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 522 Collections and/or Records:
Genealogical papers concerning the Earls Marischal and the Keiths of Ravelston., [Circa 1748]-1802, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21188
Scope and Contents
The papers include copies of ‘History of Keith Marischal of Scotland’ by Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar (folio 7); ‘History of the family of Keith Marischal’ by Bishop Robert Keith (folio 45), and an essay and letters of Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar concerning Bishop Keith's ‘History’ (folios 2, 52-60).Appended to the inside of the front and back covers of the volume are an English Translation, 1802, of the German inscription on Marshal Keith's Tomb in...
Dates:
[Circa 1748]-1802, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family.
Genealogical papers concerning the Earls Marischal, Earls of Kintore, Keiths of Ravelston, Keiths of Ludquhairn, and the Clan Chattan., [Circa 1680]-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.21187
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates:
[Circa 1680]-1927.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family.
Genealogical papers concerning the Home family of Whitfield and Ninewells., 19th century-20th century.
File
Identifier: Acc.6976/5
Dates:
19th century-20th century.
Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family., 1623-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21187-21188
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates:
1623-1927, undated.
Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family., [Circa 1650]-1952, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9274-9300
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:
[Circa 1650]-1952, undated.
Genealogical papers of the Family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17858-17860
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Genealogical papers on various branches of the Bruce family., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15986-15987
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.
Dates:
Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
'Genealogie of the wholl Nobility of Scotland ... since ye reign of K. Orbred ye It.... By H. R. by comand of HMK’., 1685.
File
Identifier: MS.2108
Scope and Contents
'Hugh McKy' appears as owner of the book on folios 1, 187 verso, 190 verso; 'Hu: Rose' on folio 1.The account of the nobility is followed by lists of officials in the same hand (folio 175). In another hand is a poem (folio 185), 'Lowe and honour, or the lowers fairweell to Calista being sent from see in the latte engagement agst the Duth to his mistris under the name of Armeda wt ye Ladys deploring and ingenuous ansr to a new sad air much in request or the tune of the Tirrant hes...
Dates:
1685.
Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3992
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.
Dates:
19th century.
Genealogies of Scottish Peers, compiled probably in 1702 or 1703., 1702-1703.
File
Identifier: MS.7115
Scope and Contents
Very many small gaps have been left in the text for intended insertion of dates, names and other additional information.
Dates:
1702-1703.
Genealogy and family documents of the Willison family., Circa 1757, 1855-1889, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/1-5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.
Dates:
Circa 1757, 1855-1889, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.
Genealogy, attested by Thomas Robert, Earl of Kinnoull Lord Lyon, of John Fletcher [son of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun] descent from James II., 15 September 1847.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14691
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Dates:
15 September 1847.
‘Genealogy of the Descendants of Eivir’, Irish genealogies in the hand of Dr Mackintosh Mackay., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.908
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
'Genealogy of the family of Moubray of Barnbougle, Dalmeny, Inverkeithing, Cockairny, the Bush and Castlelaw' by John Philp Wood., 1830.
File
Identifier: MS.5271
Genealogy of the Macintoshes on the Isle of Skye, 2003 and undated
File
Identifier: Acc.14003/20
Scope and Contents
Print-outs of two genealogical works by Alistair M. MacIntosh:
'The Parson of Wattirnys: possible origins of MacIntoshes of Skye', undated.
'A genealogy of MacIntoshes in Skye. 20 genealogical charts spanning the 18th and 19th centuries', dated 2003. With accompanying correspondence.
Dates:
2003 and undated
General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family., 1789-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.1847
Scope and Contents
At the beginning are genealogical and general notes on the relationships of the Brown family.
Dates:
1789-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of the family of Brown, chiefly of Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, and of his nephews, George, John and Francis William Brown, sons of Peter Brown (residing at Linkwood, Elgin), all three of whom served in the Army in India.
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General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family.
‘Grant manuscript’, volume 1., 1494-1577.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.2 (1)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.A few notes of accounts, 1494-1499, between the Burgh of Hadington and their fermorars. Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), December 1550 – October 1577, collected chronologically by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington. Numbered up to 254 and continued to about 200 more.Extracts from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1568, imperfect at the beginning.'Tables of the kings of Scotland,...
Dates:
1494-1577.
Historical and genealogical notes, undated, of George Francis Stewart, chiefly from the Minto Papers, and including notes in the hand of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 2nd half of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.13097
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of the material concerns George Francis Stewart Elliot's antiquarian and genealogical interests, and his book, ‘The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto’ (Edinburgh, 1897).
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot (1822- 1901), 4th son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, barrister and Private Secretary to Lord John Russell.
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Antiquarian and genealogical papers, chiefly undated, of George Francis Stewart Elliot, including notes and drafts for 'The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto'.
‘Historie, letters, and dialogues’ by Archibald Moncreiff, Minister of Blackford in the Presbytery of Auchterarder., 1704.
File
Identifier: MS.2694
Scope and Contents
Archibald Moncreiff was the son of William Moncreiff, Minister of Monzie, i.e., Moonzie, Fife (folio 137a verso).The author says (folios 5-6) he had observed that in spite of revolutions in the Church and State of Scotland there was 'little reformation in the lives and maners of men and women nor much to the advantage of the civil interrest of the nation ... This put me upon an earnest enquirie to find out what these evills were'. At the end (folio 137a verso) there is a...
Dates:
1704.
'History of the Clan Chisholm, being genealogical and historical memoirs of the chiefs and cadets of this ancient Highland family'., 1840-1860, undated
Item
Identifier: MS.3570
Scope and Contents
References on folios 41 and 81 show that the manuscript was written in 1840. More recent additions in another hand are made at intervals, one on folio 48 verso referring to a date in 1860. There are indexes on folios 138-143.
Dates:
1840-1860, undated
History of the Corsanes., After 1825.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/13
Scope and Contents
Handwritten history of the Scottish Corsanes family, along with two typescript copies.
Dates:
After 1825.
'Illustrations of the genealogy of Sir Coutts Trotter', 1st Baronet of Westville, being an abridgement, 1830, of a manuscript genealogy then in Trotter’s possession of the various branches of the family of Moubray, his maternal ancestors., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.20265
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 5.
The abridgement was made by John Philp Wood for presentation to Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, brother of Sir Coutts.
A drawing of the arms of Sir Coutts Trotter is pasted inside the front cover.
Dates:
1830.
Incomplete manuscript of 'Ane accompt of the Genealogie of the Campbel'., [Circa 1700.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2124
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:
[Circa 1700.]
Interleaved copy of ‘The Baronage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1798), containing many notes and amendments in the hand of John Riddell on the interleaves and in the margins of the text, a few letters to him, 1853-1854, and some leaves containing notes by him tipped or pasted in at various places., 1798, 1853-1854.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Dates:
1798, 1853-1854.
Interleaved proof-copy of ‘Case of Sir James Johnstone, of Westerhall, Baronet, claiming the title, honours and dignities of Marquis and Earl of Annandale’ (1794), bearing many proof-corrections in an unidentified hand, and on the interleaves, which are watermarked 1823, a few notes apparently by John Riddell., 1794, 1823.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.31
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Dates:
1794, 1823.