The three of us, working out of Galicia, Edinburgh and Antigua. We came together over the MacKinnon line and the colonial branch that came out of it.
the team —
emma-jane mackinnon-lee
Tasadora Rural · Rural Appraiser
Galicia, Spain · Isle of Skye, Scotland
born 14 September 1988
Trained in rural valuation in Galicia in the late 2000s, then worked at a small appraisal office in Lugo for several years. Moved to the Isle of Skye after starting research on the MacKinnon line on the island. Now works between the two — Galician smallholdings on one desk, Highland croft cases on the other. Started this calendar a couple of years ago.
ronald macdonald
Forensic Analyser
Edinburgh, Scotland
born 22 November 1991
Started out in document forensics at the National Records of Scotland in the early 2010s. Moved into private practice a few years later, authenticating charters and estate papers for heritage trusts and family historians. Based in Edinburgh since the mid-2010s, with a slow specialism in pre-1700 Highland charters.
kenneth macleod
Archivist
Saint John's, Antigua
born 6 March 1971
Born in Saint John's. Trained at the University of the West Indies, then spent close to ten years at the Antigua and Barbuda Museum working through estate and parish records. Has been freelance since the late 2010s, focusing on the plantation papers and the slavery-compensation trail connected to the British families who held land on the island.