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Genealogies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Accounts or histories of the descent of persons, families, or other groups, from an ancestor or ancestors; enumerations of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession. (AAT) This heading was used in the published catalogues for general works on genealogy as a subject, and also for collections of genealogies. Particular genealogies were indexed under the name of the family. (NLS).

Found in 820 Collections and/or Records:

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter G'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9280
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter H'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9281
Scope and Contents

In addition to the genealogical notes the volume includes a copy of 'A dissertation on Scottish musick by Hugo Arnot Esq Advocate' (page 101).

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter J'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9282
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter K'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9283
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: [Letter ?L]., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9290
Scope and Contents

There is no designation on this volume.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter M'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9284
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter N(1)'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9285
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter N(2)'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9286
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter O'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9287
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: 'Letter P'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9288
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families: '[volume] 187'., [?1790-?1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.9289
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family., [?1790-1939, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9274-9296
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates: [?1790-1939, or before.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family.

Genealogical notes on Scottish families, written in several hands, probably between 1790 and 1800., [?1790-?1800.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9274-9290
Scope and Contents

The authorship of the notes has been attributed to ‘Alexander Dunlop of Jamaica, latterly residing at Fairley, near Largs in Ayrshire. Ob. circiter 1800’ (see MS.9291, folio 2).

The manuscripts are referred to by J G Dunlop as ‘the Jamaica MSS’.

As well as genealogical material, lists of dignitaries and army officers are also included.

Dates: [?1790-?1800.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family. / Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family.

Genealogical notes on the families of Ballingall, Stuart or Stewart, Maxwell, and Campbell, by Surgeon-Major George Ballingall Stuart, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland., 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2110-2114
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Genealogical notes on the family of Brown of Finderlie and other Brown families.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11614
Dates: 19th century to 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Genealogical notes on the Geddes family compiled by Alexander B Geddes partly from information in MS.10607: Genealogical material concerning the Geddes family., 1977.

 File
Identifier: MS.21205, folios 44-54
Dates: 1977.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers of, and concerning, Sir Patrick Geddes and Dr Arthur Geddes. / Letters of and to and papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes and Dr Arthur Geddes / Letter, 1927, of Patrick Geddes to Emile Vinck; with a diagram of a ‘thinking machine'; and a photograph of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition, 1913.

Genealogical notes on the Robertsons of Strathtay., [Before 1928.]

 File
Identifier: MS.464
Scope and Contents From the Series: “An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates: [Before 1928.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay. / Papers concerning folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.

Genealogical notes, together with a family tree, concerning the descendants, among them Jessy Harden, of John Allan in Gogar., [?1945.]

 File
Identifier: MS.8870 (1)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.

Dates: [?1945.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist. / Miscellaneous items relating to Jessy Harden and her family.

Genealogical paper in an unidentified hand entitled `Deduction of the Pedigree of the Maxwells of Nether Pollok`, 1820, with corrections in pencil and an addition (folio 6) by John Riddell., 1820.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.

Dates: 1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection.

Genealogical paper on the family of Bruce of Airth., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15982
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

Genealogical paper on the family of Bruce of Cultmalundie, Muness, Sumburgh, Symbister and Pittarthie., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15984
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

Genealogical paper on the family of Bruce of Kennet., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15983
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

Genealogical paper on the family of Bruce of Newtoune., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15985
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

Genealogical paper on various branches of the Bruce family., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15986
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’. / Genealogical papers on various branches of the Bruce family.

Genealogical paper on various branches of the Bruce family., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

 File
Identifier: MS.15987
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’. / Genealogical papers on various branches of the Bruce family.

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