Nostalgic memories of Portnaguran's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I am back to Finlay Maclean and wife Margaret Macdonald round about the 1790's from Gravir and Garyvard on my family tree! Hit a brickwall now though, any help appreciated.
I am looking for Grahams from Portnaguran. According to the census they lived at 1 and 12 Broker. I am looking for any relatives of Angus Graham and his wife Christian MacDonald. They lived approximately 1806-1879. I am descended from their son, Donald Graham who married Barbara Macleod and they were born around 1845 and had 10 children one of whom was my grandmother. I travelled around ...see more
I am tracing family and have ended up in Portnaguran. John Macdonald, son of Norman and Christina Macdonald, married Dolina Graham in 1921. John was a seaman on the "Narenta" at the time. They had 3 children, Angus, Christina and John and some time before 1929 the father, John disapeared. Would love to hear any information. My husband is a grandson of Dolina who passed in 1972. We have visited Scotland and loved it ,Stornoway is on our list.