Ullapool Museum offers a Genealogy Service, specialising in the Parish of Lochbroom.

Genealogy information is available for personal research, or with assistance from staff members if required. Staff can also carry out genealogy searches for enquirers – a postal/email service is available. A search of the 1881 Census for the UK is also available.

Please phone before travelling to check our opening hours, which vary seasonally. Also to ensure we have genealogical assistance available on your chosen day.

The records we have available are listed below

The Census Returns for Lochbroom

1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901

The 1881 records are on CD Rom and cover all of Great Britain
The others are on microfilm and are also transcribed into folders if you would rather view them in this format

The Old Parish Registers (OPR)
(Births/Baptisms & Marriages/Contracts of Marriage)

» Lochbroom 1798 – 1855 (transcribed)
» Gairloch & Assynt on microfilm
» All UK on CD Rom
» Indices to OPR for Ross-shire, Sutherland and Caithness on microfiche

The Valuation Rolls

Show proprietors and tenants/occupiers in: 1868-69, 1878-79, 1888-89, 1898-99, 1908-09, 1918-19, 1928-29, 1938-39 & 1948-49

The Ordnance Survey Original Object Name Books

The Name Books give information about all the place names listed on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Maps, when surveyed in 1875:
Lochbroom; Ullapool; Coigach; Gairloch; Lochcarron; Droma; Easter Ross

The Inland Revenue Field Books (1913)

On microfilm:
Information regarding Buildings and Sites in Lochbroom Parish, including Ullapool and Coigach. Plans and dimensions of buildings are very often included.

The Men of Loch Broom

A record of the men who fell during the First World War. The book includes photographs of most of the men.

Various Emigrant Ship Passenger Lists

Including:
The Hector - sailed 1773 to Nova Scotia
Lady Egidia - sailed 1860 to New Zealand

Various Correspondence

Written by descendants of people who emigrated to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America. Gives some family information and histories.

Surveys of Gravestone Inscriptions

» Garve Road, Ullapool, Burial Ground
» West Argyle St, Ullapool (Old Parliamentary Churchyard)
» Church of Scotland (Old Free Church) Churchyard, Mill St, Ullapool
» Tanera Mhor Burial Ground (Coigach)
» Badenscallie Burial Ground, Achiltibuie
» Clachan Churchyard
» Dundonnell Burial Ground, Bord Buie
» Dundonnell House (Private Burial Ground)
» Achanalt Churchyard, Cnoc na Bhain
» Isle Martin Burial Ground
» Achiltibuie Free Church Churchyard

Burial Registers for Lochbroom area

» Clachan Churchyard 1920-present
» Coigach Burial Ground (Badenscallie) 1928-present
» Morefield Burial Ground, Ullapool 1953-present
» Garve Road Burial Ground, Ullapool 1916-1987
» Gruinard Burial Ground 1908-present
» West Argyle St Churchyard 1970-1988

Maps, Plans & Charts

A variety is held, dating from 1794-1994. These include:

» 1875 & 1902 surveyed Ordnance Survey 1st & 2nd Edition 1” & 6”/mile maps of Lochbroom Parish
» Coigach, with Gaelic Place Names (CD Rom)
» Admiralty Charts, surveyed 1848-49 to 1994
» West Scotland and the Western Isles, surveyed 1794
» North of Scotland Hydro Electric Scheme plans for Loch Dubh, Glascarnoch, Luichart and Torr Achilty schemes
» Plans of Leckmelm Farm and associated buildings, 1880s/1890s

Old Invoices, Receipts and Accounts

1777/1870 and 20th Century

Individual Family Trees & Histories

Including:
» The Fraser Family (Lochbroom)
» The Stewart Family (Badenscallie Achiltibuie)
» The Macgregor family (New Zealand)
» The Mackenzie Family (Kildonan-New Zealand)
» The Burnett Family (Baywater New Zealand)
» The Children of Kildonan
» The Morrison family Ullapool & Australia
» The Macleay Family Scotland to NSW Australia

Photographic Archive

» 1,400 photographs, with supporting information on Card Indices
» Set of colour aerial photographs of Lochbroom Parish, taken in 1995

This list of records and documents is not comprehensive. We are always adding to our collection. If you have information relating to the Lochbroom, Ullapool & Coigach areas that you would like to share with the museum, we will be delighted to receive it.

CHARGES

» Personal unassisted research: £3 per hour
» Assisted research: £14 per hour
» Postal/email enquiry service: £14 per hour
» 1881 Census search: £5 per name
» Photocopies (non-archival grade paper):
10p per A4 sheet
15p per A3 sheet

Photographic prints 7”x5” may be ordered at a cost of £7.50 + post & insurance. Larger sizes are also available.

Please phone before travelling to check our opening hours, which vary seasonally. Also to ensure we have genealogical assistance available on your chosen day.