Blairlogie Archive Index
To enable those interested in Blairlogie Archives to know its contents, an index has been prepared using a spreadsheet and saved as a PDF file to enable the maximum numbers of users to access the information. Viewing this index is free, simply click on the Index below and it will be displayed on the screen. Searching a PDF File is easy and saves a lot of reading.
Due to copyright legislation, we are unable to put the images associated with the index online. If you would like further information on the images that we hold, please contact us using the Contact Page. Anyone visiting Blairlogie or who lives in it or nearby are encouraged to ask to see both the electronic and the hardcopy archives. Please contact us using the Contact Page to arrange suitable times.
Due to copyright legislation, we are unable to put the images associated with the index online. If you would like further information on the images that we hold, please contact us using the Contact Page. Anyone visiting Blairlogie or who lives in it or nearby are encouraged to ask to see both the electronic and the hardcopy archives. Please contact us using the Contact Page to arrange suitable times.
Logie Archive Project
Sandy Stoddart, aged 15, ploughing at Craigton Farm beside Wallace Monument in 1896.
The Logie Community Archive Project was set up in the year 2000 as a millennium project to provide a central record of the life of the village and the community around it.
The Benchmark Project
The first steps were to record the then present as a benchmark: so a small Archive Group was set up, the members are entirely volunteers.
First, a complete photographic record of every building and structure in the community was made. There then followed the more complicated task of recording all the people who presently lived or worked in these houses or other buildings. People come and go, of course, though less regularly than in cities; not everyone is available at the same time; some just don’t want to be recorded; but, for the most part, they’re there…and the Group is persistent.
At present the Archive group is collating the Census records for the area and we now have them for 1911, 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 and 1841 censuses. The census records are all digitally saved onto a database to make searching easy. The group have now electronically indexed most of the digital photographs which makes searching and viewing easy. Please use the Contact Us page if you wish to see what we have to date.
Community Histories
Next came the stories and anecdotes, the family histories, the legal and administrative records of people and properties: this was a general working back through time, the gathering of information of those who lived here, or had memories from distant childhoods. We now know generally who lived where, when and even how, sometimes. Much of this goes back to the early 18th century. The record is still building, however, and there is still much that we need to know.
The Archive Group has mounted several very successful exhibitions of what is in the record, and it keeps growing.
The Ongoing Archive Project
Of course, we have to deal with the future; the future then is what is now the present, of course, and today’s present is tomorrow’s past. So we also record events and activities as they occur. What is trivial today can gather significance in the future, as we have learned many times over. Past, present and future coalesce.
All in all, we have a fascinating record for those of us here, but also for many throughout the world who have connections. We are extending our web all the time… to other Blairlogies in New Zealand and a fictional one in Canada, for example, and tracking the many documented, including internet, references to the name. It’s all here and filed, on paper, photos and documents as well as artefacts in the Crowsteps building, now part of the village hall. A major focus is also to digitise and cross reference all material in the archive and to make it more readily accessible to others who are interested in the area.
Now, however, we have set up this web-site to make the Archive more open and easier of access. You can see a examples of quite a number of houses and the people who lived in them. We have this kind of fact sheet for many other places in the community, and we are happy to spread the information, so we welcome queries from you. There are hundreds of photographs available, covering a wide range of time. If you have any queries that we can assist with, please use the Contact Us section to inform us of your requirements.
Join the Archive Information Web
We can provide electronic copies of photographs and other information within the bounds of the copyright legislation. We are also always delighted to receive information and material to expand the Archive.
Contact us with your query or comment through the Contact Page , and we will respond promptly.
Your roots might just be here.
The Benchmark Project
The first steps were to record the then present as a benchmark: so a small Archive Group was set up, the members are entirely volunteers.
First, a complete photographic record of every building and structure in the community was made. There then followed the more complicated task of recording all the people who presently lived or worked in these houses or other buildings. People come and go, of course, though less regularly than in cities; not everyone is available at the same time; some just don’t want to be recorded; but, for the most part, they’re there…and the Group is persistent.
At present the Archive group is collating the Census records for the area and we now have them for 1911, 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 and 1841 censuses. The census records are all digitally saved onto a database to make searching easy. The group have now electronically indexed most of the digital photographs which makes searching and viewing easy. Please use the Contact Us page if you wish to see what we have to date.
Community Histories
Next came the stories and anecdotes, the family histories, the legal and administrative records of people and properties: this was a general working back through time, the gathering of information of those who lived here, or had memories from distant childhoods. We now know generally who lived where, when and even how, sometimes. Much of this goes back to the early 18th century. The record is still building, however, and there is still much that we need to know.
The Archive Group has mounted several very successful exhibitions of what is in the record, and it keeps growing.
The Ongoing Archive Project
Of course, we have to deal with the future; the future then is what is now the present, of course, and today’s present is tomorrow’s past. So we also record events and activities as they occur. What is trivial today can gather significance in the future, as we have learned many times over. Past, present and future coalesce.
All in all, we have a fascinating record for those of us here, but also for many throughout the world who have connections. We are extending our web all the time… to other Blairlogies in New Zealand and a fictional one in Canada, for example, and tracking the many documented, including internet, references to the name. It’s all here and filed, on paper, photos and documents as well as artefacts in the Crowsteps building, now part of the village hall. A major focus is also to digitise and cross reference all material in the archive and to make it more readily accessible to others who are interested in the area.
Now, however, we have set up this web-site to make the Archive more open and easier of access. You can see a examples of quite a number of houses and the people who lived in them. We have this kind of fact sheet for many other places in the community, and we are happy to spread the information, so we welcome queries from you. There are hundreds of photographs available, covering a wide range of time. If you have any queries that we can assist with, please use the Contact Us section to inform us of your requirements.
Join the Archive Information Web
We can provide electronic copies of photographs and other information within the bounds of the copyright legislation. We are also always delighted to receive information and material to expand the Archive.
Contact us with your query or comment through the Contact Page , and we will respond promptly.
Your roots might just be here.