Lunga Estate is the family home of the MacDougalls of Lunga a cadet branch of the Macdougalls related to MacDougalls of Raray and Ardmaddy and MacDougalls of Gallanach


Here are some local and MacDougall genealogy Links and also some general links for help in tracing Genealogy.

Lunga has a large family archive which we are in the process of digitizing and data-basing. If you are looking for something specific do get in touch and we can see if anything relevant has already been cataloged. Contact Colin or Johanna

Some useful Census and Statistics

• Statistical account 1795 craignish kindly sent by Malcolm Campbell of Airds ( there is some missing bits if any one has those ) (parishacc-1.doc)
• Statistical account of craignish parish 1843   sent by Malcolm Campbell  ( statisticacc2.doc )
• Census for Craignish from 1881 (census81.rtf) ( change format to XLS or word and upload )
  
• Census for 1891 as an excel spreadsheet    (census91.xls)
• Rent Rolls book 1 PDF  rent rolls from john macdougall 1760's this exists as searchable files in the Lunga Database - REDO THIS LINK
• History of Craignish.. Rambles through Craignish by Robert A Campbell 1947
  

• The Clan MacDougall Society of Great Britain Eire and Europe ( seems not to exist at present )
• Clan MacDougall Society of the USA and Canada this site has lots of MacDougall related bits although very American orientated. Most of it is now only available for members.
• Map of Scotland from Walter M. MacDougall's book, Journeying in MacDougall Country . ( MISSING find )
• The Raven (MISSING find)   " according to the best authorities, the symbol of the Raven comes to Clan MacDougall from it's Viking ancestors. It comes as a bird of state and the companion of gods. Two Raven rode upon the shoulders of Odin. Their names were "thought" and "memory", for the Raven is said to be the wisest of birds. Some scholars have seen in the pictorial representations of the prows of the MacDougall galley a raven rather than the traditional dragon head. A tradition among the MacDougalls of Lunga says that the MacDougall galleys flew a "raven flag".
• Ancient macdougall Tartan to buy (Jura )
  

Pipe Tunes info   

• Sheet music for the pipes of the tune MacDougall of Lunga and another version by Paterson
  
• Tune of MacDougall's of Lunga from Pipe Major Bill Robertson (MISSING find )
• Bill Robertsons Tutorials page on You tube
• Pipe Major Willie Ross playing Major MacDougall of Lunga Bagpipes. Recorded sometime between 1910-1939. Content courtesy of Jim McGillivray

Local History Info

• Netherlorn and its neighbourhood from Archive.org written in 1909 by Patrick H Giillies
  
• More Craignish pages can be found on the Edinburgh University site under their Scottish Gazetteer.
• along with Archive.net
  
• A fascinating account of the Galley of Lorne Era of the Galley from the Scottish Australian Heritage Council Inc
  A fascinating account of Kilbrandon and Kilchatan Parish 1841-1871 ,  Including local Census details1851, and 1861 MacDougalls on Jura (MISSING find)
• Some Clan MacDougall History from electric Scotland
  
• the Lorn Archaeological and Historical Society
• Ordnance Survey name book 1868-1878 Craignish
• Colin S MacDonalds Son of Skye pages lots of fascinating snippets of Craignish and McLarty history
• Rambles through Craignish By Robert A Cambell 1947
  
• The place names of Argyll by H Cameron Gillies
  
• Craignish Parish records
• Waifs and strays of celtic tradition: argyllshire collection Book NLS. vol 1
• Waifs and strays of celtic tradition: argyllshire collection Book NLS. vol 2
• Waifs and strays of celtic tradition: argyllshire collection Book NLS. vol 3  there is a no of other volumes here too
  
• The story of the Jura witch
  
• Jura parsh records
• Cordara's commentary on the expedition to scotland ade by Charles Edward Stuart, Prince of wales. The manuscript History of Craignish ( form the NLS) 
• McLartys of Craignish 
  

Some Castles in the area

• Dunnolie and Dunstaffnage Castle, and Gylen are nearby MacDougall Castles
• But there are plenty more to explore such as Inveraray ( home to the Dukes of Argyll,) Kilmartin Castle now a rental home, Carnasserie near Kilmartin and  Castle Stalker just north of Oban to name a few.
  

Some Geneology Pages

• A seriously well researched collection of pages from around Scotland well worth looking at. Scotlandsfamily.com
• Common family surnames of various locations in Scotland Oldscottish.com
• Information on Geneology of families who originated on Mull
• Argyll and Bute Archives in Lochgilphead Argyll and Bute archives a fantastic source of local information
• Oban Times Newspaper and the Argyllshire Courier archives are held by the British newspaper archive
• A useful source of Birth Marriage and death certificates for UK. BMD certificates
• Familysearch :
• rootsweb -Steves world of geneology, a huge list of genealogy links,
• Tartans.com   This site went down but is gradually being revived and will eventually hopefully have a chat board, has a page to find which clan your surname is associated with.
• rootschat.com family history forum site
• General Register Office for Scotland find out about clans, places and order certificates etc
• Barrichebean and Craignish Campbells ( NOT THERE ANYMORE FIND ) Does seem to be added to Wikipedia plus Family tree of CAmpbells barricbean another Roy Campbell
• Ancestry.com build your family tree and connect with others who have already built theirs
•  Wikitree.com a collaborative genealogy tree building site
• Researching from ship passenger lists :   these two resources kindly esent by Mr. Rizzo  a media specialist  in York County Maine
• House History and geneology
  

Some useful tips

• How to go about researching Family genealogy with other Links kindly suggested by Elliot Phillips   Mapcon article on researching genealogy
• More information on how to get started on your genealogical journey from Emily Fletcher at Homeguides
• For some info on how to get started tracing your past, particularly if you are in  America vodien.com
• A blog with useful tips and tricks and info on their main page if you are interested in DNA uses for genealogy The ultimate beginners guide to Genealogy
• Marc McDermotts from Genealogy explained has a  flow chart to apply GPS to sound genealogical research a useful print out for your desk

If you have any historical information that you think would be useful on these pages please e-mail me on:
joh@lunga.com