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A Claverhouse Sourcebook: A Collection of Materials Relating to John Graham of Claverhouse Viscount of Dundee
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John Graham of Claverhouse first and foremost claimed to be a military commander, a loyal soldier who accepted and carried out orders without overall concern for religious or political ideology. But it was his activities after 1688 that made his reputation ...
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A Highland History Sourcebook: A Collection of Materials Relating to the History of the Highlands
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For those with an interest in the Scottish Highlands, here's one for you. This CD contains five separate books relating to the history of the Highlands of Scotland: The ...
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A History of Fife and Kinross
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This is one in a series of country histories dating from the Victorian era which took as their objective the recording of the history of a shire from earliest times to the late Victorian period. Covering all aspects of the county, from political and military history from Roman time ...
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A History of the County of Inverness
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This is an extended survey of the history of this Highland region over almost 2,000 years, with considerable information on the place of Inverness and its families within the larger context of Scottish history ...
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A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion 1745-1746
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Originally published 1890, this publication consists of lists of those accused of joining the uprising of 1745-46 and taken prisoner after the battle of Culloden Moor in the early spring of 1746. Listed alphabetically by county, details are name, occupation, clan, residence, parish ...
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A Short History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 42nd , 73rd. 1725-1907
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History of the regiment compiled from regimental records of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, the Perthshire Militia and from the official histories of the 42nd and 73rd .
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A Sinclair Family Sourcebook
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This CD contains a collection of material relating to the Sinclair and St Clair families ...
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Ancient Scottish Earldoms
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In his monumental "The Scots Peerage", Sir James Balfour Paul sought to include all ancient titles of nobility, and he therefore investigated the ancient Scottish territorial earldoms in the early days of Scottish history. The old Earldom of Angus, later known as Forfarshire ...
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Antiquarian Notes
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This is a 952 page monumental work on the families, events, and places in the Highlands of Scotland. Produced in two volumes, the first is subtitled "A Series of Papers Regarding Families and Places in the Highlands", and includes dozens of chapters on topics relating to families ...
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Bibliography of the Gordons
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The Gordons were and are a family with many lines and an enormous number of family members scattered throughout Scotland. Therefore, compiling a bibliography of the books written by or about them is no easy task. This extensive bibliography, includes men and women of the name of Gordon ...
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Bruce Family Records
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A collection of articles relating to the history of the Bruce family ...
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Caithness Family History
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Caithness is a martime county in the extreme northeast of mainland Scotland. Covering numerous families who settled in the region including the Sinclair and St Clairs. The histories are both genealogical and historical and include many families not often featured in standard histories ...
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Cameron Family Records
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This CD contains six separate books or articles relating to the history of the Clan Cameron ...
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Chronicles of Strathearn
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This work is a history of the valley of the River Earn in Perthshire. It contains a collection of essays by local authorities on such topics as: The Celtic Saints and Ancient Churches of Strathearn; Near the Pictish Capital ...
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Clan Warfare in the Scottish Highlands
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After 1400 Scottish families competed for area supremacy or fought each other over various conflicts and feuds. There was no central authority to impose order, and warfare into the 18th century could be endemic on a local scale. This book details the competition between clans ...
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Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis: Consisting of Original Papers and Documents Relating to the History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
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One of the most elusive of all the Highland histories, "Collectanea" reprints many primary documents - much of the work done by William Skene, Donald Gregory, and other lions of 19th century Scottish historical writing ...
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Collections for a History of the Ancient Family of McMath
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This is as much a historical and biographical study as it is a genealogical one, and it follows the publication in 1898 of Memorials of the McMath Family, which concentrated upon the descendants of Archibald McMath of Ulster ...
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Crichton Family Records
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This collection is one of the "Family History Sourcebook" series, which present on one CD a variety of materials on a specific family, in this case the Crichtons ...
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Douglas Family History from the Scots Peerage
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Here are presented the genealogical and historical records of all branches of the Douglas family holding titles of nobility that are in Sir James Balfour-Paul's 'bible' The Scots Peerage ...
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Edinburgh
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Published in 1906, this book written by M.G. Williamson and illustrated by Herbert Raiton provides the reader with a historical and topographical account of the city of Edinburgh, and contains over 50 illustrations ...
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Estimate of the Scottish Nobility During the Minority of James VI
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The reign of James VI of Scotland was one in which the great families played a major role, not only during the king's minority, but throughout his long reign ...
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Gazetteer of Scotland: Including a Glossary of the Most Common Gaelic and Norse Names
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Originally published 1937, this 368 page book (which also includes maps) is one of the most important research tools for either the genealogist or the student of Scottish ...
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Historical Account of the Family of Frisel of Fraser
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The author of this considerable work took as his subject not only the House of Fraser but also its interaction with events of the day over the many centuries in which the Frasers were one of the greatest of all Scottish families ...
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History of Kilmarnock, Scotland
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The town of Kilmarnock is the primary focus of this work, with attention to the local castles. The religious nature of this southwestern town likewise required attention. There are also natural disasters, lists of magistrates and town officials, and information extracted from local records ...
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History of Stirlingshire
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This enormous study of Stirlingshire provides chapters on most matters of interest to Scots of the day. It included chapters beginning with the Romans, and continuing with chapters on religious houses; battles such as Stirling (1297), Falkirk (1298), and Bannockburn (1314) ...
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History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the families of Ayrshire
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A two volume set, volume 1 was originally published 1847 and volume 2 in 1852. This enormous study of the local and genealogical history of this county grew out of and goes well beyond the earlier Ayrshire Families by Robertson ...
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History of the County of Bute
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Written in 1864, this is page on the history of Bute is a standard work on the subject.
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History of the House and Clan of Mackay
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This a history absolutely packed with family and historical material found nowhere else and detailing the history and descent of this great Highland family ...
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History of the MacDonalds and Lords of the Isles
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In the 19th century, Alexander Mackenzie was the premier historian of the great Scottish families, and his extensive study of the Donald family long has been the standard by which such histories have been judged. Mackenzie studied the Donalds ...
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History of the Partition of the Lennox
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This work is a detailed examination of the complicated genealogical, historical, and legal problems involved with settling the rightful ownership of the Earldom of Lennox, a region also known as the Sheriffdom of Dunbarton. It involved claims by the Haldane, Napier, Hamilton, Menteith families ...
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History of the Scott Family
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The book begins with a look at the origin of the name of Scott and its early history, this study proceeds rapidly through the Scottish side, then moves on to the early American history of the family and its subsequent development.
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In Famed Breadalbane: The Story of the Antiquities, Lands and People of a Highland District
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This is a history of a district of the Grampian Mountains in western Perthshire, bordered by Lochaber and Atholl on the north and Strathearn and Menteith on the south. It is of particular relevance for the Campbell, MacNab, Buchanan, Cameron, Dewar, Drummond, MacDonald ...
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Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch
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Inverurie was the name of both a town and a parish in Garioch district, Aberdeenshire. This is one of the most extended and comprehensive of local histories, and it takes as its subject the families, events, and peoples who were part of this region of Scotland from early Celtic times through ...
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Lauriston Castle: The Estate and Its Owners
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The small estate of Lauriston was situated in the ancient Midlothian parish of Cramond in what is now the city of Edinburgh. Its early history was associated with the ancient family of Forrester of Corstorphine, then with the equally illustrious family of Napier ...
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Leslie Family Records
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This CD contains a collection of six articles relating to the history of the Leslie family ...
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Memorials of Angus and the Mearns
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Covering the shires of Forfar and Kincardine in the northeast of Scotland. It is a work which concentrates its attention upon the history of the region, particularly in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. It provides an extensive survey of the castles and towns visited or ...
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Memorials of the Parish of Alloa
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Written by John Crawford, and published in 1874, this book includes chapters on the old town cross, the old bridge of Tullidody, the Eskines of Mar, Alloa colliers and collieries, the brewers of the olden time and much much more ...
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Merchiston Castle School Register, Edinburgh, Midlothian 1833-1903
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This school was started by Charles Chalmers in a large house in Park Place, and due to its success was moved with 15 pupils to take lease of Merchiston Castle, owned by Lord Napier. The register lists virtually all students of this boarding school up to 1903 ...
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Notes on Historical References to the Scottish Family of Lauder
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The primary emphasis here is upon the Lauder family in Scotland and upon the history of that family as it evolved over the centuries and as it interacted with national events. The author begins with a consideration of the origin of the name ...
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Perthshire Monumental Inscriptions: Rattray
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Monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of Rattray in Perthshire, Scotland. Compiled by John Hunter, and published in 1913. This facsimile of the original provides transcripts of the memorial inscriptions in the churchyard, as well as including some photographs of gravestones ...
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Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Scotland
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Here is a dream of a book for the genealogist or researcher. The first map shows all of Scotland, with the counties located for easy reference. Contains 32 full-colour maps, and a 34 page index ...
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Reminiscences of Dollar, &c.
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This is an interesting local history book about the Scottish village of Dollar in Clackmannanshire (home of the famous school Dollar Academy) and its surroundings. Written by William Gibson, and originally published in 1883 ...
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Scotch-Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America
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This work is limited in time and scope to the period 1700-1750 and concentrates more upon the conditions in Ireland and the colonies during that period. It begins with a survey of Ireland and New England around 1714, sketching the situation there at the time of the Hanoverian ...
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Ships from Scotland to Australasia 1820-1860
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One of the more difficult tasks encountered by genealogists in Australia and New Zealand is establishing the ship on which their ancestors sailed, and the dates of departure ...
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Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland
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This 64 page book, was originally published 1923. The primary purpose of this work is to provide an alphabetical guide to English names used in Ireland which have been altered or anglicized from their Gaelic original. For example, Adams is originally from Mac Adaim, who are described as being a branch from the MacGregors ...
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Sutherland and the Reay Country
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Edited by Adam Gunn and John Mackay, this is a history of the county of Sutherland, with introductory chapters which trace the history of the region down to 1800, and with a subsequent chapter on the home life and customs of the region ...
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Sutherland Family History from The Scots Peerage
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Here are presented the genealogical and historical records of all branches of the Sutherland family holding titles of nobility that is included in Sir James Balfour-Paul's monumental work "The Scots Peerage". The Sutherlands began their progress to title and fortune as Flemish settlers in Scotland ...
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The Book of Glenbuchat
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Originally published 1942, this unusual work concentrates upon the glen and castle of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, with a series of articles relating to various aspects of the glen, the castle, and the Gordons ...
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The Brave Sons of Skye
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This is an account of the most celebrated sons of Skye who served in the British military in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It includes representatives of such families as: Bethune, Campbell, Chisholm, Elder, Fraser, Gardiner, Gilstrap, Grant, Lindsay, MacAlister, MacBeth, MacCaskill, MacCrimmon, MacDonald ...
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The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway
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The early history of Galloway is inseparable from that of Ayrshire, and this work therefore treats Galloway in its widest definition. It includes lands and families as far north as the river Irvine, as well as east to the Nith, and the region would later be defined as the counties of Wigtown and Kirkcudbright ...
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The Highlanders of Scotland: Their Origin, History and Antiquities
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William Skene was one of the most distinguished and influential of the 19th century historians who first looked at the people and culture of the Highlands of Scotland and sought not only to record but also to analyse and understand that culture.
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The Historical Families of Dumfriesshire and the Border Wars
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Written by C.L. Johnstone, this second edition published in 1889 is the history not only of a region in Scotland but also of the great families -- many of them Anglo-Norman -- who settled in the border lands between England and Scotland and who played a major role ...
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The History of Aberdeen and Banff
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Written by William Watt, and published in 1900, this 456 page work is part of the Victorian attempt to present the history of the counties of Scotland, and this particular volume surveys the two counties (Aberdeen and Banff) in the northeast ...
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The History of the Mackenzies with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name
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This is an extended account of the Mackenzies of Kintail and Seaforth, as well as the branch families, of which there are dozens. It is both history and genealogy and an excellent example of the best the 19th century could produce ...
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The History of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America for Eleven Hundred Years
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Written by Leonard Allison Morrison in 1896, this monumental work gives a genealogical and biographical history of the family in Normandy, in Scotland, England, and Ireland, as well ...
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The House of Gordon
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Published in three volumes, from 1903-1912, this massive study of the Gordons in Scotland is a testimony to the importance of this great noble family which for centuries played such a major role in the national life and politics of Scotland ...
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The Lairds of Glenlyon Historical Sketches Relating to the Districts of Appin, Glenlyon and Breadalbane
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Glenlyon is a region in Perthshire, it includes within it the four districts of Breadalbane, Glenlyon, Glenorchy, and Rannoch. This history brings together information on events and individuals associated with the region from the coming of the Campbells into the 19th century ...
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The Lordship of the Isles: Wanderings in the Lost Lordship
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This work is somewhat unusual, for it is both a history and a travel guide through the old Lordship of the Isles. Dr Isabel Grant takes the last great principality of Gaelic Alba, the kingdom of the Isles, travelling over it, investigating its terrain, its folklore and superstitions ...
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The Loyal Clans
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This history of the Highland families or clans who remained loyal to the Hanoverian government during the Jacobite rebellions is one of the most insightful and impressive studies ever done on the period in the late 17th and 18th centuries ...
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The Loyall Dissuasive and Other Papers Concerning the Affairs of Clan Chattan
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This work centers around Sir AEneas MacPherson, the events of the period noted - when civil wars raged among the Highland families - and in particular MacPherson and Mackintosh, Farquharson, Fraser, Gordon, Grant, Keith, Leslie, MacDonald, Mackenzie, Maclean, Shaw ...
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The Maclays of Lurgan
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Originally published 1889, this is a biographical sketch of the descendants of Charles and John Maclay, who went to America in 1734. The family seemingly possessed lands in the Highlands until the Battle of Bealligh-ac-Broig ...
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The MacLeods: The History of a Clan 1200-1956
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This is a new edition of Dr Grant's monumental study of this family from the northwest of Scotland which first appeared in 1959 and was then updated by John MacLeod of MacLeod in 1981. Further additions were made for this CD-ROM.
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The MacQueens of Queensdale: A Biography of Col. James MacQueen and His Descendants
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Col. James MacQueen was "of Queensdale" and was born on the Isle of Skye about 1760. He came to America about 1772, and settled in Moore County, NC. According to the genealogical table at the beginning of the book, he was a direct lineal descendant of King Robert the Bruce ...
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The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States
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This classic work is a dictionary of families, listed alphabetically, who are of Norman descent. Each entry gives place of settlement, origin, and meaning of the name, progenitor (when possible), as well as sites originally and later settled by the family ...
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The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry
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Included in this splendid study are 100 houses located in Glasgow and the region, many of which were already in decay or had disappeared at the time of this publication. Each house is described in some detail, providing information on the primary families ...
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The Patten Families: Genealogies of the Pattens from the North of Ireland
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This is a historical and genealogical account of a family primarily from its "Scots-Irish" origins into North America, with a secondary interest in various Patten lines which have an English descent. The primary focus is upon a line of Pattens who came into the American colonies ...
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The Scotch-Irish, or the Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America
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Few topics are so controversial as the origin and nature of the "Scotch-Irish", and the debate over the very existence of such a "people" rages on in the 21st century. First published in 1901, this study examines the Scotch-Irish in the American Revolution ...
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Upper Annandale: Its History and Traditions
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This history surveys the area of Annandale, from Roman through Scottish medieval times, to the days of the Border wars and forays.
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