Genealogies.
Found in 522 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Oliphants of Gask, including notes on Oliphant genealogy, correspondence on fishing rights in the Earn, and passports., 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous manuscript items of Eric Linklater., 1944-1977, undated.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.
Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1558-1897.
Miscellaneous material concerning poetry, genealogy, and other matters., 1558-1885.
Miscellaneous material relating to the life and career of John Rennie., [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.
The material includes a memorandum in John Rennie's own hand concerning some of his major works, biographical sketches by Sir John and George Rennie, lists of reports compiled by Rennie and at one time in Sir John's possession, printed obituary notices by Charles Dupin, and A H F Sohlichtegrol, genealogical material concerning the Rennies and related families, and papers relating to the Society of Civil Engineers, and the Smeatonian Society, l821-early 20th century.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1644-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of the north-east of Scotland, and to Scottish history more generally, collected by William Rose., Late 17th century-18th century.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1580-18th century.
Miscellaneous papers collected by Angus Martin, including drafts of parts of Martin's 'Kintyre: the hidden past', with annotations by George Campbell Hay, and material concerning Hay and his family., 1974-1987, undated.
Angus Martin became a personal friend of George Campbell Hay in the 1970s.
Miscellaneous papers collected by various members of the Mackenzie family, and genealogical papers., 1778-1852.
There is also some correspondence of the Seaforth family, Henry's son, Joshua Henry, having married Helen, daughter of Lord Seaforth.
Miscellaneous papers concerning James Seton., 18th century.
The miscellaneous papers include a manuscript copy, early 18th century of "The History and Genealogie of the famous Ancient and Truely Noble House of Seton" by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, with the continuation by Alexander Seton, Viscount Kingston (folio 45). There are a number of undated literary and historical pieces and poetry in English, French, and Dutch in James Seton's hand, and also some genealogical notes and medical recipes of the late 18th century.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton., Late 17th century-19th century.
The papers include a notebook of prayers in a late 17th century hand (folio 1), genealogical notes mainly of the Laing family, 18th century (folio 9), and medical recipes of the 18th and 19th centuries (folio 13).
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot., Late 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers including a typescript copy of Farquhar Macrae's transcript of the 'Genealogical Account of the MacRas'., [Before 1705], 1786-1906, undated.
The manuscript from which the typescript was made is probably the copy described by Alexander Macrae in ‘History of the Clan Macrae’, page 13, as belonging to Horatio Ross Macrae of Clunes.
Miscellaneous papers, mostly concerning ecclesiastical, legal and genealogical subjects., 16th century, 1743, 1773, 1776, 1844, 1855.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, and his family., 1670-[circa 1890].
Miscellaneous papers of Bruce Allan Bremner., 1817-1890.
The papers include genealogical notes of the Bremner family (folios 1-3), a plan of Streatham House, Canaan Lane, Edinburgh, where the Bremners lived from 1865 (folio 4), and papers of the estate of Annie Mustard, servant of Bruce Bremner, 1888-1890 (folios 7-34).
Miscellaneous papers of Charles Murray., 1866-?1941, undated.
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Miscellaneous papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo., 1805-1885, undated.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.
Miscellaneous papers of the Fleming family., Mid 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester., 1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Oliphants of Gask., 17th century-19th century.
Miscellany, mostly of drafts of papers, some incomplete, relating to the claim by David Maitland Makgill Crichton of Rankeillour to be served heir male general to James, 1st Viscount Frendraught., Circa 1827, circa 1835, and undated.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Miscellany of mostly incomplete papers on genealogical and other topics, written at different times between about 1816 and 1849., ?1816-1849.
Miscellany of papers, consisting of numerous memoranda, transcripts of documents, and a few letters, relating to different families of Ogilvy, to the Earldom of Findlater and the claim thereto by Alexander Ogilvie, Doctor of Medicine., 1607, 1812, 1814, 1845-1850, and undated.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).