus will be the venue for Caithness Family History Society’s meeting and there will be a chance to see some of the resources held at the archive centre.
It takes place on Tuesday, October 7, with an earlier-than-usual starting time of 6.30pm. The evening will be of interest to anyone who has an interest in local or family history and all are welcome.
The first part will be the society’s 26th annual general meeting. After this, there will be an opportunity to see a display of local documents and other items in the Nucleus searchroom.
CFHS resources are now deposited in Nucleus and are in the process of being catalogued.
The society’s latest publication, Volume 3 of The Unreturning Brave, will be available for sale that evening. The book contains family and service information, photos and newspaper cuttings relating to World War I personnel who never returned and are commemorated on the Dunnet and Olrig war memorials.
The book was launched in Castlehill Heritage Centre earlier this month.
Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives is located across from Wick John O’Groats Airport. Anyone requiring an accessible parking bay should email chair.caithnessfhs@gmail.org
Meanwhile, CFHS and Nucleus have played a part in uncovering fresh information about an American family’s connections to the county.
In August, Joan Greif, her husband and her two sisters made a trip from the United States to Caithness. Joan has done a huge amount of family research over the years and joined the family history society.
Joan contacted CFHS and Nucleus well in advance of the trip to Scotland. She used the Nucleus online catalogue and CFHS library list to order the items she wanted to see and has gone home with a large amount of new information.
The women are descendants of William McPherson, who was gardener at Langwell, Berriedale, until 1909 when he emigrated to California, and they had visited the gardens a few years ago. After going home from that trip, they discovered that another ancestor had been a salmon fisher and had lived in the shore cottages at Berriedale.
This time, they booked a four-night stay in one of the four cottages and said they greatly enjoyed the experience.