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From: "Mary M. Hoff" <>
Subject: Re: Kilfinichen/Tyree
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 05:31:03 -0800


Elaine asked:

<My parish map for Mull shows the records for the Parish
<of Kilfinichen and Kilviceuen beginning in 1804. Does this
<mean the Parish was created in 1804 or is this the date
<of the earliest record?

The parishes of Kilfinichen and Kilviceon have existed for 1000 years. They
were combined as an administrative district into the parish of Kilfinichen and
Kilviceon in the 17th century. All records prior to 1804 have been lost and all
that now remains are two parish registers covering the period from 1804-1854.

<Also, there are numerous records listed under Tyree
<which fit many of my families...except they are Tyree.
<What was the relationship between Mull and Tyree.
<Did people move back and forth frequently OR
<did the clergy from Tyree minister to Mull and all the
<records just ended up recorded as Tyree?

Tyree has no peat bogs, so every year since who-knows-when the people of Tyree
would come to the Ross of Mull to cut peats for their winter's fuel supply.
There was a lot of movement between the peoples of the two
islands--intermarriages, etc. In the 1800's when the Duke of Argyll arranged
transportation of people from his lands to North America, often the ships
carried people from both Tyree and the Ross of Mull.

Marry McLean Hoff
Tustin California

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