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Updated May 2nd, 2008.
News 12.4.08 'Class of 63' project is finished. That's right, I have now researched the entire Kennedy ancestry of every Kennedy born in 1963 (all 147 of them)! An unfortunate downside of this is a slight rejuggling of my new list of top 10 Kennedy family trees, with Rankin Kennedy of Kilmarnock now pushing the legendary Brackletter Kennedys out of the top 10!!
News 2.4.08 Ailsa Craig granite will again be used for curling stones at the next Winter Olympics in Canada in 2010. The rival manufacturer in Ontario, who use granite from Trefor in Wales, were controversially not permitted to even bid. Ayrshire firm Kays are the approved manufacturer for the World Curling Federation.
News 17.2.08 (revised 2.4.08) Lochaber man Charles Kennedy MP was elected Rector of Glasgow University on February 27th. Kennedy is a Glasgow graduate and former President of the Glasgow University Union.
News 1.1.08 (revised 7.2.08) ScotlandsPeople have released the latest years online BMD data - births 1907, marriages 1932 and deaths 1957. There were 89 male Kennedy marriages in 1932. Of those, 31 were in Glasgow City, with Cambuslang and Anderston top with 4 each. Male births 1907 totalled 193 and male deaths 1957 totalled 93. Indexes only are now available for all births and deaths; the marriage indexes are due to be updated shortly. The post-cutoff images are still only available at Edinburgh or Glasgow due to privacy rules.
News 16.12.07 Finally got to Dull and Logierait parish churchyards at the weekend. Dull had a low count of Kennedy memorials and, like nearby Weem, is dominated by the Menzies family. Logierait had a greater mix of names and was rich in local Kennedy families. The Tom of Cluny family were prominent.
Logierait parish churchyard by the River Tay
News 13.12.07 I now learn that the recent archaeological dig at Culzean failed to find convincing evidence for the former house of Scipio Kennedy at the place marked on the old estate maps. More can be found in the current edition of 'History Scotland' magazine.
News 6.12.07: The National Archives in Ireland have released the Dublin section of the 1911 census online. There are 1934 Kennedys listed (including 3 O'Kennedys from Co. Wexford) and the surname ranks about 13th, similar to its 15th placing in the current Eire/Dublin (area code 01) phone directory. Full analysis to follow.
Click here for the News archive.
from the leafy suburbs of Dowanhill, Glasgow
The Kennedy mausoleum at Ballantrae, resting place of the Kennedys of Bennane and Finnarts and the last of the Bargany line
Monument to the Reverend David Kennedy, Minister of Kirkmichael church in Ayrshire from 1802 to 1835
They know how to spell Kennedy in Gaelic here!
Read about my long trip to Pitkennedy in Angus!
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What is the Kennedy One Name Study?
Who are the Kennedys (Scottish and Irish)?
The Root of the Kennedy Tree (new 27.4.06!)
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Kennedy gravestone survey summary (updated 2.5.08 - East Ayrshire day trip)
Glasgow Poor Relief records for Kennedys 1854-1920 (updated 16.4.08 with more Co. Donegal Kennedys)
Irish Kennedys in Scotland (new 12.3.08)
A complete survey of all Irish and Scottish Kennedy families in Campsie (updated 12.3.08)
Murtagh MacKennedy, Keeper of the Isle of Man 1313-1315
Challenges for the Earldom of Cassillis 1792-1825 (updated 9.2.08)
Early Kennedy students at Edinburgh University (new 7.2.08)
Kennedys of Cultra (and other PRONI papers) (new 25.1.08)
John Kennedy, Abbot of Bangor fl. 1395 (updated 11.1.08)
Patrick McIlwrick (MacUlrick), an early 16th century lowland Scot? (new 23.12.07)
Kennedys in the parochial register of Fortingall, Perthshire (updated 16.12.07)
St Andrews Day Special: Sir Andrew Kennedy, Conservator of Scots Privilèges in the Netherlands
The founding of the Kennedys of Foss (1841 census extract 28.11.07; images added 26.11.07)
Scottish Historical Review: articles of interest to Kennedy researchers (new 21.11.07)
Early Kennedy students at Leyden (Leiden) University from 1676 (new 18.11.07)
The search for Ulrick (Ulric)(Ualraig) Kennedy (updated 21.10.07)
Ailsa Muniments - Family papers of the Earls of Cassillis (new 23.9.07, updated 5.10.07)
Kennedy museum exhibits (images added 19.9.07)
The etymology of 'cennetig' (new 18.8.07)
Surname dictionaries and the Kennedy name (second draft 12.8.07)
Kennedys of Rannoch Moor and Loch Rannoch (updated 6.8.07)
Henry Kennedy d. 1185 (updated 18.7.07)
Kennedy place-names (updated 15.04.07)
Kennedys of Glen Spean (Roy Bridge/Inveroy/Bohuntin) (new 9.4.07)
The Kennedy - de Carrick connection (updated 25.12.06)
Kennedys in the 1691-5 Hearth tax returns of Scotland (new 12.11.06)
'Inverness Surnames': Kennedy (new 22.10.06)
Kennedys of 'Glencoe and Beyond' (new 10.9.06)
*** Kennedys at the Edinburgh Festival 2006 (new 12.8.06) images added 17.9.06 ***
John Kennedy of Laggan, the 'most famous thief in the Highlands'? (new 13.8.06)
The greatest Kennedy of them all? (new 11.6.06)
Leanachan and Brackletter, home of the Lochaber (Highland) Kennedies - pictures page added 5.6.06
Kennedy stall at the Troon (South Ayrshire) History Fair June 3rd 2006
The Kennedy Castles one-day tour (new 28.05.06)
Ailsa Craig (Ailsa Rock) corrected 26.05.06
"The retreat ended; a party of Glengarry Kennedys barred the way ..." (2.4.06)
Charters of Roland de Carryk (2.4.06)
The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, a poem from 1504 (4.4.06)
Kennedys in the 1851 census of Scotland (16.3.06)
Kennedys in the '45 Jacobite Rebellion (15.3.06)
Are the Kennedys linked to the Camerons and MacDonalds? (updated 25.3.06)
The DNA of Fergus, Lord of Galloway and progenitor of the first Kennedy?
From Rannoch Moor to Campsie: my personal Kennedy history trail
Kennedy castles on the Scottish coast (my own pictures 4.3.06)
Perth County Prison - 1851 'spares'
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Latest project statistics (as of 2nd May 2008): The study database now contains 43, 291 individuals. I have also extracted (2.1.07) the 1607 Kennedy records from the National Burial Index 2nd edition but not added them to the main database pending converting the 'age at burial' figures back into a more meaningful 'year of birth' figure, without which the data is of little use to me. The most frequently occurring names for men and women to date are John Kennedy (2347) and Mary Kennedy (671). Longevity records to date are 102 for a female Kennedy and 105 for a male. The top 3 locations for combined births, marriages and deaths are Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr; for men with either Joseph or Patrick as a forename it is Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. The most common Kennedy's spouse surnames are Cameron (138), Campbell and MacDonald/McDonald; commonest spouse's full name is Mary McDonald/MacDonald (19). (Data courtesy of FamilyTreeMaker and Infused Solutions ged2csv. I am currently re-evaluating my main software due to poor support for GEDCOM from FTM and other reasons. One possibility is Family Historian.).
Year by year chart of extracted Kennedy BMD records (updated 18th August 2007)
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Latest data added (updated 2nd May 2008) Darvel/Newmilns/Galston cemeteries; Loudoun parich churchyard; earlier Co. Donegal trip - Derry city cemetery, Letterkenny, Donegal and Mountcharles burials; earlier Aberdeen cemeteries survey (part one!); earlier Further Glasgow Poor Law records; earlier two more trips to New Register House in Edinburgh; earlier Rutherglen and Westburn cemeteries; a day at NRH, Edinburgh; earlier Motherwell Airblie cemetery; earlier Cumbernauld Eastfield cemetery; earlier Bishopton churchyard and Bishopton cemetery, Renfrewshire; Charter chest of the Earldom of Wigtown 1214-1681; Wigtownshire Charters; NAS trip: failed supplicants to the Earldom of Cassillis 1792-1821, including the Kennedys of Basking Ridge, America; Testaments 1984-1996;earlier - Kennedy family papers, PRONI Belfast; earlier New Register House, Ramshorn/High Kirk burial registers; earlier Eastern Necropolis, Gallowgate Glasgow; earlier 1932 marriages Scotland; earlier Dull churchyard; Logierait cemetery and old churchyard; earlier New Register House visit 12.12.07; earlier 1875 Scotland births completed, 1882 births commenced; earlier 1875 births; earlier Aberfeldy cemetery, Weem churchyard; earlier Cambusnethan cemetery, including the family plot of Rev. Gilbert Kennedy of Gortnaglush, Co. Tyrone; earlier Kennedys of Kirkmichael papers (Ayrshire Archives ATD42); earlier Alexandria churchyard and cemetery; St Convals Catholic cemetery Barrhead; earlier Ayr parish births; SSPCK Schoolmasters 1709-1872; earlier Neilston, Ardrossan and Stevenston New Street cemeteries; Dumfries and Wigton counties Service of Heirs; earlier - Completed analysis of Kennedys of Craig/Colmonell; early Kennedys in the Netherlands; earlier British Library India Office and New Register House Edinburgh research; England deaths 1975 completed; earlier Grange cemetery, Edinburgh; Retours Services of Heirs in Scotland 1544-1699/1700-1859; Ayrshire Hearth Tax 1691;earlier New Register House visit; earlier NAS GD25/9/29/2 Cassillis family genealogies; GD25/9/44/4 Cassillis family marriage contracts; Ayr county library - Earl of Cassillis Covenanting army regiments (Kyle & Carrick foot regiment etc); Ayrshire sasines 1600-1634; SRO & PRO Wills of the Cassillis family; Glasgow University Archives - roll of graduates from 1578; earlier Dumbarton cemetery survey completion; NRH visits; earlier Kirk session records for Fortingall and Dull parishes, Perthshire (CH2/1383/2), at the National Archives, including the Dull parish 1834 heads of families listings (CH2/1383/9) which include the Kennedys of Tom of Cluny; earlier Old Monkland cemetery, Coatbridge; earlier New Register House indexing; Dumfries Craigs Road cemetery, St Michaels churchyard, Troqueer churchyard; earlier Inverness library/Tomnahurich/Kilvean cemeteries visit; St Peters Catholic cemetery Dalbety; Shettleston Sandymount cemetery; Dundee Balgaty and Broughty Ferry Barnhill cemeteries; Stranraer and Portpatrick cemeteries; earlier New Register House trip; New Kilpatrick cemetery completed; earlier Pitlochry and Moulin churchyards; New Kilpatrick cemetery first visit; earlier Stirling Ballangeich and St. Thomas Catholic cemeteries; Borders tour - Haltwhistle, Hawick, Ettrickbridge and Moffat cemeteries; Kirkmichael, Straiton and Ballantrae churchyards; Drymen and Killearn churchyards in Stirlingshire; Oathlaw, Tannadice, Coupar Angus and Kirriemuir cemeteries;earlier Bothwell Park completed; Woodside crematorium/cemetery, Paisley; Abbey and Old Road Johnstone cemeteries; acquired LDS 1881 census CD of Scotland at last, which will save me some money on ScotlandsPeople;earlier Irvine Shewalton and Knadgerhill cemeteries; Troon cemetery and parish churchyard; British 1881 census CD ordered; earlier Perth cemetery; Busby cemetery; Warriston Edinburgh cemetery; earlier Falkirk Camelon cemetery, Lochmaben and Lockerbie cemeteries; earlier Lochmaben MI, Tomnahurich (Inverness) and Nairn cemeteries; Linn cemetery south Glasgow; earlier Houston cemetery and Mount Zion churchyard, Quarriers Village Renfrewshire (burial place of John Gordon Kennedy, headmaster of the Orphan Homes of Scotland School); Girvan cemeteries, Cardonald Craigton and Kilbarchan cemeteries; earlier Ayr cemetery completed, Maybole parish churhyard and cemetery; Lochaber/Rannoch trip (Roy Bridge, Kilmonivaig, Spean Bridge, Cille Choirill, Kilmallie cemeteries; Kinloch Rannoch and Killichonan graveyards); full trip report to follow! previously Ayr cemetry 2nd trip, 39 Kennedy graves photographed; earlier Lochaber deaths 1855-1956; Kilmarnock cemetery - 35 Kennedy graves, 24 photographed; these included the late Thomas Kennedy, founder of Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd; earlier Greenock cemetery - 11 Kennedy graves photographed; earlier Kilbowie cemetery, Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank); earlier New Register House trip - private research, Rankin Kennedy survey, 1961 deaths - 149 individuals added to database; earlier British Biographical Archive; earlier India Office Records, British Library (inc. Bombay, Madras and Bengal births, marriages and deaths); England deaths 1974-5; earlier Lambhill cemetery/Western Necropolis, Glasgow; Lennoxtown/Campsie graveyard; Confirmations and Inventories 1934-6; earlier Scotlands People New Year 2007 data release (births 1906/marriages 1931/deaths 1956); Liberton and Moreton Hall cemeteries, Edinburgh; Moray Heritage site; Hawkhead cemetery, Paisley; Paisley OPR; Paisley statutory registers; Renfrewshire Monument Inscriptions, pre-1855; previously: Ayr cemetery; Confirmations and Inventories 1957-8; Day at NRH/NAS; Tay Valley FHS research centre, Dundee; Scotland marriages 1855; Scotland births 1857/1865/1874; A day of research at New Register House, Edinburgh, linking branches together. Confirmations and Inventories 1927; England births 1876-77; Some private lines researched plus 1881 census families (Scottish and Irish born Kennedys living in England); earlier Confirmations and Inventories 1918; Renfrewshire sasines; 1971 Deaths England; Confirmations and Inventories 1915-16; England deaths 1948; Kilmonivaig 1851 census; previously OPR Marriages Dundonald/Troon, Ayrshire; previously completed Kirkmichael, Ayrshire OPR marriages and England 1970 deaths; Glenalmond Register 1847-1929, Confirmations and Inventories 1915-16; previously OPR Death register for Straiton, Ayrshire; and further work on OPR births and marriages from Kirkmichael parish, Ayrshire (157 dating from 1644); the Kennedy marriages in this parish date from 1641. Muthill, Perthshire BMDs (OPR and statutory). Previously; as of 27th April 2006 the OPR births for the parish of Kirkoswald, Ayrshire - the parish containing Culzean Castle. The Kirkoswald OPR covers the period 1694-1854 and contains 164 Kennedy births and 83 Kennedy marriages. The list of marriages includes two Marquess of Ailsa marriages, plus the marriage of Ailsa's freed Guinea slave Scipio Kennedy.
Study of the newly released statutory Scotland data for 1931 marriages at the online Scotlands People web site (1.1.07) brings into sharp relief the extent of urbanisation of the Scottish population - and also how many Kennedys now seem to have moved to Maryhill in north Glasgow! Incredibly 21 of the 68 male Kennedy marriages in 1931 took place there.
The official Scottish records site ScotlandsPeople has added the 1841 census online in the last few days (April 2006). In 1841 there were 6204 Kennedys in Scotland; this rose to 6969 by 1851, of which 3348 were men. See above for link to my review.
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Book Review: The Irish Kennedys by Brian Patrick Kennedy
Variants of the Kennedy surname collected so far: Kenadie, Kenedaie, Kenedie, Kenedy, Kennaday, Kenneday, Kennedey, Kennedie. This is *not* a full list of Kennedy surname variants, simply a list of those who genealogical data have been entered into my database.
The earliest OPR Kennedy baptism record I can find to date is Margareit Kennedy daughter of Gilbert Kennedy and Margaret Brady who was baptised at Dunfermline on 26th December 1563. The earliest OPR Kennedy marriage is Elezabeth Kenedy and Patrik Wanse in Perth on 17th August 1561. The earliest Kennedy will online is that of Gilbert Kennedy of Balmaclanochan dated 13th Jan 1548.
Acceptance of the study from the Guild of One-Name Studies has been received and the first few enquiries received. I have also attended my first promotional event, the annual conference of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies at New Lanark (April 22nd 2006). I should also be running a stall at the Troon History Fair Saturday June 3rd 2006.
I would like to personally thank the staff at the following establishments for their help in my research:
Mitchell Library, Glasgow; Carnegie Library, Ayr; AK Bell Library, Perth; National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; New Register House, Edinburgh; The British Library, St. Pancras; The Family Records Centre, Islington; Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast; Trinity College Library, Dublin; Scottish Genealogical Society, Edinburgh; The Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh; The Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland, Dublin; Linen Hall Library, Belfast; Presbyterian Historical Society, Belfast ; National Library of Ireland, Dublin
... and a special mention to Graham Tuley of Inverness, the Guild of One-Name Studies representative at the Scottish Association of Family History Societies, for his helpful advice!
Kennedy surname distribution mapping (fixed broken UCL link 28.1.07)
I have previously used the surname mapping software tool from Archer Software for my own family tree research. This uses data from the 1881 census and can do graphical plots by either county or Poor Law region, by total count or per 100,000. Recently my old college University College London has produced a new mapping tool which looks very interesting, it only does plotting by counts per million so doesn't look like the map on my homepage which was a total count plot. As I mention elsewhere, per head the top counties in 1881 were Argyllshire and Inverness. What is fascinating is that using per million plotting, the modern map taken in 1998 is not that changed, except for the development of a cluster in the home counties of England. Huge swathes of England - Wales, SW and southern coast, East Anglia and the east coast - still register as blank areas for the Kennedys. Top locations apparently are Motherwell (1881) and Harris (1998); top postal town is Larkhall. There is a small amount of international data too. There are some sites which plot US data, one neat one I have found is this one where you can get a flashing graph which cycles through the different census years and watch the Kennedys fan out over the country.
Some Kennedy meta-data from the 1841-91 census returns for England (updated from 1841 census 30.4.06)
| Census Year | Kennedys in Total | Male total | Scottish born | Male Scottish | Irish born | Male Irish |
| 1841 | 107 | 348 | ||||
| 1851 | 3699 | 1783 | 237 | 139 | 1090 | 580 |
| 1861 | 5081 | 2504 | 315 | 187 | 1479 | 785 |
| 1871 | 6511 | 3208 | 424 | 248 | 1563 | 838 |
| 1891 | 9135 | 4551 | 474 | 281 | 1346 | 754 |
The addition of the online version of the England 1841 census gives us a first chance to see the impact of the Irish and Scottish potato famines on the Kennedy population. If anything the rise is less than expected. I hope to do a fuller study later with a full per-county breakdown; for now suffice to say that Lancashire leads the way in both 1841 and 1851.
Bibliography (updated 9th September 2007)
To date the study has worked from the various libraries listed in the Thanks section above; the genetic study has used the services of DNA Heritage, Oxford Ancestors and Ethnoancestry. I have bought or read the following which are the primary written resources on the Kennedys: of these, only the recent works by Moss, McCulloch and Kennedy are still on sale. Recently though I acquired a second-hand copy of Taylor at a history book stall run by Benny Gillies, who has an impressive collection of old Scottish history books and an online catalogue.
Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments) 1290-1940 (ref GD25), National Archives of Scotland
The Kennedys (Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, Baronet, 1958)
The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family (Michael Moss, 2002)
The History of the Kennedys of Cassillis and Culzean (Debbie Camp/Jackson*, privately printed in 1988-9, deposited at Carnegie Library, Ayr)
A Historical and Genealogical Account of the Principal Families of the Name of Kennedy (Robert Pitcairn, Edinburgh, 1830).
Historical Account of the Noble Family of Kennedy Marquesses of Ailsa and Earls of Cassillis with Holders of some of the principal Cadets thereof (anon.) Edinburgh, 1849
The Seven Sons of the Provost: an 18th Century Chronicle of the family of Kennedy of Dunure (ed. Henrietta Taylor, 1949)
The Life and Times of James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews (Annie I. Dunlop, St Andrews University Publications, 1950)
Janet Kennedy, Royal Mistress. Marriage and divorce at the court of James IV and V. (Ishbel C.M. Barnes, Birlinn, 2007.)
Kennedys of Auchtyfardle (James Gourlay, 1936)
Kennedys in Orkney and Caithness (John Mooney, Orkney Antiquarian Society, 1932)
Kennedy (Kennedys of Knocknalling) (James Douglass Kennedy, 1884)
Hector MacQueen 'The kin of Kennedy, 'kenkynnol' and the common law' in A. Grant and K. J. Stringer (eds) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community: Essays Presented to G. W. S. Barrow (Edinburgh University Press, 1993) 274-296
Hector MacQueen 'Survival and success: the Kennedys of Dunure' in Boardman, Steve, and Ross, Alasdair (eds) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland c.1200-1500 (eds Boardman and Ross) (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2003) pp. 67-94
Hector L. MacQueen, ‘Kennedy family (per. c.1350–1513)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/54242, accessed 28 Nov 2007]. An overview of the lowland Kennedy family up to the battle of Flodden in 1513, drawing on the above two works
Some account of the ancient Earldom of Carric by Andrew Carrick Esq M.D. (1809)
Bygone Lochaber (Somerled MacMillan, 1971) - the only decent account of the Highland Kennedys
History of the County of Ayr (Paterson, 1847/52)
Galloway - A Land Apart (Andrew McCulloch, 2000)
* Michael Moss references the author twice as Debbie Jackson, however her surname when she authored this work was Camp
Whilst I believe I have now read all the significant books on the Scottish Kennedys, there are other archive papers I have not yet consulted. Some of these are indexed at this page at the National Archives.
Kennedys of Kirkmichael (held at Ayrshire Archives). I have now examined ATD42, the first of two main collections.
Kennedys of Dalquharran and Dunure (1515-1797) ref GD27 (held at National Archives of Scotland)
Kennedys of Bennane and Finnarts (1450-1926) ref GD60 (National Archives of Scotland)
Bargany Muniments (Papers of the family of Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany, Ayrshire; NAS GD109). Whilst these papers mostly relate to the Dalrymple-Hamiltons they also cover the transfer of the Bargany estates from Thomas Kennedy to Sir John Hamilton in the 1620s. The final reference to Thomas, dated 16 Sep 1630, shows him designated 'Thomas Kennedy lately styled of Bargany' (GD109/102).
It is difficult to find a good account of the Irish Kennedys. Dermot Gleeson's much talked of book is rather narrow in its focus - the seizure of O'Kennedy lands in Ormond by Cromwell's forces, and their complex relationship with the Norman Butlers; it is also spoilt by its quite emotive language. His earlier work on the diocese of Killaloe has little mention of them. Rev. John Gleeson's earlier book about the Ely O'Carrolls also has material on the O'Kennedys, including the bizarre etymological note that the name derives from the Latin 'genus'. Still, these are at least scholarly, well referenced works and worth looking at if not buying. Sadly, one to avoid is the dreadful 'Evolution of Everyman: the ancestral lineage of John F. Kennedy' by the otherwise obscure Rev. John F. Brennan. Disclaming himself as a historian, this gentleman starts his account with the Milesian myths of Irish origin, then proceeds to infer connections between the O'Kennedys of Ormond and New Ross/Dungastown without providing any evidence whatsover. Further, whilst it may be true that the Irish Genealogical Office told President Kennedy on his 1968 visit that his name meant 'helmet-headed', we need not feel so constrained. 'Ugly-headed' or the slight variant 'grim-headed' if you prefer, will do fine and as I discuss elsewhere, have plenty of backing from some of the all-time great Gaelic scholars.
Main data sources indexed to date include: (updated October 22nd 2006, total source entries 301)
| SourceDescription |
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| Aberdeen Univ Scottish Emigration database |
| Aberfoyle 1851 census |
| Abernyte MI |
| Annals of Banff (inc Burgess Roll of Banff) |
| Australian Convicts List http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/ |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography 15 1940-80 |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography 2 1788-1850 |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography 5 1851-1890 |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography 9 1891-1939 |
| Ayrshire Post Obituaries |
| Back to Lochaber (Stuart MacDonald) |
| Bengal Obituary 1851 |
| Blair Atholl census 1851 |
| BMD England Statutory |
| BMD Scotland Statutory |
| Book of Crests - Fairbairn 1905 |
| Book of Deer (Spalding Club 1866 print) |
| Book of Garth and Fortingall, Duncan Campbell, 1888 |
| Book of Ulster surnames robert bell |
| British Family Antiquity (Playfair) 1803 |
| Burgess and Guild Brethren Glasgow 1573-1750 |
| Burgess and Guild Brethren of Ayr 1647-1846 |
| Burkes Landed Gentry 18th Edition |
| Burke's Peerage 107th Edition (2003, final printed edition) |
| Bygone Lochaber (Somerled MacMillan) |
| Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Duke of Ormond |
| Campsie census 1851 |
| Carrick Gallovidian, Kevan McDowall, 1947 |
| Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland (MacGibbon and Ross, 1889) |
| Catalogue of Graduates Un of Dublin 1591-1868 |
| Cess Book (Perth) 1699-1702 |
| Cess Book (Perth) 1703-09 |
| Cess Book (Perth) 1709-1713 |
| Chambers Eminent Scotsmen |
| Cholera Rental Book 1832 |
| Chronicle of Perth 1210-1668 James Maidment |
| Chronicle of Perth transc J Eagles 1861430191 |
| Clan Donald Donald J. MacDonald 1978 |
| Clan Ranald of Knoydart and Glengarry (Norman MacDonald) |
| Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (Frank Adam) |
| Closeburn Old Kirkyard Monument Inscriptions |
| Clunie MI |
| Commissariot of Hamilton and Campsie Testaments |
| Commonwealth War Graves Comm. WW1 |
| Commonwealth War Graves Comm. WW2 |
| Confirmations and Inventories 1876-1936 (complete 1st edition) |
| Confirmations and Inventories 1959 |
| Dalrumple Paroch Hearth Tax 1691 |
| Dalrymple Graveyard Inscriptions |
| Debretts' Peerage |
| Dictionary of American Biography |
| Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists (Desman) |
| Dictionary of British Art V4 Victorian Painters |
| Dictionary of British Artists Johnson Greutzner |
| Dictionary of National Biography 1908 |
| Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Bryan 1904 |
| Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation |
| Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation Vol. 2 |
| Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation Vol. 3 (Whyte) |
| Directory of Land Ownership in Scotland 1770 |
| Directory of Scots banished to the American Plantn |
| Dowally Kirk MI |
| Dumfries and Galloway County History (Maxwell 1896) |
| Dumfries and Galloway Historical Indexes |
| Dundee Deaths 1990-1993 |
| Dundee Persons Deceased AC Lamb 1897 |
| Dundonald Burial Register Troon and Dist. FHS |
| Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914 |
| Edinburgh Canongate census 1851 |
| Edinburgh Institution Register 1832-1932 |
| Edinburgh Marriage Register 1595-1700 |
| Edinburgh New Town census 1851 |
| Edinburgh Old Town census 1851 |
| England births 1837 |
| England Births 1838 |
| England Births 1839 Q3-4 to date |
| England Statutory Deaths 1983 |
| England Statutory Deaths 2000 |
| Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 |
| Fasti Eccl V5 |
| Fasti Eccl v8 |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae IX 1929-54 |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae V1 Lothian/Tweedale |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae V2 Dumfries/Galloway |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae V3 Ayr |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae V6 Aberdeen/Moray |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Vo. 4 Argyll Perth Stir |
| Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae X 1955-75 |
| FES Ross Sutherland Caithness Orkney Shetland Ire |
| Forfeited Estate Papers 1715, 1745 (Scottish Historical Society) |
| Fortingall census 1851 |
| Fortingall Death Index 1855-1938 |
| Fortingall, Perthshire OPR 1748-1854 |
| Gaelic Sources of Macpherson's Ossian (D. Thomson, 1951) |
| Glasgow City Police return 1841 |
| Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1609-25 |
| Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1660-89 Indexes only |
| Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1710-26 Indexes only |
| Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1727-45 Indexes only |
| Glasgow High Kirk Baptisms 1746-60 Indexes only |
| Glasgow High Kirk baptisms 1766-1767 |
| GlenAlmond Register 1847-1929 |
| Greyfriars Cemetery, Inverness MI |
| Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licenses |
| Harts Army List 1840 |
| Harts Army List 1860 |
| Harts army list 1885 tbc |
| Harts army list 1906 tbc |
| Hearth Tax (Perthshire) 1692 |
| History of Clan Cameron |
| History of Fortingall - A Highland Parish, Alexander Stewart, 1928 |
| History of Rannoch, AD Cunningham |
| History of the Camerons, Mackenzie, 1884 |
| History of the County of Ayr (James Paterson 1847) |
| History of the Lands and their Owners in Gallowy (P. H. McKerlie) |
| History of the MacDonalds Alexdr Mackenzie 1881 |
| Howff Cemetery database Dundee TVFHS |
| Index of Charters 1309-1413 (William Robertson) |
| Index to Personal estates of Defuncts 1846-67 |
| Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810 |
| Inhabitants upon Duke of Argyles Property in Kintyre 1792 |
| Inverness County History, J Cameron Lees, 1897 |
| Inverness Names - Personal Names and surnames of the town of inverness MacBain |
| Ireland BMD Certificate Exchange |
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| Pitcairns' Criminal Trials in Scotland (3 vols 1488-1624) |
| Plantation in Ulster (Hill) |
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| Tay Valley People in North America Part One |
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