John, you are back...with your really interesting family!
Ha ha yeah not had much time for researching family history lately, but my brother had a drink with one of our cousins at the weekend and his stories got us curious again!
From what you have, have you narrowed down the date of your granddad's death (you mention his daughter getting ready to go to court 8 years later and then he died at that point). Guess you don't have the name of the farm, you haven't mentioned if you have.
I know the name of the farm, but the current owner according to the electoral register has been there since at least 1965 according to the Valuation Roll I found here:
http://www.glenfarg.org/gdc/ValuationRoll.pdfSo I thought in terms of privacy it might be better not to mention the name of the farm in the public forums.
Our cousin took a trip to the farm and the owner welcomed him in and showed him around, so may be worth dropping him a line, I'll just need to be extra tactfull
Online access to the Sasines seems to be aimed more at solicitors handling property transactions, but it would be a useful family history resource if it wasn't so expensive!
Forgive me, can't remember now where you are location wise. The other option, if you have a date of death for your granddad would be to check for wills etc....but again this cannot be done online currently after 1925.
I'm down south, I'm occasionally in Edinburgh but never seem to have enough time! He died in 1973, I think we've seen his will, by that time the farm was definately sold, but supposedly my Aunty was trying to get back the money he was supposedly cheated out of (nobody seems to know how!)
What were your grandparents' names for this line?
William McCullogh Innes and Jessie Innes nee Brown.