Tuesday 16th April 2024: AGM followed by Papers Relating to the Black Isle in National Archives — Non-local sources for local history

Dr. Nicola Mills

Victoria Hall, Cromarty

Births, deaths and marriages, property records, wills, census, military service — most historians will know where to find these in national archives. But what about the little bits and pieces, the details of a place, the chance encounters? This talk, whilst not comprehensive, aims to tease out a few interesting sources for information on Cromarty in some of our larger archives across Scotland and perhaps beyond.

Nicola Mills graduated with a PhD from St. Andrews University before going on to train as an archivist in London. She worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Scottish United Services Museum (now the National War Museum of Scotland) in Edinburgh Castle and the Scottish Record Office (now the National Records of Scotland) before becoming freelance. Since then she has specialised in estate archives and military, medical and distillery records, working for Aberdeen City and Shire archives, Aberdeen University, and the Scottish Episcopal Church amongst others. She also teaches the Latin modules on the Dundee University archive course.

Cromarty History Society now meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September‐April and occasionally during the summer