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if you find out anymore info on the area between 1898 and 1908 and the boarders i would be interested to hear. i often wonder if the boarders were viewed as a source of income as the parish poor relief would have paid the famliies who took in the boardersis brother in kilts and the young people would have supplied labour on the farms. though i suppose the experience of the young people would be similar to perhaps evacuees during the second world war in that some would have had positive experiences and some unfortunately not. my grampa died when my dad was a boy but i have heard that him and his brother would often go hillwaking and i have a picture of him and his brother in kilts, perhaps this was a a result of their experience of the culture in tomintoul at the time.

hi sorry about the delay in the haven't been doing much research since that last post i sent. the reason most of the Glasgow children were sent there was because the church wanted to maintain the young people's catholic identity and this area was one of the few areas that still had a distinctive catholic community post reformation. the added bonus for the poor relief was that it was away from the 'corrupting' influence of the slums and the rural lifestyle was seen as a way of developing them into young people with good character. i found out about all this stuff by looking at the parish poor records in the Mitchell archive too. inspectors from the parish poor board were sent up at regular intervals to check on the young people in the care of the families (unfortunately i can't remember the name given to these reports in the Mitchell) but i remember seeing my grampa and other young people's names mentioned (my grampa kept running away and 'needed taking in hand'). it would be interesting to read local newspapers from the area at the time to see what local people thought of this influx of young orphans what relationships were like between them and the local children as at any time there must have been a noticeable number of these young people boarded out from Glasgow and other Scottish towns. hope this posts in at the right bit of the conversation as i am not very good at these forum things

hi
i am trying to find out more about the experience of the young people from glasgow who were "boarded out" in the Tomintoul and Tomnavoulin areas between 1898 and 1908. i would be particularly interested in finding out about the school in tombae at this period. are there any books on the area at this time or useful sources?
thanks