Crofting on Skye. Info Please

[Vugts]

Hi,

My ancestors were crofters/agricultural labourers on Skye (mainly around Struan) throughout the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. I have very little information regarding there crofts and any farmers they may have been working for. Does anyone know of any resources I could access to find out more?

Any info would be much appreciated.

Scott

[MonicaL]

Hi Scott

This post will give you some reading material for background: Crofting, Voices from the Past www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=409713.0

See also www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/research-old/napier-commission : The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands.

Great short film from 1939 http://ssa.nls.uk/film/0934 : Crofting in Skye

Monica