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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 522 Collections and/or Records:

John Riddell s copy of ‘Genealogical History of the Stewarts’ by Andrew Stuart (London, 1798), bearing a number of corrections and marginal notes in his hand., 1798, 1854.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.13
Scope and Contents

A letter, 1854, of the 24th Earl of Crawford to Riddell is tipped in before page v and a transcript of a charter of Edward I to James, Seneschal of Scotland, is tipped in before page 17.

Dates: 1798, 1854.

John Riddell`s annotated copy of ‘Genealogy of the Family of Forbes’ by Mathew Lumsden of Tulliekerne (Inverness, 1819), with additional annotated flyleaves and a letter, 1847, of John Stuart bound in at the front of the volume., 1819, 1847.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.15
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: 1819, 1847.

John Riddell`s copy of ‘An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts’ by Mark Noble (London, 1795), containing a few notes and sketches (pages 130,132) in his hand., 1795.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.12
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: 1795.

John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand., 1843.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.40-25.8.41
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: 1843.

John Riddell’s copy of his ‘Stewartiana’ (Edinburgh, 1843), containing some marginal notes in his hand., 1843.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.42
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: 1843.

John Riddell’s copy of ‘The Nature and Descent of Ancient Peerages’ by George Wallace (Edinburgh, 1785), containing a few notes in his hand., 1785.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.11
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: 1785.

John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places., 1813.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.3-25.8.4
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: 1813.

John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts., 1764, ?1807.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.2
Scope and Contents

Both parts are interleaved, the paper being watermarked 1807, and contain Riddell`s notes and amendments throughout, and a small number of letters and papers (one printed) bound in at various places. Colours have been added to the majority of the armorial engravings.

Dates: 1764, ?1807.

John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Remarks upon Scotch Peerage Law’ (Edinburgh, 1833), containing a few notes and additions in his hand, and four letters, 1833-1834, stuck in at the front and back of the volume., 1833.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.35
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: 1833.

John Riddell`s lightly marked copy of ‘History of the Partition of the Lennox’ by Mark Napier (Edinburgh, 1835)., 1835.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.37
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: 1835.

Large notebooks from the Riddell Collection, containing genealogical and other notes relating to Scottish families., 1807-1852.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.3.1-26.3.14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1807-1852.

Lecture entitled "The Clan Morrison", in several versions., probably 1880s.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14317/17
Content Description From the Collection: Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: probably 1880s.

Letters, 1825-1836, 1843, and undated (folios 1-60), and legal papers, including transcripts of documents (folios 61-249), in the claim to the Earldom of Stirling by Alexander Humphreys Alexander., 1825-1843, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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).

Dates: 1825-1843, and undated.

Letters and papers concerning the claims of Colonel James Seton, Robert Seaton and Archibald William, 13th Earl of Eglinton, to the Earldom of Winton., 1824-1826, 1840, and undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.1.25-26.1.26A
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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).

Dates: 1824-1826, 1840, and undated.

Letters and papers on local genealogy sent by Major Macleod to William Matheson., 1954-1961.

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Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 6(8)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: 1954-1961.