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Genealogical tables. Genealogies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents representing the lineage of a person or persons in tabular or diagrammatic form.

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

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’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15982-15988
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

Genealogical tree of the Bell family.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.7.2
Scope and Contents

The last entries show the children of the advocate, George Joseph Bell.

Dates: 19th century.

Genealogical tree of the family of Douglas of Tilliewhillie.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.A.237
Scope and Contents

The family of Douglas of Tilliewhillie are traced back, through an alleged 4th son of Lord William Douglas `le Hardie`, to the legendary Douglas of 767 A.D.

Dates: 18th century.

‘Grant manuscript.’

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.2 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents

The description is taken from the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. III. History” (F.R.186).

Dates: 1494-1593, 17th century.

Jacobite Papers.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3412
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1645-1891.

Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents

The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.

Dates: 1779-1884.

Miscellaneous legal and genealogical documents.

 File
Identifier: Ch.12764-12766

Papers concerning the Mackenzies, MacRaes and Mathesons of Lochalsh and Kintail, Wester Ross, collected by Captain Alexander and Betsy Matheson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9548
Scope and Contents

Concerning genealogy, history and traditions of the families.

Dates: circa 1860-1909.

Papers concerning William Marshall and Brodie Cruickshank.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8286
Scope and Contents

Including typescript of Pierluigi Valsecchi`s theses, 1979, concerning Cruickshank.

Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Papers of and concerning the Horsburgh family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4290
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family

2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family

3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling

4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers of the Reverend James Cumming.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5931
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, sermons, and lectures, with a genealogical tree showing the family of the Reverend Prof David Cairns and his connection with Cumming.

Dates: 1853-1892.

Papers of the Reverend John Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9400
Scope and Contents

Includes genealogical tables and diaries concerning the Brown family.

Dates: circa 1774-1832.

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents

This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.

Dates: 15th century-1814.

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.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11049/1-76
Scope and Contents

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 1757-1994, undated.