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Gateway Family Gateway Family HistorianA PUBLICATION OF THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Vol. 8, NOS. 3 – 4 Summer/Fall 2008 OUR TOwn— elcome to the Events at the twenty-fourth Wissue of Gateway Family St. Louis Public Library Historian. This issue’s focus The St. Louis Public Library Events Calendar (www.slpl.org/events/ is a country that furnished calendar.asp) can provide you with an up-to-the-minute listing of what’s happening at the Library! many immigrants to Metered parking around Central Library is free on Saturdays, and Missouri—Scotland. the Scottrade Center MetroLink stop is only four blocks away. Other free parking is available on weekdays to Library users: call or e-mail us NOTE: We welcome your suggestions for details. Registration for our programs is highly recommended but for topics for future issues. Topics can be states, countries, or research special- not required. Please call 539-0381, or e-mail [email protected] to register ties such as census or death records. or for further information. Just e-mail [email protected]. Thanks! WHAt’s InsIDE Page 2 Venerated Ancestors We Could Use Your Help… Page 3 Did You Know? The St. Louis Public Library loves being able to help so many Inheriting Land and genealogists. We are sometimes asked if there is anything patrons Buildings in Scotland can do to help us. If you would like to support the Library, you might consider donating a copy of your printed family history book to us. Page 4 Site Seeing: We will gladly add it to our permanent collection. You might also Useful Websites want to make a Tribute donation through the St. Louis Public Library Page 5 Ethnic Spotlight: Foundation. A Tribute allows you to donate tax-deductible funds for Tartans the purchase of books or materials that will be added to the genealogy collection. You can honor a family you are researching, or an individual Page 6 They Came From... of your choice, with a bookplate that is added to each Tribute item. This Scotland!! program benefits the Library and your fellow genealogists. If you would Page 7 Help! like to consider making a Tribute gift, visit the Foundation’s website at www.slplfoundation.org. Thanks to all of our readers for your support of Page 8 Contact the Library! Venerated Ancestors Here are just a few of the items surnames are included, for each 5. Johnston, William H. in the St. Louis Public Library’s of which the derivation, meaning, Tartans: Abbotsford to Fraser; collection that can assist you alternate spellings, geographic Frederickton to MacNeil; and in researching your Scottish area in which the name was most MacNichol to Yukon. 3 vols. ancestors: prevalent, and its first documented Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1999. usage are given. It is an excellent FINE ARTS 929.209411 1. Adam, Frank. Clans, starting point for genealogists Septs, & Regiments of the researching a Scottish ancestor for Three volumes of large, beautiful Scottish Highlands. Baltimore: whom they only have a surname. color plates covering a wide Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., array of tartans. Clan tartans in 1970. H/G 941 3. Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage, all of their hunting and dress & Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish varieties are included. District An authoritative work on the Feudal Barons. 107th ed. 3 vols. tartans are also illustrated. The history of the clan system and Wilmington, DE: Burke’s Peerage color reproductions in this set are the individual clans and septs of and Gentry LLC, 2003. H/G 929.7 probably the best to be found in Scotland, this book also includes any of the Library’s many tartan information on Highland garb Contains the genealogies of the books. and tartans, listings of Highland titled families of Scotland along with surnames and titles, coats-of-arms their coats-of-arms. Earlier editions 6. Lewis, Samuel. Topographical of clan chiefs, badges of clans of the Burke’s Peerage sets are also Dictionary of Scotland, and families, clan pipe music, as available in the Library’s stacks. Comprising the Several Counties, well as slogans/war cries of the Islands, Cities, Burgh and Market Highland clans. There are also 4. Cory, Kathleen B. Tracing Towns, Parishes, and Principal histories of individual Highland Your Scottish Ancestry. 3rd ed. Villages. 2 vols. Baltimore: regiments. Also included are color Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., examples of clan and regimental Co., Inc., 2004. H/G 929.1 1989. H/G 914.1 tartans listed alphabetically by name. This is an informative how-to An alphabetical listing of place book on conducting research in names in Scotland. Each entry 2. Black, George Fraser. The Scotland and on the Internet. The gives the origin, history, and Surnames of Scotland: Their author explains where records are location for each name. The Library Origin, Meaning, and History. found and how they are arranged. also has an older 1849 edition 2 vols. New York: The New York Addresses of libraries, archives, and in the stacks containing a third Public Library, 1943-1946. H/G records centers are also given along volume with maps of each county. 929.4 with website and e-mail addresses. A chapter on how to find present-day This book is a compilation of relatives in Scotland is also included articles that originally appeared plus a listing of church parishes and in the New York Public Library the earliest date for which records “Bulletin,” but in this edition take can be found. the format of a name dictionary. Several thousand Scottish continued on next page Page 2 | Gateway Family Historian | Volume 8, No. 3 – 4, Summer/Fall 2008 Venerated Ancestors clan chiefs are also displayed in color than those of the major clans. continued from page 2 around the perimeter of the map. An alphabetical list by surname 7. Moncrieffe of that Ilk, Sir Iain, gives the suggested clan, family, and Don Pottinger. Scotland 8. Smith, Philip D. Tartan For Me! or district tartan to select for each of Old. Edinburgh: John Suggested Tartans for Scottish, name. Approximately 22,000 Bartholomew & Son, Ltd., 1960. Scotch-Irish, Irish, and North names and spelling variations H/G Heraldry Stand American Surnames With Lists of are listed in this edition including Clan, Family, and District Tartans. some 3,200 Irish and 500 Cornish A color-coded map of Scotland 7th ed. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, surnames. indicating where various clans held Inc. H/G 929.609411 sway. One hundred seventy four coats-of-arms and crests for the A very useful book for learning which tartans to use for names other Did Inheriting Land and You Know?}Buildings in Scotland The National Archives of Scotland When a Crown tenant died, his heir heir personally. The Crown tenant provides a very helpful introduc- had to prove his right to inherit be- then recognized the heir by issuing tion to inheritance of Scottish land fore a jury of local landowners. The a precept of clare constat. There is and buildings. Until 2004 (yes, jury proceedings were written up (a no central register of precepts of 2004), the feudal system held sway “retour”) for the Royal Chancery. clare constat, but they do often turn in Scotland. Under that system, all The Royal Chancery then would up in collections of family papers at land belonged to the Crown, with generally recognize the validity of the National Archives of Scotland. the Crown passing ownership that claim (“serve him as heir”), Beginning in 1868, Scots were al- of certain lands down to vassals although it was not bound to do so. lowed to pass on heritable property (also known as “subject superiors” All retours are recorded in the Royal such as land and buildings in wills, or “Crown tenants”). The vassal Chancery. and the feudal procedures gradually in turn owed military service (in fell into disuse although the feudal modern times an annual monetary A Crown tenant in turn could cede system was not officially abolished payment) to the Crown. land to vassals of his own. When one until 2004. of these vassals died, the Crown ten- ant merely needed to satisfy himself National Archives of Scotland Guide as to the heir’s right to inherit. This to Inheritance was usually a simple process since http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/in- the Crown tenant generally knew the heriting.asp Page 3 Site Seeing Cyndi’s List-Scotland http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland. General Register Office for Scotland htm http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/ index.html We shouldn’t need to tell you that a good first stop when researching They abbreviate it as GROS, but your Scottish ancestors is Cyndi’s there’s a whole lot to like about List. The website includes an the website of this very important extensive Categories List plus a list Scottish records office. of Related Categories, all of which may prove useful to the person ScotlandsPeople — The Official researching Scottish ancestors. Government Source of Genealogical Categories include How-To; Data for Scotland Libraries, Archives and Museums; http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Maps, Gazetteers, and Geographical Information; Mailing Lists, News Their free surname search (it will Groups, and Chat; and Military (to cost you to actually view an image name just a few). Jump start your of the record in question, however) Scottish genie research with a trip to provides access to nearly 50 million Cyndi’s List! records! BBC — Scottish Roots: Searching for Scottish Archive Network Your Family History in Scotland http://www.scan.org.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/ history/scottishroots/ Includes research tips, a directory of participating archives (with The BBC’s guide to Scottish roots virtual tours of some of them), and research is a great location for a catalog covering records in all 52 anyone new to Scottish ancestor participating archives! research.
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