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“...Scotland Genealogy Bibliography....”

Contents or Abstract: '; “...First steps in family research -- General Register Office for Scotland (the Registrar-General's Department) -- At the Scottish Record Office -- Births, baptisms, marriages & deaths -- Inheritance : wills & executries -- Inheritance : heirs in heritage -- Owners of lands & houses -- Tenants & crofters -- Other legal transactions -- Litigants -- Criminals -- Taxpayers -- Government officials -- Soldiers & sailors -- Clergymen & church members -- Schoolmasters & scholars -- Doctors & nurses -- Lawyers -- Architects & surveyors -- Railwaymen -- Coal miners -- Trade & business -- Electors & elected -- The sick & insane....”

Contents or Abstract: '; “...I.A guide to genealogy in Scotland. Local history and genealogy in Scotland ; Searching records in the General Register Office (New Register House) ; Searching records in the General Register Office (National Archives of Scotland) ; Other sources ; Names ; Heraldry ; Clans and tartans ; Searching present-day relations ; Questions, answers and notes ; Appendix I : Glossary of occupations, terms, etc. ; Appendix II : List of useful addresses ; Appendix III : List of parishes, counties & commissariots ; Appendix IV : Book list ; Appendix V : Sample forms for searchers ; Appendix VI : Internet access to indexes and for obtaining copies of digitised images -- pt. ...”