Subject: RE: FS-Case: 772450557 - McLennan
From: "Ross Fairfield (Business Support (HSC))" <[email-masked]>
To: Michelle Sherratt <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:03:03 +0000

Good morning Michelle,

I have been in touch with our senior archivist who has informed me that the Highland Council will not be able to provide any further information as the home would have been run by a Roman Catholic order and not the local authority.

I have had a look online and the records of St Vincent de Paul may be held at the Scottish Catholic Archives:
https://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/Collections

As I am unable to provide any further information for you at this time, I will now mark this case as complete.

If you require anything further, please do not hesitate to get back in touch.

Kind regards,

Ross Fairfield

Records Support Officer
Health & Social Care Records Support Team
Ground Floor, Care and Learning
Highland Council Headquarters
Glenurquhart Road
INVERNESS
IV3 5NX

From: Michelle Sherratt <[email-masked]>
Sent: 13 January 2026 10:00
To: Ross Fairfield (Business Support (HSC)) <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: FS-Case: 772450557 - McLennan

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Good Morning Ross

I hope you are well.

Client states that he attended St Joseph's Convent and Children's Home, operated by the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1960. It was located on King Street, Inverness. It is since been demolished.

I hope this helps.

Kind Regards.

Michelle Sherratt
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From: Ross Fairfield (Business Support (HSC)) <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Sent: 13 January 2026 9:29 AM
To: DSAR-ATMR <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: FW: FS-Case: 772450557 - McLennan

Good morning,

I am getting in touch regarding your subject access request for James McLennan.

Are you able to provide any further information regarding the children's home which he attended so that I can carry out another search for you?

Kind regards,

Ross Fairfield

Records Support Officer

Health & Social Care Records Support Team

Ground Floor, Care and Learning

Highland Council Headquarters

Glenurquhart Road

INVERNESS

IV3 5NX

From: Health & Social Care Records Support Team
Sent: 15 December 2025 14:11
To: [email-masked]' <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: FS-Case: 772450557 - McLennan

Good afternoon,

I am getting in touch regarding your client James McLennan's subject access request with the Highland Council.

After carrying out a thorough search of both our electronic and paper archives, I have not been able to locate any information relating to Mr McLennan.

I then contacted our senior archivist who has conducted a further search and has informed me that your client attended St Joseph's School; St Joseph's Children's Home was not an establishment within Highland.  Our archivist has provided the following register entry albeit with a different home address than provided:

"St Joseph's School admission register (Ref CI/5/3/155e)

No. on roll: 613

Date of admission: 01/09/1952

Name: MacLennan, James

Date of birth: 23/08/1947

Address: 31 North Drive

Name Parent/Guardian: Hugh

Relationship: Father

Name of last school: blank

Reason for withdrawal: blank"

I realise that you are submitting this request in conjunction with Redress Scotland and that the above will not be of much help as your client was still living at home.  Are you able to go back to Mr McLennan and ask what the name of the children's home was that he attended?  It may also be worth asking if any of the other younger children went to any children's homes as our archivist check to see if there is any change of address for them in the school admission register.

Kind regards,

Ross Fairfield

Records Support Officer

Health & Social Care Records Support Team

2nd Floor, Care and Learning

Highland Council Headquarters

Glenurquhart Road

INVERNESS

IV3 5NX

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