From Kilbarchan back to Lochaber
Duncan Hartley started with three things his mother remembered: the Camerons of Erracht, a village called Kilbarchan, and Auntie Gracie in Scotland. This site is the trail he followed — his words, newly put together.
Searching records in the Scottish Archives Office in Edinburgh, I found the annual reports of the pupils in a small school in the tiny hamlet of Finart. In the year 1777 there was my great-great-great-grandmother, 'Grisy' Kennedy aged seven, able to recite her catechism and write a little. Duncan Hartley, A personal view
Read the trail
The evidence, generation by generation, from grandparents in Leeds to Kilmonivaig around 1700.
The people
The direct line, with the photographs and parish extracts Duncan gathered on the way.
The working notes
Census tables, the parentage puzzle, and why that 1792 marriage is almost certainly unique.
Blog
Clan legends, Culloden, and other essays Duncan gathered beside the trail.
Family only
Living relatives and the Hartley English line. Password required.
The migration
Western Highlands, then the south shore of Loch Rannoch, then Callander, then the weaving cottages of Kilbarchan, then England. One family, and the long aftermath of 1746.
The direct line
Names in dark green are the line Duncan traced. Later generations are behind the family gate.