Genealogy
Subject
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Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Archaeological and historical notes on Caisteal Bhuiri and Clanranald, 18 January 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/137
Scope and Contents
Archaeological and historical notes on Caisteal Bhuiri [Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] and Clanranald. Among the notes it is stated that Raol mac Alein [Raghnall mac Ailein] was the last to inhabit Caisteal Bhuirgh and that he added the porch and extended the west side of it. The castle was originally built on a sgeir mhara and Biorlain mac ic Ailein [Clanranald's birlinn] was anchored 'in a poll' to the east side of it. After that, children used to swim there. In...
Dates:
18 January 1871
Baillie genealogy, 2002-2003
Series
Identifier: BAI 15
Scope and Contents
Baillie genealogy consists of:
- 2 family trees of the Baillie family, giving the descendants of Rev John Baillie of Gairloch and of his brother, Peter.
- biographical notes on Elizabeth Catherine Gallant and Ian & Mona Anderson
Dates:
2002-2003
Collection of photocopied materials relating to Charlotte Auerbach's relatives, 1898-1995
File — Box CLX-A-1535, Box: data_value_missing_e4d036defecd691a74c35a9e15750e63, Box: data_value_missing_643bdb0bf429cd7ea0fb7d49a463632e
Identifier: Coll-1266/4/1
Scope and Contents
Contains various photocopied biographical articles about Auerbach's relatives, including her father, Friedrich Auerbach, grandfather, Leopold Auerbach, uncle, Felix Auerbach, and cousin. Some of the articles are in German. Also contains a copy of a hand-drawn family tree. Original folder noted: 'Article on Lotte for Genetics - my drafts.'
Dates:
1898-1995
Correspondence between Dr Alan Orr. Anderson and W.J. Watson, 04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW373
Scope and Contents
Series of letters from Dr Alan Orr Anderson to William J. Watson. The letters largely form a discussion on the origins of the Northern race, the origins of Scottish place names, and the origins of Gaelic words. Discussion is also made of vol ii of the publicationEarly sources of Scottish history, A.D. 500 to 1286, collected and translated by Alan Orr Anderson (Edinburgh, 1922). Also included are a series of genealogical charts of early medieval Scottish...
Dates:
04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928
Edinburgh University Register, 1644
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/GOV/CRT/Da.21/1
Scope and Contents
The register contains the discipline and rules for the College of Edinburgh. In the back of the volume, written upside down, are notes made by Mackie on European and Scottish family trees, both royal and landed families, history of parts of Europe including more detail on Scottish and English history, with listings of significant events.
It is almost certainly a later copy: this is definitely so if it was written by Mackie.
It is almost certainly a later copy: this is definitely so if it was written by Mackie.
Dates:
1644
Epitaphs, monumental verses, and related correspondence and printed genealogies of the Calderwoods of Polton, Steuarts of Allanton and Coltness and the Denhams of Westshield, undated
File
Scope and Contents
Epitaphs, monumental verses and related correspondence, nineteenth century and printed genealogies of the Calderwoods of Polton, Steuarts of Allanton and Coltness and the Denhams of Westshield, undated.
Dates:
undated
Family papers, 1723-1935
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-51/1
Scope and Contents
1 .1: 'Family dates C.K.M. 25.2.1935'. 1 fol. 1.2: 'Chronological table of the family of the Murchisons or as called in Gaelic McColman'. Notebook. 1 .3: 'Notes on Murchison family papers at Hargrave made by A.F.Rowe Aug. 1924'. 1.4: 'List of letters & papers acquired from Haffenden 1921 ...' with correspondence between various lawyers, Dec. 1920 - April 1922. 25 fols. 1.5: 'Incidents in the life of Colonel Donald Murchison'. 7pp, with postcards of...
Dates:
1723-1935
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1872-1893
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The marjority of the notebook relates to material collected in Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire but there are a number of loose leaves at the end which contain an account of a journey from Uibhist/Uist through An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, during which time his wife, Mary is in Edinburgh and is pregnant. There are eight blank folios at the end of the notebook. Much of the material in this notebook was collected from Duncan...
Dates:
c1872-1893
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of the...
Dates:
15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Genealogical note about descendants of Righ Lochlann, October 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/129
Scope and Contents
Genealogical note about descendants of Righ Lochlann, probably collected in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist, listing various clans from 'Auladh dearg Mac Ri[gh] Lochlain' to Clann ic Ruiry who were descended from 'one of the 20 men soldiers who came with Tochra ni[ghea]n a Chaanaich'.
Dates:
October 1870