The contents are as follows: Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1644-1775, of the Crawfurd family of Jordanhill (Adv.MS.31.1.8);

Copies of two accounts, 1554, 1744, of the family of Dunbar. (Adv.MS.32.3.2);

“Genealogical Collections, concerning the Sir-name of Baird, and the family’s of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Saughtonhall in particular. With copy’s of old Letters and Paper’s worth preserving, and account of several Transactions in this Country, during the Two last Centurys. Vol. 1”, by William Baird of Auchmedden, 1770. (Adv.MS.32.6.12);

‘Memoirs of the Family of Rose of Kilravok’, being the epitome by Lachlan Shaw, minister of Elgin, of ‘A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock’, 3rd quarter of 18th century, by Hugh Rose, minister of Nairn. (Adv.MS.32.6.7);

‘History of the House of Seton’, 17th century, by Sir Richard Maitland, with the continuation by Alexander Viscount Kingston, 1687 (Adv.MS.34.3.16);

Genealogical material, 1660-1749, collected by Robert Mylne, chiefly in his own hand. (Adv.MS.34.6.12).