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Scottish Landowners and Heritages 1872/3
Includes the name and address of every owner in Scotland of one acre and upwards in extent with estimated acreage and the annual vale of lands and heritages.... More Info
Scots Peerage 1906
Scots Peerage 1906 - Produced by S&N for the Scottish Genealogical Society. The nine volumes of Scots Peerage contains coats of arms and details of many families from Scotland. This unique works by Sir James Balfour comes on one CD. With alphabetic index.... More Info
Product Code: MSC649
Gathering the Clans - Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet
by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa More Info
Product Code: BK5693
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians by Ian Maxwell
Scotland's history has been influenced by many factors - the division between the Highlands and the Lowlands, the feudal system, the Reformation, the industrial revolution - that have shaped the country's past and impacted on the lives of its people. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is a lively and accessible introduction to this long, complex and fascinating story. It is aimed primarily at family historians who are eager to explore and understand the world in which their ancestors lived. Ian More Info
Product Code: BK6219
Scottish Genealogy Fourth Edition by Bruce Durie
This fully revised and updated fourth edition of Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland. Written by one of the most authoritative figures on the subject, the work is based on established genealogical practice and is designed to exploit the rich resources that Scotland has to offer. After all, this country has possibly the most complete and best-kept set of records and other documents in the world. Addressing the questions of DNA, palaeograph More Info
Product Code: BK6699
Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet by Chris Paton
A practical guide to researching Scottish ancestry using the Internet. Contains chapters on many classes of records and online offerings sourced nationally and from every Scottish county; covers national institutions, commercial sites and sources generated by local Family History Societies and individuals; explains how these sources can be understood and related to individual research projects; examines many uniquely Scottish collections not replicated elsewhere. An essential work of reference for anyone studying Scottish family history or national history More Info
Product Code: BK6771
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Dalkeith Tolbooth and Market Cross by David R Smith
"The Tolbooth was the focal point of the Scottish burgh from medieval times until the 19th century. Incorporating the office where taxes were paid, the centre of local administration and also the prison where debtors were jailed, it was the most important single building in the community. As such it was the focus of much civic pride and community identity"--Back cover. 72 pages
Edinburgh Last Days of Steam by W.A.C. Smith
Railway services in Edinburgh began in earnest in 1846 and for 12 year thereafter the Scottish capital enjoyed major national rail links.
Old West Calder by William F Hendrie
The quiet, rural parish of West Calder underwent dramatic change from the mid-nineteenth century onwards due to the Scottish shale oil industry.
Shale Oil: A history of the industry in the Lothians by Guthrie Hutton
The fascinating story which begins with a visionary chemist from Glasgow, James Young, and his innovation and tenacity in developing and refining the process of extracting useable oil from the Lothian shale fields. Much has been written about mining and Scottish coal but relatively little about the shale oil industry which brought whole villages into existence and transformed an entire area west o...More Info
Erskine Church, Stirling, Baptisms
A pdf transcription of thousands of baptisms recorded from the Erskine Church Baptismal Register in Stirling. Most of the entries do no appear in the ScotlandsPeople old parishes register for Stirling. An excellent new resource, transcribed and collated by volunteers from Central Scotland Family History Society.