Discover Your Scottish Ancestry
Discover Your Scottish Ancestry

Author: Graham Holton

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2009-11-04

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0748641785

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This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science.Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies.Highlights of this new edition:*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research even further.

Scots Heraldry
Scots Heraldry

Author: Sir Thomas Innes of Learney

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0806304782

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This is the standard reference work on all aspects of Scottish heraldry with complete details on the history, science and practice. It contains abundant references to original sources of information and full details on the procedure for obtaining a grant of arms. The plates include reproductions of heraldic bookplates, extracts of matriculations of arms, birthbrieves, genealogical trees, and illustrations of heraldic design in architecture.

Clans and Families of Ireland
Clans and Families of Ireland

Author: John Grenham

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785831365

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Clans and Families of Ireland provides a fascinating account of the origins of the Irish people from prehistoric times down to the present, with particular emphasis on placenames and surnames. It tells of the effects of invasion, war, famine and emigration, and how these have influenced the makeup of Ireland and the Irish. Focusing on 200 of the commonest Irish names, it sheds light on their origins, highlights their geographical distribution and gives details of prominent family members. Illustrated with coats of arms and clan tartans as well as photographs of Ireland’s landscapes, historic sites and artifacts, this book will be of particular interest to all who rejoice in an Irish name.

The House of Forbes
The House of Forbes

Author: Alistair Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 1987-03-01

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780912951294

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Family history and genealogical data about the Forbes family of Scotland about 1305 A.D. and 1937, utilizing research cummulations of past genealogists as well as critical analysis and continued research by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler. Pedigree charts of 30 of the Forbes families of Scotland are included, and 16 of these are discussed in the text. Some descendants immigrated to England, Ireland, Australia, the United States and elsewhere.

Land Law and People in Medieval Scotland
Land Law and People in Medieval Scotland

Author: Neville Cynthia J. Neville

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0748664637

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This ambitious book, newly available in paperback, examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom between 1150 and 1400.Under the broad themes of land, law and people, this book explores how the customs, laws and traditions of the native inhabitants and those of incoming settlers interacted and influenced each other. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the author places her subject matter firmly within the recent historiography of the British Isles and demonstrates how the experience of Scotland was both similar to, and a distinct manifestation of, a wider process of Europeanisation.

Heraldry in Scotland
Heraldry in Scotland

Author: J. H. Stevenson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-02-03

Total Pages: 717

ISBN-13: 1326493272

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"Heraldry in Scotland: including a recension of 'The law and practice of heraldry in Scotland' by the late George Seton. ,"" by Stevenson, J. H. (John Horne), 1855-1939, Seton, George, 1822-1908. First published in 1914, Stevenson's Heraldry in Scotland is said to be the most authoritative and most readable modern treatise on the legal and administrative aspects of Scots heraldry. The original two volumes were printed in a limited edition and are now hard to find and expensive to acquire. This faithfully reproduced facsimile brings together both volumes under one cover and at a more reasonable price. The format of the facsimile faithfully reproduces that of the originals produced over a century ago by J. H. Stevenson MBE, KStJ, KC (1855-1939), Unicorn, Pursuivant of Arms, advocate and genealogical lawyer.