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Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).

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Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated

Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents

Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.

Dates: circa 1822-1995.

Photostats of pedigrees and genealogical tables of the O’Brien family, compiled by the Honourable Donough O'Brien.

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Identifier: MS.2977
Scope and Contents

Pedigree, 1937, showing the male and female descendants of Dermod and Donough, sons of Murrough O'Brien, the Tanist; 'Genealogical table of the descendants of Milesius . . . in which is shown the pedigree of the O'Brien family ... to 1938', 1938; 'The genealogical table of the O'Brien family', 1938, showing the descent of the 16th Baron Inchiquin from Noah.

Dates: 1937-1938.

Pocket-book of Sir John Gordon of Invergordon, containing a digest of ten pocket-books of memoranda.

 Item
Identifier: MS.108
Scope and Contents

The subjects include a family pedigree with chart and blazonings, accounts of income and expenditure, estate accounts and other business, receipts from the Principality of Scotland, prices, journeys, from Edinburgh to London, politics and elections, household recipes, verses.

Dates: 1754-1759.

Printed papers of the Highland Society of Scotland chiefly relating to the poetry of Ossian, and bearing occasional notes by Sir John Sinclair.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.17
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(M 1). Prospectus (1804) of ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’. (Folio 1.)(M 2). Sir John Sinclair, ‘A scene from Ossian’ (1806). (Folio 9.)(M 3). Chapter on Ossian from Sinclair’s ‘Correspondence’ (1831). (Folio 13.)(M 4). Pages xcvii-cxii of the ‘Dissertation’ in ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’ (1807). (Folio 18.)(M 5). Sinclair’s ‘Additions to the tragedy of Fingal’. (Folio...
Dates: 1777-1831, undated.

"Recollections of the Keith Johnstons" by Grace Keith Johnston, covering 1804-1893.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12297
Scope and Contents

Original typescript in two volumes.

Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Register of the nobility of England from 1066 to circa 1600, with genealogical tables.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.17
Scope and Contents

‘A noble and memorable register of all estates of nobilite created or restored sithence the conquest, etc., and of such nobles as were when the land was conquered by the Normanes’ with pedigrees and heraldic blazons. It endeth about the fortieth yeare of Queen Elizabeth’.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (W.2.17).

Dates: ?17th century.

Regula of the Knights Templar, and works concerning ceremonial orders, heraldry and tournaments.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.9
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Statutes of the Order of the Garter in English (folio 1). The Statutes are those of Edward VI, 17 March 1552/1553, and are followed by a list of knights present at that Chapter. For other Statutes in English, see Adv.MS.31.7.18.(ii) `Regula pauperum commilitonum Christi templique salomonici` by Joannes Michaelensis, written in two hands of the 12th century (folio 18). The order of chapters differs from that given in...
Dates: 12th century-17th century.

'Regum Principumque Christiani Orbis Terrarum fere Omnium Genealogia. Item, Archiepiscoporum et Episcoporum aliquot Catalogus. Wilhelmus Smith, Anglus, fecit et possidet. Anno 1587.' The compiler was, presumably, William Smith, Rouge-Dragon Pursuivant.

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Identifier: MS.2516
Scope and Contents

The Genealogia, every page of which is within a coloured border, gives coats of arms, emblazoned; there is an index to it (folio 1). Following the Genealogia come the Catalogus (folio 29); short drafts for parts of the Genealogia (folio 31); a broadsheet, ‘The Succession of the Kings of England’ (London, 1687) (folio 34); and a genealogy showing the royal connections of various English families from early times (folio 37).

Dates: 1587.

Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12335/84-243
Scope and Contents

The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.

Dates: 1539-2001.

Ronald L Shankland, "Ancestoral [sic] Papers of the Shankland-Shanklin Surname `Sect of the MacGregor Clan`".

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Identifier: Acc.10314
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of genealogical research documents.

Dates: 1989.

‘Royall genealogie of the Antient High Borne, and most famous Kings of Scotland, which was formerly called Albion, their descendance and Successione’, written by Frederick Van Bossen, a Dane, and dedicated to the Officers of the State and others.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.5
Scope and Contents

Volume titled ‘Van Bossen’s genealogie’. The pedigree commences with Gathelus, and comes down to the birth of James, son to King James II, giving some of the chief cadent families of Stewart at the end.

Dates: 12 June 1688.

Stewart genealogies: papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.12
Scope and Contents (i) `Inventar of the papers and chartours of the Stewarts of Hallrig and Raice and thair Genealogy proceeding from Stewart of Darnly who are descended from Robert Stewart Lord Tarboltone second son to Walter the 2ᵈ High Stewart of Scotland.` Seventeenth century (folio 1).(ii) Papers, in three late-eighteenth-century hands, on the Stewarts of Allanton and their cadets, all mostly derived from an account of the family written by Sir Archibald Steuart Denham of Westshield. In 1842...
Dates: 17th century-18th century.

Sym and Wilson family papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13034

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Forrester, family 3
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 3
Malcolm, family, of Burnfoot 3
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
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Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 2
Houston, family 2
MacEwen, Andrew B W, Stockton Springs, Maine, fl 1975-1977 2
MacLeod, family 2
Maidment, James, antiquary, d 1879. 2
Matheson, Alexander, Dornie, Captain, shipmaster, c 1833-c 1897 2
Matheson, family, merchants, Dornie, Wester Ross 2
McGregor, family 2
Mouat, John S, genealogist, fl 1994-1998 2
Palmer Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Sutherland Estates 2
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 2
Allen, Gladys Hope, genealogist, b 1875 1
Amelia, Hill, 1820-1904 (née Paton, Sculptor, wife of David Octavius Hill) 1
Anderson, Andrew, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Anderson, Thomas, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Baillie, Alexander, of Castlecarie (Antiquary) 1
Baillie, James (minister of Wandel and Lamington) 1
Bain, Joseph, antiquary, 1826-1911 1
Balfour (family, of Pilrig ) 1
Balfour, Sir Thomas Graham, Knight, author, 1858-1929 1
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 1
Begg, Isabella, 1807-1886 (daughter of Isabella, sister of Robert Burns, poet) 1
Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874 (writer and sheriff) 1
Belsis, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Birnie (family, Montrose ) 1
Blackadder (family) 1
Blackwood, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Blanche, family, Delting, Shetland 1
Brown, John, 1784-1858 (minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Theologian) 1
Brown, John, Minister of Whitburn Secession Church, 1754-1832 1
Brown, family, of Finderlie 1
Brownlie, family, emigrants, Australia 1
Brownlie, family, emigrants, Australia : former owner 1
Bruce, family, of Earlshall, Fife 1
Brysson, family 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burn, family 1
Burne, family 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burns, John George, Advocate, 1880-1950 1
Burns, family 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Camberg, Sarah Elizabeth Maud, teacher of pianoforte, mother of Muriel Spark, author, née Uezzell, 1888-1974: recipient 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Campbell, Patrick William, Writer to the Signet, 1850-1922 1
Carnegie, Andrew, philanthropist, 1835-1919 1
Cathcart, Alan Frederick, 3rd Earl Cathcart, 1828-1905: recipient 1
Catholic College, Douai, France 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara, daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, b 1894 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780–1847 (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Clark, Arthur Melville, Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 1895-1990 1
Clarke, J H Chalmers, Jersey, fl 1971 1
Cockburn, Elizabeth Anne, wife of Francis Jeffrey, judge, née Pitcairn, 1831-1923 1
Cockburn, Francis Jeffrey, judge, 1825-1893 1
Cockburn, family 1
Cokayne, George Edward, formerly Adams, genealogist, 1825-1911 1
Colt, George Frederick Russell, of Gartsherrie, b 1837 1
Colt, family, of Gartsherrie and Inveresk 1
Connel, John, emigrant to Quebec, fl 1845-1860 1
Crawfurd, George, genealogist and historian, c 1695-1748 1
Cruickshank, Brodie, Gold Coast merchant and official, 1813-1854 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, 1837-1924 (travel writer) 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, travel writer, 1837-1924 1
Cumming, James, Minister of Melness Free Church, 1821-1894 1
Cuppage, Clarinda, wife of Alexander, General, née Bruce, fl 1786 1
Dalrymple, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Borthwick (antiquary) 1
Dalziel, Ethel, kinswoman of John, Writer to the Signet, fl 1902: recipient 1
Dalziel, John, Writer to the Signet, 1838-1883 1
Dalziel, family 1
Dick, Robert, c 1733-1824 1
Dick, family, of Braid 1
Douglas, Mary Palmer-, wife of Edward, of Cavers, née Douglas Malcolm, d 1949 1
Douglas, family 1
Drummond, William, 1st Viscount Strathallan, c 1617-1688 1
Dunbar, family, of Mochrum 1
Edmond, William, emigrant to Minnesota, fl 1845-1860 1
Erskine, George, genealogist, fl 1705 1
Erskine, family, Earls of Mar 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fitzalan, family 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Fletcher, family, of Auchallader 1
Fuller, Rosalie Trail, Lincoln, Nebraska, fl 1981 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Galantini, Adriano, Rome, fl 1950-1995 1
Gall, James, publisher, 1784-1874 1
Gall, family 1
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1762–1830 1
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