Researching Property in Caithness

[Welsh terrier]

Is there a way to research who lived in a particular house without having the names of the people ?
I am trying to discover who lived in our farm.prior to 1860's.
It was rented out by a landowner whose family eventually sold on in 1950's.

Any help much appreciated

W/T

[ev]

Hi WT ,

You could try the freeCEN website
It has the 1841 , 1851, and 1861 Census transcriptions for Caithness

You can do an address search on there
What information do you have ?

ev

[GrahamSimons]

You could ask the North Highland Archive: contacts are given in this link:

http://www.caithness.org/community/museums/nha/index.htm

[Welsh terrier]

Thank you ev, just tried freecen but came back with no results.
There is a possibilty that the farm changed it's name once out of Crown Estate hands.
W/T

[Welsh terrier]

Thank you Graham for the link....Wick library looks like a good starting point

[kris47]

What is the name of the farm & parish?

[GR2]

You could find out from the valuation rolls. Remember that "farmer" was often used for a crofter and you can find several crofts of the same name on an estate.

[Welsh terrier]

I found one tenant in the 1901 Census,
Alexander Dunnet.
Civil Parish:-Olrig
address Hilliclay (farm name).

Think maybe the library the best bet ?

W/T

[kris47]

try freecen again with parish Thurso 1861 James Mill age 37  you can also view next households.