Secrets of Dunnottar Castle
Scotland’s Most INCREDIBLE Fortress. Added a video about this
castle to the foot of the pageMy Reminiscences
By Lord Ronald Gower, F.S.A. in two volumes (1883)
An historical
account of the Macdonnells of Antrim:
Including notices
of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish (1873) (pdf). Got a better
copy of this book so have now replaced the one I had up with this one.
Life of John Erskine,
Baron of Dun
Containing remarks upon the religious and political affairs of Scotland
during the sixteenth century by James Bowick (1828) (pdf)
Memorial of the
Clan of the Bells
More particularly of the Bells of Kirkconnel & Bells of Blackethouse,
Chiefs of the name (pdf)
Clan
Buchanan
Added a new history of this clan to the top of our history page for
them.
UNESCO Called upon to protect Kilt
from the VATMan - An article by Bill Magee
Edinburgh kiltmaker 21st Century Kilts, situated on the Royal Mile and
endorsed by non other than national icon comedian Sir Billy Connolly, is
seeking UNESCO protection claiming Scots customers should not have to
pay VAT on their own national dress.
Memorie of the Lineage,
Paternal & Maternal of Mary Elizabeth Jane Douglas, Napier
By her son, Mark Napier (1875) (pdf)
Memorials of
the Family of Row
By the Family of Row (1828) (pdf)
Added our Weekly Newsletter for 8th May 2026 which you can read as a
pdf file
Lt.-Col. Otho
Hamilton of Olivestor
Lieutenant-Governor of Placentia, Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, Major
of the 40th Regiment of Foot, Member of the Nova Scotia Council from
1731 to 1744 by Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, B.A. (1899) (pdf)
Mary McLeod
Bethune
And the National Council of Negro Women Pursuing a True and Unfettered
Democracy For the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic
Site National Park Service By Elaine M. Smith (1954) (pdf)
Elgin
Cathedral
The Cathedral Kirk of Moray, description by J. S. Richardson, H.R.S.A.,
LL.D., FSAScot., Formerly Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland,
history by J. MacKintosh, M.B.E., FSAScot. (1950) (pdf)
Carlile
Added a page for this name which includes a few pdf books,
A Brief Genealogical Account of
the Family of McLean
From the First Settlement in the Island of Mull and parts Adjacent
by Alexander MacLean (1872) (pdf)
American
Clan Lockhart Society
Got in a pdf of their April - June 2026 newsletter
Coghill
Added a page for this name showing Scottish connections.
Added our Weekly Newsletter for 1st May 2026 which you can read as a
pdf file
MacDuffee/MacDubhsith
Got in their Spring 2026 newsletter where they announce a change in
their official name.
Glencoe and the Indians
A real-life family saga which spans two continents, several centuries
and more than thirty generations to link Scotland's clans with the
native peoples of the American West by James Hunter (1996) and can be
borrowed from the Internet Archive.
Glencoe and the Indians
A Review by Michael Newton, Dept, of Celtic, Edinburgh University (pdf)
Lives of the Baillies
By James William Baillie of Culterallers (1872) (pdf)
Diary of Alexander
Jaffray
Provost of Aberdeen, one of the Scottish Commissioners to King Charles
II., and a member of Cromwell's parliament to which are added
particulars of his subsequent life given in connexion with memoirs of
the rise, progress, and persecutions, of the people called Quakers in
the North of Scotland among whom he became one of the earliest members
by John Barclay (second edition) (1824) (pdf)
Cravie or Craven
Found a book about these names so have created a page for them.
BBC Highlights keen interest in Scots
Society of Antiquaries Heritage Hub Global Fundraiser
It took a mere matter of digital seconds for British Broadcasting
Corporation to give a "thumbs up" to the one-of global fundraising
campaign by Scotland's oldest learned heritage body followed by several
other communications outlets and supported by numerous other
organisations. An article from Bill Magee.
The Life and Times of Robert Gib
Lord of Carribber, Familiar Servitor and Master of the Stables to King
James V. of Scotland by George Duncan Gibb, Bart., of Falkland and of
Carribber, M.A. M.D. LL. in two volumes (1874)
Added our Weekly Newsletter for 24th April 2026 which you can read as a
pdf file
An Account of the Confederation
of Clan Chattan
By Charles Fraser-MacKintosh, of Drummond (1898) (pdf)
Memorials of the Browns of Fordell
Finmount and Vicarsgrange by Robert Riddle Stodart (1887) (pdf)
Family of Dick
Added a page for this family.
I Found Scotland's CHEAPEST Pie…and a
COMMUNITY I Won’t Forget
Added this video to the foot of our Scottish Restaurants page
William
Alexander Clouston (1843-96)
Folklorist: Introduction and Bibliography by Gareth Whittaker (2004)
Wine and
Walnuts
or Gossip of Great Writers, A Book of Anecdote, Laconic Saying and Gems
of Thought in Prose and Verse Edited by W. A. Clouston (1876) (pdf)