Party Vibe

The reason I chose that site is mostly the fact that it is a collection of stories (which they ask people to send if they have any more), and history is usually better researched by looking at contemporary sources than it is by taking one scholar or anothers views as fact. And as the site says, they are more concerned with the “who” rather than the “what” or “why”. All of the stories say who their author was, and what they did. These are considered “primary sources” by historians, as they are written by people who were there at the time – much of the literature on the subject is written by people who lived later on, and is coloured by their opinions and views (the primary sources are also coloured by their views, but are contemporary with the events, and so more useful).

There are probably better sites out there, but this seemed a good one to me. I learned most of my personal knowledge about the clearances from books, but did a search on the net, and this seemed the best one to me. Didn’t really look into who funded them etc, as the accounts all contain the name of the person who made them (and you can then find info about them if needed, to weight the value of the accounts). The site owners seem to have no particular axe to grind either (that I could find).