Pedigrees. Genealogies (histories).
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Charts or lists showing lineage, especially those showing the ancestors of purebred animals.
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Material collected by Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, Lyon King of Arms, supplementary to the work of his father, Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, ‘The Swintons of that Ilk and their Cadets’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.350A-B
Dates:
1814, 1883, 1927-1929.
'Memoir of Andrew Lumisden.', 1746-[circa 1836], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14264
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, [circa 1836], of Sir Thomas A L Strange to his son, Lumisden, giving biographical details of his uncle, Andrew Lumisden. (Folio 1.)(ii) Genealogical material, 1836, undated, relating to the Strange family. (Folios 32.)(iii) Pedigree, 1798, of Andrew Lumisden in his own hand, following a letter, 1814, of J Lumisden, Bengal. (Folio 36.)(iv) Printed pamphlet, ‘Votes of the House of Commons 1746’ (London,...
Dates:
1746-[circa 1836], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Microfilm of 'The pedegree of the house of Ferniherst, the cheife family of the name of Carre; with a tree therof and some other its branches. Writine by P. Hume de Polwart baronnet' (later 1st Earl of Marchmont).
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1252
Dates:
1661.
Miscellaneous letters formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton; with notes of Dr Stirton on his collection of books and manuscripts., 1699-1939, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3239
Scope and Contents
The contents includes:Letter, undated, of Mary of Modena, written from St Germain, to the Mother Superior of the Convent of the Visitation at Chaillot (folio 1);Letters, 1699-1788, undated, of the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Earls of Selkirk (folio 3);Correspondence, 1841-1855, of and regarding Captain Archibald Macra Chisholm of Glassburn, and letters, 1898-1912, of his wife (folios 14-68, passim);Letter, 1859, signed by Queen Victoria, congratulating...
Dates:
1699-1939, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1815-1880.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13470-13472
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1815-1880.
Miscellaneous papers of the Ker family., 1575-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5442-5461
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Dates:
1575-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern., 1804-1844, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.622
Scope and Contents
Included are, besides pedigrees of the Innes family, etc., ‘Schedule of the rates ... of ... Joiner Work in the New Building] and Alterations proposed ... to the Parliament House.—-Edinburgh, March, 1804’, a printed form with the prices inserted by hand (folio 1); letters and papers of Olive Serres, née Wilmot, soi-disant Princess Olive of Cumberland, 1821-[1823] (folio 120) - see G E Cokayne, ‘Complete Peerage’, volume iii (1913), page 574 notes; ‘Annual Register’ (1866), page 223; petition...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1804-1844, undated.
Note-book 'No. 2' of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'Some of the Pedigrees of the Innes Family'., [?1850-?1855.]
Item
Identifier: MS.624
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1850-?1855.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing copies of documents relating to the claimants of the estate of Stow., [?1850-?1855.]
Item
Identifier: MS.628
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1850-?1855.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'Innes Papers, containing Genealogical and historical account with Pedigrees of various Innes branches, copies, Registers, inscriptions on Tombs and private remarks'., [?1850-?1855.]
Item
Identifier: MS.626
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1850-?1855.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'Minutes of The Service of Alexander Mitchell as heir of line of the deceased Miss Jean Innes of Stow, 1840'., [?1850-?1855.]
Item
Identifier: MS.625
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1850-?1855.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, "The Innes Papers, containing inter alia Mr Strathern's remarks respecting Alexander Innes 3d son of Rora"., [?1854-?1857.]
Item
Identifier: MS.623
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1854-?1857.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Notes and drafts of George Francis Stewart Elliot for 'The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto', and genealogical papers., [Circa 1700]-[circa 1857], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13095
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes 'To be used in revising Life of the first Sir Gilbert' (folio 1);
(ii) Draft of 'The First Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto' (folio 94);
(iii) Draft of a paper, 'Border Elliots', circa 1857 (folio 122);
(iv) Drafts of Appendix I in ‘The Border Elliots’ (folio 214);
(v) Miscellaneous genealogical papers, circa 1700-1797, undated, abstracted from the Minto Papers by George Francis Stewart Elliot, including a genealogical account of the Elliots of Lariston,...
Dates:
[Circa 1700]-[circa 1857], undated.
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'.
Pedigree IV., 1571-1575.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/189
Scope and Contents
Numbered 31-40 in inventory of Registrum de Pitsligo.
Dates:
1571-1575.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.
Pedigree, notes and letters on the genealogy of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1739 -1875, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8107-8109
Scope and Contents
Most of these notes and letters were collected by Sir George H Scott-Douglas in preparation for the printing of the family's pedigree (MS.8109).
Dates:
1739 -1875, undated.
Pedigree of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1869.
Item
Identifier: MS.8109
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of these notes and letters were collected by Sir George H Scott-Douglas in preparation for the printing of the family's pedigree (MS.8109).
Dates:
1869.
Pedigree of the family of Meikle, by William Percy Meikle, 1933, amended in 1939, with notes, 1948.
File
Identifier: MS.3574
Dates:
1933-1948.
Pedigree VII., 1588-1612.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/190
Scope and Contents
Numbered 61-70 in inventory of Registrum de Pitsligo.
Dates:
1588-1612.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.
Pedigree VIII., 1618-1657.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/191
Scope and Contents
Numbered 71-75 in inventory of Registrum de Pitsligo.
Dates:
1618-1657.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.
Pedigrees and descents of Scottish noble and landed families, compiled in an unidentified hand about 1715 (possibly being a revision of a work compiled a little earlier), with a number of additions made at various times, some in a different hand, until about 1745., 1715-1745.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.18
Scope and Contents
John Riddell supplied a contents list at folio i verso but could not complete it in the space available.
Dates:
1715-1745.
Pedigrees of families of Scottish baronets.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.21
Scope and Contents
The pedigrees are alphabetically arranged beginning with Abercrombie, but going only as far as Dunbar, with several leaves left blank for the intended insertion of the pedigrees of the families recorded at the top of the leaf. Presumably this is a fragment of a projected but unrealized collection of the pedigrees of all the Scottish baronets. The work has been ascribed to Francis Townshend, Windsor Herald, but he died in 1819 and the paper is watermarked 1828: perhaps it was the work of his...
Dates:
1828, or after.
Pedigrees of Galloway families: Broadfoot, Hannay, McClelland.
File
Identifier: MS.2237
Dates:
?19th century.