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- GENERAL CLAN GENEALOGY INFORMATION
1. A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES
2. BOOKS
3. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
3.1 Ancestry Message Boards
3.2 Mailing Lists
3.3 Family Trees
3.4 General Scottish Genealogy Web Sites
3.5 Scottish History Web Sites
1. A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES
Stirnet Genealogy
Families Database
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/genfam.htm
This has a huge amount of information on hundreds (and rapidlyincreasing), mostly landed, families in 3 categories listed below. It ismore "user friendly" than most in that it shows many generations on onepage.
I - Ancient & Mythical
II - Continental Families - Medieval & Renaissance
III - British Families - Medieval, Renaissance & Modern
(Note they also say "We will soon be offering CDs of the database forsale at a modest price.")
Sources at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/gensourc.htm
Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
Royal and Noble Genealogy
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by last name" atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
Peerages in Order of Precedence atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html
Author: Brian Tompsett
This contains a huge amount of information including a great deal onBritish Peer's lineages, and Royal families of the many countries.
Brian Tompsett's sources athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/reference.txt
Royal Genealogies -- Menu
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/royalgen.html#index
The site has a huge amount of information. Not as complete as "Royal andNoble Genealogical Data on the Web" but much quicker to move around in.
By: Denis R. Reid, 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147-1258
Internet Email address: ah189@cleveland.freenet.edu
(216) 237-5364
The Baronage Press Online
http://www.baronage.co.uk/
A lot of information on heraldry and genealogy.
Also has an increasing amount of information on specific Scottishfamilies at Moncreiffe's Family Records (in Archives) athttp://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/aboutmfr.html
Clan Donald Genealogy Database
Roddy Macdonald's Home Page
Home of the Clan Donald Genealogy Database
http://www.macdonald50.freeserve.co.uk/
Extensive family trees and information on Macdonalds and many Highlandand Lowland Scottish families.
Vans Family Archive
Contact: Jamie Vans
Home Page: Vans Family Archive
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch
Excellent resource for many families in South West Scotland.
Sources at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch/Genealogy-data/wc_src.htm
& at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vans
(See also "Additional Genealogy Resources On The Web" below)
2. BOOKS
"THE HIGHLAND CLANS: The dynastic origins, chiefs, and background of theclans and of some other families connected with Highland history." by SirIain Moncreiffe of that Ilk. Information on Clans and family tree oforigins.
"NO QUARTER GIVEN" The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army1745-1746. Editors Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil, Christian W H Aikman,& Betty Stuart Hart. Neil; 2001, Wilson Publishing, Glasgow. Firstpublished 1984. www.nwp.co.uk/show_list.cfm
"BURKE'S PEERAGE & BARONETAGE" 106th Edition, editor in chief CharlesMosley.. Published by Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 7 rue duBugnon,1299 Crans, Switzerland. 4122 776 5109 (Fax 4122 776 0889) (Ownedby Morris Genealogical Books SA.) http://www.burkes-peerage.net/
(Burke's is in many local libraries in the UK & US)
"BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL 1: THE KINGDOM IN SCOTLAND"Peter Beauclerk Dewar (Editor), 2001.
Synopsis "To celebrate the changes that have occurred since 1975,culminating in the re-establishment of a parliament of Scotland, thisvolume focuses entirely on key figures and families in Scottish society,whether titled or untitled. A history of Scotland in miniature, it is acompendium of Scottish society, reflecting developments in the countryfrom its beginnings to the present day. This edition includes those ofinfluence, whether in politics, the military, the law, religion,academia, business, the professions or the arts."
"BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY", "BURKE'S IRISH LANDED GENTRY", "BURKE'S EXTINCT& DORMANT PEERAGES", "BURKE'S EXTINCT BARONETAGES".
"DEBRETT'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE"
Comprises Information Concerning the Royal Family, Peerage andBaronetage. ISBN: 0312125577
Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 86/88 Edgware Road, London W2 2YW
For further information on Debrett's e-mail people@debretts.co.uk Phone# +44 (0)171 916 9633. www.debretts.co.uk/index.html
Most public libraries have Burke's and or Debrett's.
'THE COMPLETE PEERAGE"
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000.Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucester.
"Reviewer: Michael K. Smith from Baton Rouge, LA
Begun by George E. Cokayne, the Clarenceaux King-of-Arms, this set is tothe British peerage what the Oxford English Dictionary is to the Englishlanguage -- absolutely the best thing of its kind. Citations to primarysources frequently fill 3/4 of the page and anecdotal text-notes put somemeat on the bones. Far superior to the 19th century Burke's Peeragepublications. Don't attempt serious British research without it! Thenumerous appendices at the ends of the volumes also are highlyrecommended as instructive essays."
Atwww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0904387828/ref=pd_cp_nsr_b_3/103-9510641-4575842
"BRITAIN'S ROYAL FAMILIES. The Complete Genealogy." (revised 1993edition). Alison Weir, 1996. Pimlico. Random House.
"THE SCOTS PEERAGE" Founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas'sPeerage of Scotland. Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account ofthe Nobility of that Kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, LL.D.,Lord Lyon King of Arms. (With Armorial Illustrations) Edinburgh: DavidDouglas 1908. Comprised of 9 volumes. Volume 1 was published in 1904 andvolume 8 in 1911. Volume 9, which includes the index probably came out ayear later. This set is available at the Sutro Library in San Franciscoand in the Denver Public Library, and many larger public libraries in theUS & UK. You can buy a copy of the set, in PDF, on a CD from TheScottish Genealogy Society (www.sol.co.uk/s/scotgensoc) (Phone 44(0)131220 3677) at http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/acatalog/CD_ROMs.html
THE SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, Edinburgh University Press for TheScottish Historical Review Trust. Twice yearly publication, April &October.
(Volume LXXV,2: No. 200: October 1996. Supplement. Index to ScottishHistorical Reviews , volumes I-XXVI, 1903/4-1996)
22 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LF
Tel: 44 (0) 131 650 6207
Fax & answerphone: 44 (0) 131 662 0053
E Mail journals@eup.ed.ac.uk www.eup.ed.ac.uk
"THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND". Containing, An Historical And GenealogicalAccount Of The Gentry Of That Kingdom. Collected from public records andchartularies of this country; The records and private writings offamilies; and the works of our best historians. By Sir Robert Douglas.Edinburgh 1796. "Sir Robert Douglas's THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND, publishedin 1798. the UC Berkeley rare book library has this work in itscollection.
"BYGONE LOCHABER" Historical & Traditional. by Somerled MacMillian, 1971K & R Davidson Ltd. 205-207 West George Street, Glasgow (Printed forprivate collection)
This has extensive information on:
MacMartins, MacGillonie, MacSorlie, MacMillans, MacPhees, MacDonalds,MacDonells, MacLachlans, Cummings, MacKenzies, MacIntyres, &
Camerons: of Lochiel, of Callart, of Culchenna, of Lundavra, of Erracht,of Clunes, of Inverailot, of Kinlocheil, of Glendessary & Dungallon, & ofFassiefern.
"HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF AYR AND WIGTON" by James Paterson, 1863.James Stillie, 79 Princes Street, Edinburgh (In the Denver Public Library)
("Volume 3:Cunninghame" on Laminated Boards. ISBN: 0902664212. Publishedby The Grimsay Press, 57 St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow G3 8NQ,Scotlandadmin@thegrimsaypress.co.ukhttp://www.thegrimsaypress.co.uk/biblio/0902664212.htm)
Ayrshire Roots at http://www.ayrshireroots.com/
"HISTORY OF THE LANDS AND THEIR OWNERS IN GALLOWAY", McKerlie, AlexanderGardner, Paisley, 1906 (In the Denver Public Library)
"History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V,"P. H. McKerlie, Parishes of the Stewartry of Kircudbright, can be boughton CD from James Bell, 5 Drumblane Strand, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4EX athttp://www.kirkyards.com History CD athttp://www.kirkyards.com/history.htm
"THE HEREDITARY SHERIFFS OF GALLOWAY", Sir Andrew Agnew, A & C Black(Edinburgh 1864).
"PLANTAGENET DESCENT" Thirty One Generations from William the Conquerorto Today." By Thomas R. Moore
"THE MUNRO TREE (1734)" "A Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's ofFoulis and other Families of the Clan." A manuscript compiled in 1734edited with Introduction and Notes by R.W Munro. Printed for subscribers, Edinburgh 1978
"THE EARLS OF ROSS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS" Compiled by Francis NevileReid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or Northern Notes &Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
"THE CALENDAR OF FEARN: TEXT & ADDITIONS, 1471-1667" edit by R J Adam.Scottish Historical Society, 1991 (30. p 87.
"THE ACTS OF THE LORDS OF THE ISLES 1336-1493" Edited by Jean Munro,PH.D. and R. W. Munro. Edinburgh. Printed for the Scottish HistorySociety by Blackwood, Pillans, & Wilson. 1986
"A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF OGSTON FROM THEIR FIRSTAPPEARANCE, CIRCA 1200" by Alexander Ogston, Edinburgh, Printed Privately1876. "A SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF OGSTON"by Alexander Ogston, Edinburgh, Printed Privately 1897
"THE FORGOTTEN MONARCHY OF SCOTLAND" HRH Prince Michael of Albany,2000.
Element Books Ltd.. Shaftesbury, Dorset & Boston.
"CELTIC SCOTLAND: A History of Ancient Alban" by William F.Skene, D.C.L.LL.D (Historiographer-Royal For Scotland) Volume III. "Land and People".Second Edition 1890 (First edition was 1880) David Douglas, Edinburgh.
"THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND", Their Origin, History, And Antiquities;With A Sketch Of Their Manners And Customs, And An Account Of The ClansInto Which They Were Divided, And of the State Of Society Which ExistedAmong Them. By William F.Skene, F.S.A. Scot
(In two volumes.).1836, John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. TheSentinel Press, Stirling.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS
Comunn Gaidhlig Inbhir Nis. The Gaelic Society of Inverness at
http://www.gsi.org.uk/
"The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness are published everytwo years and copies are provided to all subscribing members of theSociety. Additionally there are in excess of 60 societies and librarieswhich subscribe to the Transactions.
The Transactions contain papers and lectures delivered at meetings of theSociety, and each Volume contains between 10 and 20 of these. They covera wide variety of topics, mainly related to Gaelic and the Highlands.Having been produced for over 100 years, the Transactions now form avaluable source of information regarding Gaelic and related subjects."
Walter Macfarlane's GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS, PUBLICATIONS OF THESCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/hca/shs/index.htm
Scottish History Society Publications athttp://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/hca/shs/publications.htm
3. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
3.1 ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARDS
(part of ancestry.com)
http://genforum.genealogy.com (part of genealogy.com)
http://www.tribalpages.com/mbGenealogy.html
http://www.familyhistory.com (does not its own have a message boards,but links to ancestory.com message boards.)
http://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/index.php?c=1 (Clan Forums) athttp://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/
3.2 MAILING LISTS
http://lists.rootsweb.com/
3.3 FAMILY TREES:
Rootsweb at http://searches.rootsweb.com
Ancestry.com - Ancestry World Tree atwww.ancestry.lycos.com/search/main.htm
("Ancestry World Tree has combined with Rootsweb.com's WorldConnect tocreate the largest database of family tree files available online" atwww.ancestry.lycos.com/share/awt/main.htm?lfl=sln)
Familytreemaker.com athttp://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/all-search.html
(Genealogy.com at www.genealogy.com/allsearch.html)
GenCircles Search at www.gencircles.com/globaltree/search
Search GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) Ancestor files, at
www.gbnf.com/scripts/search/search.pl
Tribal Pages at http://www.tribalpages.com
GedLink at www.gedlink.com
MyTrees.Com at www.mytrees.com & http://www.kindredkonnections.com
GeneaNet at www.geneanet.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints INTERNET GENEALOGYSERVICE
A huge data base well worth checking. Atwww.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp
Search at www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
General Registry Office for Scotland
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scots Origins at www.origins.net/ (or http://beta2.scotsorigins.com/)
Origins at Registrar House, Edinburgh. The online registry ofgenealogical information, (There is a fee and although this has a vastamount of records on births, deaths, & marriages it is not complete)Access costs £6 (check currency) for 30 'page credits' valid for 24consecutive hours (Feb 2002)
Genealogical indexes available online:
Births & Christenings (1553-1900) Old Parish Register Index & StatutoryRegister Index
Marriages (1553-1900) Old Parish Register Index & Statutory RegisterIndex
Death records (1855-1925) Statutory Register Index
1881 Census
1891 Census + images
1901 Census + images
General Registry Office of Scotland.
Leaflet S11 - The 1901 Census of Scotland and Digital Imaging of theGenealogical Records of Scotland's People
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/leaflt11
The Island Register. Prince Edward Island, Canada.
This Page consists of links of general interest to the genealogist andfamily historian, and provincial links categorized by Province. (ofCanada)
http://www.islandregister.com/url.html
The Wigtownshire Pages
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~leighann/parishes/kirkinner/kirkinner2.html
3.4 GENERAL SCOTTISH GENEALOGY WEB SITES
The Scottish Genealogy Society
http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/
Genealogists for The Scottish Clans
by Robert D. McLaren
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotgen.htm
List of Clan Genealogist and Address
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotclan.htm
Ancestralscotland.com at www.ancestralscotland.com/
Cyndi's List
"www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm: An absolutely huge - some would say toobig - links site, with large index of Scottish genealogy sites."
Genuki
"www.genuki.org.uk: Major UK genealogy portal, with a Scotland section.Contains guidance notes, FAQs and links." athttp://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
Canadian resources (All of these have many additional links):
Canadian Genealogy and History Links athttp://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
National Archives of Canada, Genealogy Research athttp://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
Canadian Genealogy Center at http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/
Canada Genealogy Links at http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/
Sources for Genealogical Research in Canada. Print, Electronic & OtherResources at http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/cangenealogy.html
CANADA-GENWEB at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/html/e-index.htm
For more information on specific Clans see also in this file "CLANInformation Sources" (under "Notes") (in this file they are shown as"children" of this list) under : BRUCE, CAMPBELL, CAMERON, CUNINGHAME,DUNBAR, FORBES, GRAHAM, LIVINGSTONE, MACDONALD, MACGREGOR, MACKENZIE,MACLAREN, MACLAUCHLAN, MACLEAN, MACLEOD, MACMILLAN, MUNRO, MURRAY,SINCLAIR, STEWART, WALLACE. This also includes web sites.
This file is athttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maclaren
3.5 Scottish History Web Sites
Scottish History by Electric Scotland
"Over 8,000 pages of great accounts of Scottish History, battles,regiments, and general history of Scotland. You'll also find completebooks to read. Do use our site search engine to get related events. Forexample a search for Killiecrankie would also find clans that wereinvolved in the battle."
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/index.htm
Scottish and Irish Clans & Families by Electric Scotland
"In here you will find some great historical accounts of some 300+ Scotsand Irish clans and families. Most of our material comes from antiquarianbooks published in the 1800's. There are many references to clans in ourHistory section as well and do use our search engine to find othermentions of your clan in our thousands of historical pages."
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/index.html
Scottish History Online
By Robert M. Gunn
http://members.aol.com/skyelander/
Scottish History
Editor: Robert M. Gunn
Welcome to Scotweb's Scottish History Magazine
http://www.scottish-history.com/
ElectricScotland.com's "Scottish and Irish Clans & Families" History andinformation on Scotland its clans & people athttp://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/index.html
Ptolemy's Map of Scotland
http://www.geocities.com/mcnaughtonofdunderave/PtolemysMap.htm
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654
http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/900.html
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