Notes:

See also Notes in "CLAN information sources MACKENZIE" in this file.

Essay from
Douglas Hickling, 516 Blair Avenue, Piedmont CA 94611. Dhhic@comcast.net

THE PEDIGREES OF THE EARLY CHIEFS OF CLAN MACKENZIE--
CAN THEY BE TRUSTED?

The several published pedigrees of the early Mackenzie chiefs--fromKenneth, for whom the clan is named, through Alexander "Ionraic"--thatare contained in family histories compiled between the 17th and early20th centuries are based upon traditions, real, perceived, or contrived.Considering that these pedigrees frequently contradict each other andthat they are not supported by existing contemporary records, can any ofthem be relied upon?

The two earliest surviving manuscript histories of the Mackenzies werecompiled in the seventeenth century by George (Sir) Mackenzie, createdfirst Earl of Cromartie by Queen Anne in 1703. His first account,written circa 1650, takes the form of a letter and was published involume II of William (Sir) Fraser's THE EARLS OF CROMARTIE (1876), at 462et seq. It was followed by a shorter manuscript history entitled THEGENEALOGY OF THE MACKENZIES PRECEEDING THE YEAR 1661 WRITTEN IN THE YEAR1669 BY A PERSON OF QUALITY, published in 1900 in Volume I of WalterMacfarlane's GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS in PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISHHISTORY SOCIETY, volume 33. The pedigrees of the early chiefs containedin both manuscript histories are similar. Earl Cromartie's pedigree,based upon his 1669 shorter manuscript history, at 54-60, follows:

PEDIGREE I

1. Kenneth, son of Colin Fitzgerald and the daughter and heiress ofKenneth MacMahon (Matheson), was named for his maternal grandfather. Hemarried Morba, "daughter to MacDougal of Lorne." He was succeeded bytheir son,

2. Kenneth, who supported Bruce in his contest with the Comyns. Hewas succeeded by his son,

3. Kenneth na Sroine, who married Finguala, daughter of MacLeod ofLewis. He was executed by the Earl of Ross at Inverness, and succeeded bytheir son,

4. Murdoch Dow, who married a daughter of "MacCaula of Lochbroom."He was succeeded by his son,

5. Murdoch Nidroit ("of the bridge"), so called because his motherwhile pregnant with him had been saved from a fall at the bridge ofScatwell. He married Fingala, daughter of MacLeod of Harris. He wassucceeded by his son,

6. Alexander Ionraic ("the upright"), who married (1) Anna,daughter of MacDougal of Lorne, by whom he had Kenneth and Duncan, and(2) Margaret, daughter of MacDougal of Morir.

The shorter manuscript history of the Mackenzies, b ?y the first Earlof Cromartie, was soon followed by THE GENEALOGIE OF THE SURNAME OFM'KENZIE SINCE THEIR COMING INTO SCOTLAND collected in 1667 by JohnMackenzie of Applecross, a friend of the first Earl, and copied from theformer's papers in 1670. This manuscript was published in 1916 as volumeII of HIGHLAND PAPERS and volume XII of PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISHHISTORY SOCIETY (second series). The pedigree of the early Mackenziechiefs as set forth in the Applecross manuscript follows:

PEDIGREE II

1. Kenneth, son of Colin Fitzgerald and the daughter of KennethMatheson, was named for his maternal grandfather. He married a daughterof MacIver, and was succeeded by his son,

2. Murdoch, who married a daughter of MacAulay. He was succeeded by

3. Kenneth na sroine, who married a daughter of MacDougall of Lorn,whom he caused to be thrown over the bridge at Scatwell while she waspregnant with

4. Murdoch na drochaid ("of the bridge"), w ?ho married adaughter of MacLeod of Lewis. He was executed by the Earl of Ross atInverness, and was succeeded by

5. Murdoch dubh, known as Black Murdoch of the cave. He married adaughter of MacLeod of Harris, and they were the parents of

6. Alexander Ionraic ("the upright"). He was brought up byMacDougall of Lorn, and married (1) a daughter of MacDougall of Lorn, bywhom he had Kenneth and Duncan, and (2) a daughter of MacRanald.

It is widely believed that John Mackenzie of Applecross borrowed theColin Fitzgerald descent from the first Earl of Cromartie and that theyboth relied upon one or more earlier manuscripts that no longer exist.

The foregoing are the only published seventeenth century manuscripthistories of the family. Several later unpublished family histories bycompilers, including the Rev. John Macrae, Hector Mackenzie, Dr. GeorgeMackenzie, and Captain John Matheson of Bennets-field, are held inScottish libraries, but they are not readily accessible because they arein manuscript form only.

In 1833, an ancient parchment now known as the manuscript of 1467 wasfound by William F. Skene in the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh. Themanuscript is a compilation of crude lists of names, believed to be thepedigrees of the chiefs of most of the highland clans up to about 1400.According to Skene, the manuscript was compiled by an Irish sennacheemployed by Clan Maclachlan as indicated by the fact that the pedigreeof that clan is quite detailed and includes intermarriages.

In 1834, Skene published his English translation of this manuscript involume 1, part 1, of the TRANSACTIONS OF THE IONA CLUB, at 54. In anote, Skene pointed out that the manuscript established "[t]hecomparatively late invention of many of the traditionary origins of allthe highland clans."

Skene became more specific in his THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND (1836), inwhich he attacked the notion that the Mackenzies were descended fromColin Fitzgerald as claimed by the 17th century, and subsequent, familyhistorians. First, at 187-188, he stated that whenever a clan tradition,such as that of the Mackenzies, asserts a marriage of the foreign founderof the clan with the heiress of that family, the family claiming theforeign founder is invariably the oldest cadet of the family which hassomehow usurped the power and estates of the clan chief. It thenattempts to conceal the defect in its right by blood by asserting theforeign founder who married the chief's heiress.

Second, Skene, at 325-326, stated that the documents frequently quoted assupporting a Mackenzie descent from Colin Fitzgerald were either (1)non-existent, (2) inconclusive, or (3) "a forgery of later times." Notonly was there no documentary support for the claimed descent from ColinFitzgerald, such a descent was rejected by the manuscript of 1467, whichshows a Gaelic descent from Gilleoin of the Aird.

In his THE EARLS OF CROMARTIE (1876) volume I, at v, William (Sir) Frasersets forth a Mackenzie pedigree in tabular form which provides the basisfor the following:

PEDIGREE III

1. Kenneth, son of Colin Fitzgerald and a daughter of KennethMacMahon or Matheson, married Morba Macdowal, daughter of Alexander Lordof Lorn, and was succeeded by

2. Kenneth Mackenneth, who married Margaret, daughter of David deStrathbogie, Earl of Athol. He was succeeded by

3. Kenneth Mackenzie, who married Fynvola, daughter of RoderickMacleod of Lewis. He was succeeded by

4. Murdoch Mackenzie. who married Isabel, daughter of MurdochMacAulay. He was succeeded by

5. Murdoch Mackenzie, who married Fingala, daughter of Macleod ofHarris. He was succeeded by

6. Alexander Mackenzie, who married (1) Agnes Campbell, daughter ofColin, Earl of Argyll, and (2) Margaret Macdougal, "a daughter of theHouse of Lorn." The mother of his son Kenneth is not identified.

Fraser, who published his history forty years after Skene's THEHIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND, stoutly defends the genuiness of the documentsupon which the claim of a descent from Colin Fitzgerald is based anddeclares the manuscript of 1467 to be "quite fabulous." He adheres, inmost respects, to the pedigrees contained in the 17th century Mackenziefamily histories. As the historian an d patron of the Earls ofCromartie, Fraser no doubt felt pressured to uphold the theories advancedby the first Earl in his history of the family.

Only three years later, Major James D. Mackenzie of Findon published hisGENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE (1879). The notes whichaccompany the tables, at 7-10, set forth the following:

PEDIGREE IV

1. Kenneth, son of Colin, "the 'Gerald' of tradition, or of earlyCeltic or Irish derivation" and a daughter of Kenneth Macmahon ofLochalsh. He married Morba, daughter of Alexander MacDougall of Lorne.He was succeeded by

2. Kenneth "or in some manuscripts Murdoch." He married Margaret,daughter of David de Strathbolgy, eleventh Earl of Athol. He fought atBannockburn, 1314, and was succeeded by

3. Kenneth na Sroine of Kintail, who married Fynvola (or Finguala),daughter of Torquil MacLeod II of Lewis. The compiler notes that,according to Dr. George Mackenzie, Kenneth was murdered by the Earl ofRoss at Perth. His only son,

4. Murdoch Dubh, is said to have been conveyed to the Lewis uponhis father's death and to have been called "of the caves" because he leda "hole in the corner existence" before he was able to regain hisfather's estates. He married Isabel, daughter of MacAulay of Lochbroom,and was succeeded by his son,

5. Murdoch na Drochaid ("of the bridge"). He married Finguala,daughter of MacLeod, chief of Harris, by whom he had one son,

6. Alexander Ionraic (the upright"), who married (1) Anna, daughterof MacDougall of Dunollie of the lineage of Lorn, by whom he had Kennethand Duncan, and (2) "another MacDougall or MacCoull of Morar, or 'Morir'on the mainland."

James D. Mackenzie of Findon vigorously attacked the reliability of themanuscript of 1467 as well as the writings of Skene and others thatquestioned the existence of Colin Fitzgerald. As is clear from PedigreeIV above, the compiler was willing to concede only the possibility thatColin was not of Irish origin while at the same time insisting that hewas the founder of the clan, whatever his origin may have been. James D.Mackenzie was the last Mackenzie historian of consequence to adhere tothe 17th century family histories and to the claimed descent from Colin.

Alexander Mackenzie was the first historian of the family to adopt manyof Skene's views as well as his translation of the manuscript of 1467.He published his HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE in 1879, a work which wasfirst serialized, beginning in 1877, in THE CELTIC MAGAZINE, volume III,a periodical which he edited.

Skene published the third volume of his mature work CELTIC SCOTLAND in1880. In the revised 1890 edition of this volume, Skene discusses therole and reliability of clan genealogies. In his view, stated at338-339, the clan pedigrees contained in 14th and 15th century Irishmanuscripts, including the manuscript of 1467, "as far back as theeponymous or common ancestor from which the clan takes its name, are ingeneral tolerably well vouched, and may be held to be authentic," but theearly historic portions of these pedigrees, "when analyzed, prove to beentirely artificial and untrustworthy."

At 346 et seq., Skene explains that, in 1597, the Parliament held atEdinburgh passed an act which required that inhabitants of the highlandsshow by what right they possessed their lands. Many of the clans, whichhad at one time held charters to their lands, had lost them during theconflicts that followed the forfeiture of the Lords of the Isles. Manytimes, lands were feudally vested in an alien family, but actuallypossessed by competing clans. Other clans had held their lands for timeimmemorial, maintained by the sword. The chiefs "found themselvescompelled to defend their rights upon grounds which could compete withthe claims of their eager opponents, and to maintain an equality of rankand prestige with them in the Herald's Office." They did not hesitate"to put forward spurious pedigrees better calculated to maintain theirposition when a native descent had lost its value and was too weak toserve the purpose."

According to Skene, at 349, from this period, the "manuscript historiesof the leading highland families began to be compiled, in which thesepretensions were advanced and spurious charters inserted." At 351-354,he states that "the most remarkable of these spurious origins is thatclaimed by the Mackenzies," first put forward by the first Earl ofCromartie. "[T]he evidence of the construction of a false legend is toopalpable to be disputed." At 353 note 28, Skene says that other chartersnot related to Colin Fitzgerald "said to be granted by David II in 1360and Robert III in 1380, are equally suspicious."

Skene's English translation of the genealogy of the Clan Kenneth, as setforth in the manuscript of 1467, beginning with the most recent person inthe pedigree is printed at 485: "Murdoch son of Kenneth son of John sonof Kenneth son of Angus son of Cristin son of Kenneth son of Gilleeoin ogson of Gilleeoin of the Aird." In a note, Skene explains that heregarded the listing of Agad (Adam) in the manuscript as the father ofCristin as a mistake which he corrected by substituting the name ofKenneth, as shown in the Black Book of Clanranald by MacVurich.

In compiling his revised HISTORY OF THE MACKENZIES, published in 1894,Alexander Mackenzie rejected the claimed descent from Colin Fitzgerald,as he had in his earlier HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE (1879), and quotedSkene's THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND and CELTIC SCOTLAND several times andat length. The pedigree of the early Mackenzie chiefs set forth in the1894 history and below is substantially the same as in the earlier 1879history:

PEDIGREE V

1. Kenneth, who is placed fourth from the top in the Mackenziepedigree in the manuscript of 1467. In accordance with that manuscript,Kenneth's father is listed as Angus, but his mother is not identified.He married Morna or Morba, daughter of Alexander Macdougall of Lorn "deErgedia," by a daughter of John the first Red Comyn. He died in 1304 andwas succeeded by their only son,

2. John Mackenzie, aided the Bruce and married Margaret, daughterof David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl, by Joan, daughter of John,the Red Comyn. He died in 1328 and was succeeded by his only son,

3. Kenneth Mackenzie na sroine, who led the clan during troubledtimes and was eventually executed at Inverness in 1346 at the order ofthe Earl of Ross. He was married to Finguala, or Florence, daughter ofTorquil Macleod II of Lewis, and succeeded by his only son,

4. Murdoch Mackenzie, who was known as Black Murdoch of the caveand as Murdoch Dubh. He married Isabel, only child of Macaulay ofLochbroom and died in 1375, being succeeded by his son,

5. Murdoch Mackenzie, known as Murdoch of the bridge, who marriedFinguala, or Florence, daughter of Malcolm Macleod III of Harris andDunvegan. Murdoch died in 1416, and was succeeded by his only son,

6. Alexander Mackenzie Ionraic, who married twice. First hemarried Anna, daughter of John Macdougall of Dunolly, and his secondmarriage was to Margaret, daughter of Macdonald of Morar, a cadet ofClanranald. He explains that some of the family manuscripts identifyMargaret as a daughter of M'Couil or Macdougall of Morar but that all ofthese named wives are really the same person, as one of the families ofClanranald or Moydart or Morar was named "Macdougall" after its ancestor,Dougald Macranald. Alexander was succeeded by Kenneth, a son by hisfirst wife.

Skene's THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND was republished in 1902 without changeother than the addition of extensive notes by Alexander Macbain to theoriginal text. At 408, Macbain says that Skene has made "overmuch use"of the manuscript of 1467 and that where it stands alone, as in the caseof Clan Mackenzie, "it has to be used with caution, even as late as1400," which is about the date that that pedigree ends. In commenting onSkene's discussion of charters that relate to the early Mackenzie chiefs,Macbain states, at 417, that "little or nothing is known of their historyuntil the forfeiture of the last Earl--1463. Anything before that isspurious."

The article on MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, set forth in volume 7 of THESCOTS PEERAGE (1910), beginning at 495, was written by Peter J.Anderson. The compiler sets forth the following:

PEDIGREE VI

1. Kenneth, said to have married Morna, daughter of AlexanderMacdougal of Lorn. He died in 1304 and was succeeded by their son,

2. John Mackenzie, who supported Bruce. He is said to have marriedMargaret, daughter of David de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl. He died in1338 and was succeeded by their son,

3. Kenneth Mackenzie na sroine, who appears to have been inconstant strife with the Earl of Ross by whom he was made prisoner andexecuted in 1346. He is said to have married Fynvola, daughter ofTorquil Macleod of Lewis. He was succeeded by their son,

4. Murdoch Mackenzie of the cave, who is said by the first EarlCromartie to have had a charter from King David II, the authenticity ofwhich "is not now admitted by genealogists." He is said to have marriedIsabel, a daughter of Murdoch Macaulay of Lochbroom. He died in 1375 andwas succeeded by their son,

5. Murdoch Mackenzie of the bridge, who is said by the first EarlCromartie to have had a charter from King Robert II, a charter "not nowbelieved to be authentic." He is said to have married Fynvola, daughterof Malcolm Macleod of Harris. He died in 1416 and was succeeded by theirson,

6. Alexander Mackenzie Ionraic, who had, in 1463, from John, Earlof Ross, a charter of the lands of Killin, Garve, Kinlochluiconan andothers, and in 1477 a Crown charter of Strathconan, Strathgarve,Strathbraan and others, forfeited by the Earl of Ross. He married (1)Anna, daughter of John Macdougall of Dunolly, and (2) Margaret, daughterof "M'Coull of Morir." He died in 1488 and was succeeded by Kenneth, hisson by his first marriage.

Although Anderson claimed that he was setting forth the pedigree ofchiefs given by the first Earl Cromartie, a comparison of the pedigree inTHE SCOTS PEERAGE with Pedigrees I and V, above, shows that he relied farmore upon Alexander Mackenzie than the first Earl as his source. Thearticle gives continuing currency to this particular version of thepedigree of the early Mackenzie chiefs, while at the same timedisparaging its authority on the ground that there is "no record evidencefor the existence of any of them previous to Alexander MackenzieIonraic,'" and by the continuing use of "said to have been" in hisidentification of the chiefs' wives. He casts further doubt on theidentification of Margaret Strathbogie as the wife of John Mackenzie,noting, at 496, that "no record of this daughter has been discovered."

In his introduction to the Applecross manuscript, published in 1916,several years after the appearance of the Seaforth article in THE SCOTSPEERAGE, J. R. N. Macphail noted, at 4, "that there is no record evidencefor the existence of any of the alleged chiefs prior to Kenneth-a-bhlair,who rose to a position of some importance towards the end of thefifteenth century, on the fall of John, Lord of the Isles and Earl ofRoss." At 13 note 2, Macphail rejects the charters relied upon byAnderson, set forth in line 6 of Pedigree VI as proof of the existence ofAlexander Mackenzie Ionraic, on the ground that "the authority cited isonly an Inventory of the Allangrange Papers. He does not appear in theRegister of the Great Seal or other public records."

The 20th century historians have looked with even greater skepticism atthe traditional listing of the chiefs who precede Alexander Ionraic,based on the lack of any record evidence of their existence and the factthat the early pedigrees are contradictory.

Continued in "CLAN origins 2 MACKENZIE"
From Douglas Hickling, 516 Blair Avenue, Piedmont CA 94611.Dhhic@comcast.net

Notes:

For more information see Notes under "CLAN origins MACKENZIE" in thisfile.

Clan Mackenzie Society of Scotland & the UK
http://www.clan-mackenzie.org.uk/
Genealogy Contact Pagehttp://www.clan-mackenzie.co.uk/clan/genealogy.html

Clan Mackenzie Society, representing the United States and CanadianChapters
http://www.clanmackenzie.com/

Homepage of the Clan Mackenzie Listserve Forum. Owned by "Clan MacKenziein the Americas".
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/ClanMacKenzieL/

MacKenzie USA
Clan MacKenzie Society
http://www.mckenzieusa.org/mckenzie/Clan_Society.htm

Diane MacKenzie's Family Links to Scotland
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/c/Diane-Christina-Mackenzie/index.html
Descendants of Kenneth (I Lord of Kintail) MacKenzie
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/c/Diane-Christina-Mackenzie/GENE4-0001.html?Welcome=1021675869

Stirnet Genealogy, Families Database
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/genfam.htm
More "user friendly" than most in that it shows many generations on onepage.
(Note they also say "We will soon be offering CDs of the database forsale at a modest price.")
at
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/mac/bindmc.htm
Mackenzie01 Families covered: Mackenzie of Kintail
Mackenzie02 Families covered: Mackenzie of Allangrange, Mackenzie ofAssynt,
Mackenzie of Kintail, Mackenzie of Seaforth
Mackenzie03 Families covered: Mackenzie of Ardloch, Mackenzie ofCogeach,
Mackenzie of Cromarty (Cromartie), Mackenzie of Keppoch, Mackenzie ofKildonan,
Mackenzie of Prestonhall (or Preston Hall), Mackenzie of Tarbat
Mackenzie04
Mackenzie of Scatwell, Mackenzie of Scotsburn
Mackenzie05
Mackenzie of Belmaduthy, Mackenzie of Flowerburn, Mackenzie ofGairloch, Mckenzie of Letterewe, Mackenzie of Portmore
Mackenzie06
Mackenzie of Coul, Mackenzie of Delvine, Mackenzie of Dolphinton,Mackenzie of Lentran, Mackenzie of Torridon


Larry & Cece McKenzie's Clan MacKenzie Page
http://members.tripod.com/luceouro/clanmackenzie.html]
A Brief History Of The Clan MacKenzie
http://members.tripod.com/luceouro/mackenziehistory.htm

Clan MacKenzie
Includes Origin of Clan MacKenzie. Chiefs of Clan MacKenzie.
Castles of Clan MacKenzie. Clansfolk of Clan MacKenzie. Many links byClan MacKenzie Society of Nova Scotia.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Clans/MacKenzie.html

Mackenzie genealogy information :
Burke's Peerage under "Cromartie" has a lot on Mackenzies and theKintail, Cromatie, & Seaforth lines.

Also more information in Burkes Peerage under "Mackenzie" (four families)and also under "Inglis".
There is also a Burke's Landed Gentry that some larger libraries have andit has the families of "Mackenzie of Farr" & "Mackenzie of Mornish".

In Complete Peerage under "Cromartie or Cromarty", Vol 1 (# III, page544-549)
THE COMPLETE PEERAGE
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited
Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000, SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.

GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE by Major James D. Mackenzie,genealogical chart in volume 1 of THE EARLS OF CROMARTIE, by WilliamFraser.

Plus a lot more Mackenzie genealogy at the web site of Diane Mackenzie(dianemackenzie@home.com) This is very thorough, has origins plus lotsmore. Web site athttp://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/c/Diane-Christina-Mackenzie/index.html
Descendants of Gilleoin of the Aird
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/c/Diane-Christina-Mackenzie/GENE1-0001.html
Descendants of Kenneth (I Lord of Kintail) MacKenzie
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/c/Diane-Christina-Mackenzie/GENE4-0001.html

There is also a book called "The History of the MacKenzie's" by AlexanderMacKenzie

And
"Traditions of the Mackenzies" by William Matheson 15th April 1949. Pages193- 229 in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VolumeXXXIX/Xl , 1942-1950
Printed for the Society by A Learmonth & Son, 9 King Steet, Stirling,1963.

Mackenzie-Hanson Web Site Index
... Genealogy. Clan Mackenzie Genealogical Database
http://www.mackenzie-hanson.co.uk/menu.html

Notes:

GENERAL CLAN GENEALOGY INFORMATION

1. A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES
2. BOOKS
3. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
3.1 Ancestry Message Boards
3.2 Mailing Lists
3.3 Family Trees
3.4 General Scottish Genealogy Web Sites
3.5 Scottish History Web Sites


1. A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES

Stirnet Genealogy
Families Database
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/genfam.htm
This has a huge amount of information on hundreds (and rapidlyincreasing), mostly landed, families in 3 categories listed below. It ismore "user friendly" than most in that it shows many generations on onepage.
I - Ancient & Mythical
II - Continental Families - Medieval & Renaissance
III - British Families - Medieval, Renaissance & Modern
(Note they also say "We will soon be offering CDs of the database forsale at a modest price.")
Sources at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/gensourc.htm

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
Royal and Noble Genealogy
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by last name" atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
Peerages in Order of Precedence atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html
Author: Brian Tompsett
This contains a huge amount of information including a great deal onBritish Peer's lineages, and Royal families of the many countries.
Brian Tompsett's sources athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/reference.txt

Royal Genealogies -- Menu
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/royalgen.html#index
The site has a huge amount of information. Not as complete as "Royal andNoble Genealogical Data on the Web" but much quicker to move around in.
By: Denis R. Reid, 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147-1258
Internet Email address: ah189@cleveland.freenet.edu
(216) 237-5364

The Baronage Press Online
http://www.baronage.co.uk/
A lot of information on heraldry and genealogy.
Also has an increasing amount of information on specific Scottishfamilies at Moncreiffe's Family Records (in Archives) athttp://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/aboutmfr.html

Clan Donald Genealogy Database
Roddy Macdonald's Home Page
Home of the Clan Donald Genealogy Database
http://www.macdonald50.freeserve.co.uk/
Extensive family trees and information on Macdonalds and many Highlandand Lowland Scottish families.

Vans Family Archive
Contact: Jamie Vans
Home Page: Vans Family Archive
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch
Excellent resource for many families in South West Scotland.
Sources at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch/Genealogy-data/wc_src.htm
& at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vans

(See also "Additional Genealogy Resources On The Web" below)

2. BOOKS

"THE HIGHLAND CLANS: The dynastic origins, chiefs, and background of theclans and of some other families connected with Highland history." by SirIain Moncreiffe of that Ilk. Information on Clans and family tree oforigins.

"NO QUARTER GIVEN" The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army1745-1746. Editors Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil, Christian W H Aikman,& Betty Stuart Hart. Neil; 2001, Wilson Publishing, Glasgow. Firstpublished 1984. www.nwp.co.uk/show_list.cfm

"BURKE'S PEERAGE & BARONETAGE" 106th Edition, editor in chief CharlesMosley.. Published by Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 7 rue duBugnon,1299 Crans, Switzerland. 4122 776 5109 (Fax 4122 776 0889) (Ownedby Morris Genealogical Books SA.) http://www.burkes-peerage.net/
(Burke's is in many local libraries in the UK & US)

"BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN VOL 1: THE KINGDOM IN SCOTLAND"Peter Beauclerk Dewar (Editor), 2001.
Synopsis "To celebrate the changes that have occurred since 1975,culminating in the re-establishment of a parliament of Scotland, thisvolume focuses entirely on key figures and families in Scottish society,whether titled or untitled. A history of Scotland in miniature, it is acompendium of Scottish society, reflecting developments in the countryfrom its beginnings to the present day. This edition includes those ofinfluence, whether in politics, the military, the law, religion,academia, business, the professions or the arts."

"BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY", "BURKE'S IRISH LANDED GENTRY", "BURKE'S EXTINCT& DORMANT PEERAGES", "BURKE'S EXTINCT BARONETAGES".

"DEBRETT'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE"
Comprises Information Concerning the Royal Family, Peerage andBaronetage. ISBN: 0312125577
Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 86/88 Edgware Road, London W2 2YW
For further information on Debrett's e-mail people@debretts.co.uk Phone# +44 (0)171 916 9633. www.debretts.co.uk/index.html

Most public libraries have Burke's and or Debrett's.

'THE COMPLETE PEERAGE"
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000.Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucester.
"Reviewer: Michael K. Smith from Baton Rouge, LA
Begun by George E. Cokayne, the Clarenceaux King-of-Arms, this set is tothe British peerage what the Oxford English Dictionary is to the Englishlanguage -- absolutely the best thing of its kind. Citations to primarysources frequently fill 3/4 of the page and anecdotal text-notes put somemeat on the bones. Far superior to the 19th century Burke's Peeragepublications. Don't attempt serious British research without it! Thenumerous appendices at the ends of the volumes also are highlyrecommended as instructive essays."
Atwww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0904387828/ref=pd_cp_nsr_b_3/103-9510641-4575842

"BRITAIN'S ROYAL FAMILIES. The Complete Genealogy." (revised 1993edition). Alison Weir, 1996. Pimlico. Random House.

"THE SCOTS PEERAGE" Founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas'sPeerage of Scotland. Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account ofthe Nobility of that Kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, LL.D.,Lord Lyon King of Arms. (With Armorial Illustrations) Edinburgh: DavidDouglas 1908. Comprised of 9 volumes. Volume 1 was published in 1904 andvolume 8 in 1911. Volume 9, which includes the index probably came out ayear later. This set is available at the Sutro Library in San Franciscoand in the Denver Public Library, and many larger public libraries in theUS & UK. You can buy a copy of the set, in PDF, on a CD from TheScottish Genealogy Society (www.sol.co.uk/s/scotgensoc) (Phone 44(0)131220 3677) at http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/acatalog/CD_ROMs.html

THE SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, Edinburgh University Press for TheScottish Historical Review Trust. Twice yearly publication, April &October.
(Volume LXXV,2: No. 200: October 1996. Supplement. Index to ScottishHistorical Reviews , volumes I-XXVI, 1903/4-1996)
22 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LF
Tel: 44 (0) 131 650 6207
Fax & answerphone: 44 (0) 131 662 0053
E Mail journals@eup.ed.ac.uk www.eup.ed.ac.uk

"THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND". Containing, An Historical And GenealogicalAccount Of The Gentry Of That Kingdom. Collected from public records andchartularies of this country; The records and private writings offamilies; and the works of our best historians. By Sir Robert Douglas.Edinburgh 1796. "Sir Robert Douglas's THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND, publishedin 1798. the UC Berkeley rare book library has this work in itscollection.

"BYGONE LOCHABER" Historical & Traditional. by Somerled MacMillian, 1971K & R Davidson Ltd. 205-207 West George Street, Glasgow (Printed forprivate collection)
This has extensive information on:
MacMartins, MacGillonie, MacSorlie, MacMillans, MacPhees, MacDonalds,MacDonells, MacLachlans, Cummings, MacKenzies, MacIntyres, &
Camerons: of Lochiel, of Callart, of Culchenna, of Lundavra, of Erracht,of Clunes, of Inverailot, of Kinlocheil, of Glendessary & Dungallon, & ofFassiefern.

"HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF AYR AND WIGTON" by James Paterson, 1863.James Stillie, 79 Princes Street, Edinburgh (In the Denver Public Library)
("Volume 3:Cunninghame" on Laminated Boards. ISBN: 0902664212. Publishedby The Grimsay Press, 57 St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow G3 8NQ,Scotlandadmin@thegrimsaypress.co.ukhttp://www.thegrimsaypress.co.uk/biblio/0902664212.htm)
Ayrshire Roots at http://www.ayrshireroots.com/

"HISTORY OF THE LANDS AND THEIR OWNERS IN GALLOWAY", McKerlie, AlexanderGardner, Paisley, 1906 (In the Denver Public Library)
"History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V,"P. H. McKerlie, Parishes of the Stewartry of Kircudbright, can be boughton CD from James Bell, 5 Drumblane Strand, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4EX athttp://www.kirkyards.com History CD athttp://www.kirkyards.com/history.htm

"THE HEREDITARY SHERIFFS OF GALLOWAY", Sir Andrew Agnew, A & C Black(Edinburgh 1864).

"PLANTAGENET DESCENT" Thirty One Generations from William the Conquerorto Today." By Thomas R. Moore

"THE MUNRO TREE (1734)" "A Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's ofFoulis and other Families of the Clan." A manuscript compiled in 1734edited with Introduction and Notes by R.W Munro. Printed for subscribers, Edinburgh 1978

"THE EARLS OF ROSS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS" Compiled by Francis NevileReid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or Northern Notes &Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia

"THE CALENDAR OF FEARN: TEXT & ADDITIONS, 1471-1667" edit by R J Adam.Scottish Historical Society, 1991 (30. p 87.

"THE ACTS OF THE LORDS OF THE ISLES 1336-1493" Edited by Jean Munro,PH.D. and R. W. Munro. Edinburgh. Printed for the Scottish HistorySociety by Blackwood, Pillans, & Wilson. 1986

"A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF OGSTON FROM THEIR FIRSTAPPEARANCE, CIRCA 1200" by Alexander Ogston, Edinburgh, Printed Privately1876. "A SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF OGSTON"by Alexander Ogston, Edinburgh, Printed Privately 1897

"THE FORGOTTEN MONARCHY OF SCOTLAND" HRH Prince Michael of Albany,2000.
Element Books Ltd.. Shaftesbury, Dorset & Boston.

"CELTIC SCOTLAND: A History of Ancient Alban" by William F.Skene, D.C.L.LL.D (Historiographer-Royal For Scotland) Volume III. "Land and People".Second Edition 1890 (First edition was 1880) David Douglas, Edinburgh.

"THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND", Their Origin, History, And Antiquities;With A Sketch Of Their Manners And Customs, And An Account Of The ClansInto Which They Were Divided, And of the State Of Society Which ExistedAmong Them. By William F.Skene, F.S.A. Scot
(In two volumes.).1836, John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. TheSentinel Press, Stirling.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS
Comunn Gaidhlig Inbhir Nis. The Gaelic Society of Inverness at
http://www.gsi.org.uk/
"The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness are published everytwo years and copies are provided to all subscribing members of theSociety. Additionally there are in excess of 60 societies and librarieswhich subscribe to the Transactions.
The Transactions contain papers and lectures delivered at meetings of theSociety, and each Volume contains between 10 and 20 of these. They covera wide variety of topics, mainly related to Gaelic and the Highlands.Having been produced for over 100 years, the Transactions now form avaluable source of information regarding Gaelic and related subjects."

Walter Macfarlane's GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS, PUBLICATIONS OF THESCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/hca/shs/index.htm
Scottish History Society Publications athttp://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/hca/shs/publications.htm

3. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB

3.1 ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARDS
\http://boards.ancestry.com (part of ancestry.com)
http://genforum.genealogy.com (part of genealogy.com)
http://www.tribalpages.com/mbGenealogy.html
http://www.familyhistory.com (does not its own have a message boards,but links to ancestory.com message boards.)
http://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/index.php?c=1 (Clan Forums) athttp://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/

3.2 MAILING LISTS
http://lists.rootsweb.com/

3.3 FAMILY TREES:
Rootsweb at http://searches.rootsweb.com
Ancestry.com - Ancestry World Tree atwww.ancestry.lycos.com/search/main.htm
("Ancestry World Tree has combined with Rootsweb.com's WorldConnect tocreate the largest database of family tree files available online" atwww.ancestry.lycos.com/share/awt/main.htm?lfl=sln)
Familytreemaker.com athttp://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/all-search.html
(Genealogy.com at www.genealogy.com/allsearch.html)
GenCircles Search at www.gencircles.com/globaltree/search
Search GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten) Ancestor files, at
www.gbnf.com/scripts/search/search.pl
Tribal Pages at http://www.tribalpages.com
GedLink at www.gedlink.com
MyTrees.Com at www.mytrees.com & http://www.kindredkonnections.com
GeneaNet at www.geneanet.com

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints INTERNET GENEALOGYSERVICE
A huge data base well worth checking. Atwww.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp
Search at www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

General Registry Office for Scotland
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Scots Origins at www.origins.net/ (or http://beta2.scotsorigins.com/)
Origins at Registrar House, Edinburgh. The online registry ofgenealogical information, (There is a fee and although this has a vastamount of records on births, deaths, & marriages it is not complete)Access costs ?6 (check currency) for 30 'page credits' valid for 24consecutive hours (Feb 2002)
Genealogical indexes available online:
Births & Christenings (1553-1900) Old Parish Register Index & StatutoryRegister Index
Marriages (1553-1900) Old Parish Register Index & Statutory RegisterIndex
Death records (1855-1925) Statutory Register Index
1881 Census
1891 Census + images
1901 Census + images

General Registry Office of Scotland.
Leaflet S11 - The 1901 Census of Scotland and Digital Imaging of theGenealogical Records of Scotland's People
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/leaflt11

The Island Register. Prince Edward Island, Canada.
This Page consists of links of general interest to the genealogist andfamily historian, and provincial links categorized by Province. (ofCanada)
http://www.islandregister.com/url.html

The Wigtownshire Pages
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~leighann/parishes/kirkinner/kirkinner2.html


3.4 GENERAL SCOTTISH GENEALOGY WEB SITES

The Scottish Genealogy Society
http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/

Genealogists for The Scottish Clans
by Robert D. McLaren
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotgen.htm

List of Clan Genealogist and Address
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotclan.htm

Ancestralscotland.com at www.ancestralscotland.com/

Cyndi's List
"www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm: An absolutely huge - some would say toobig - links site, with large index of Scottish genealogy sites."

Genuki
"www.genuki.org.uk: Major UK genealogy portal, with a Scotland section.Contains guidance notes, FAQs and links." athttp://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/

Canadian resources (All of these have many additional links):
Canadian Genealogy and History Links athttp://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
National Archives of Canada, Genealogy Research athttp://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
Canadian Genealogy Center at http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/
Canada Genealogy Links at http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/
Sources for Genealogical Research in Canada. Print, Electronic & OtherResources at http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/cangenealogy.html
CANADA-GENWEB at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/html/e-index.htm

For more information on specific Clans see also in this file "CLANInformation Sources" (under "Notes") (in this file they are shown as"children" of this list) under : BRUCE, CAMPBELL, CAMERON, CUNINGHAME,DUNBAR, FORBES, GRAHAM, LIVINGSTONE, MACDONALD, MACGREGOR, MACKENZIE,MACLAREN, MACLAUCHLAN, MACLEAN, MACLEOD, MACMILLAN, MUNRO, MURRAY,SINCLAIR, STEWART, WALLACE. This also includes web sites.
This file is athttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maclaren

3.5 Scottish History Web Sites

Scottish History by Electric Scotland
"Over 8,000 pages of great accounts of Scottish History, battles,regiments, and general history of Scotland. You'll also find completebooks to read. Do use our site search engine to get related events. Forexample a search for Killiecrankie would also find clans that wereinvolved in the battle."
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/index.htm

Scottish and Irish Clans & Families by Electric Scotland
"In here you will find some great historical accounts of some 300+ Scotsand Irish clans and families. Most of our material comes from antiquarianbooks published in the 1800's. There are many references to clans in ourHistory section as well and do use our search engine to find othermentions of your clan in our thousands of historical pages."
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/index.html

Scottish History Online
By Robert M. Gunn
http://members.aol.com/skyelander/

Scottish History
Editor: Robert M. Gunn
Welcome to Scotweb's Scottish History Magazine
http://www.scottish-history.com/

ElectricScotland.com's "Scottish and Irish Clans & Families" History andinformation on Scotland its clans & people athttp://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/index.html

Ptolemy's Map of Scotland
http://www.geocities.com/mcnaughtonofdunderave/PtolemysMap.htm

Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654
http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/900.html

Notes:

SOURCES OF INFORMATION
This list some of the sources of the information on this family tree.

(The most up to date version of "Sources of Information" is at theRootsWeb page "Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" athttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37087
& there are more listed at "General Clan Genealogy INFORMATION" at
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37071 )

1. MACLARENS
2. BIRTWISTLES
3. OTHER FAMILIES
3.1 A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES
3.2 BOOKS
3.4 IRISH ORIGINS
.3 PICTS
3.5 ADDITIONS

1. MACLARENS
Most of the information on the Maclarens has come from a Report (about1950s) of research into family of Robert Maclaren of Bainsford. (AlsoLaurie, Shaw, Liddell, Peddie, Findlay, Renny.) Commissioned by JohnFrederick Peverell Maclaren. See under Robert (of Bainsford) Maclaren (bAbt. 1778, d August 11, 1826)
Much information was collected over many years by him and his daughterJean Gaselle Greer.
Plus additional information on Maclarens of 20th & 21st Centuries isprovided by family members.


Information on Maclaren Chiefs is mostly from:
Margaret Maclaren of Maclaren. "The Maclarens. A History of ClanLabhran". 1976 & 1984. ISBN 0 946270 10 4. Copyright Donald Maclaren ofMaclaren.
The Pentland Press, Edinburgh. Printed & bound by McCorquodale (Scotland)Ltd.

And from information that Banks McLaurin found in "Notable Events in Clanand National History"

2. BIRTWISTLES
"The Birtwistle Family, 1200- 1850 AD"
by William A Birtwistle assisted by Ray Aspden.
Including Birtwells of Accrington and Whalley, Birtwhistles of Yorkshireand other local spelling variations.

(c) William A.Birwistle 1989. Published in Great Britain 1990.
ISBN 09515337 0 3
W.A. Birtwistle, Brier Nook, Park Cresent, Blaclkburn, Lancashire. UK
Printed by Caxton Printing Co. (Accrington) Ltd., Tremellen Street,Accrington, UK.

Plus much more collected by Glen Birtwistle in the late 1970s.

See also
Birtwistle Family Home Page
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/i/r/Lester-A-Birtwhistle/index.html?Welcome=998327495
By L. Alan Birtwhistle
P.O. Box 980, Bridgehampton, New York 11932-0980
A-United States
516-537-0960
Fax: 516-537-1029
abirtwhi@optonline.net

3. OTHER FAMILIES
More information has come from:

3.1 A FEW OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE (& RELIABLE) WEB SITES

Stirnet Genealogy
Families Database
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/genfam.htm
This has a huge amount of information on hundreds (and rapidlyincreasing), mostly landed, families in the 3 categories listed below. Itis more "user friendly" than most in that it shows many generations onone page.
I - Ancient & Mythical
II - Continental Families - Medieval & Renaissance
III - British Families - Medieval, Renaissance & Modern
(Note they also say "We will soon be offering CDs of the database forsale at a modest price.")
Sources at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/gensourc.htm

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
Royal and Noble Genealogy
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname" atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
Peerages in Order of Precedence atwww.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html
Author: Brian Tompsett
This contains a huge amount of information including a great deal onBritish Peer's lineages, and Royal families of the many countries.
Brian Tompsett's sources athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/reference.txt

Royal Genealogies -- Menu
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/royalgen.html#index
The site has a huge amount of information. Not as complete as "Royal andNoble Genealogical Data on the Web" but much quicker to move around in.
By: Denis R. Reid, 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147-1258
Internet Email address: ah189@cleveland.freenet.edu
(216) 237-5364

The Baronage Press Online
http://www.baronage.co.uk/
A lot of information on heraldry and genealogy.
Also has an increasing amount of information on specific Scottishfamilies at Moncreiffe's Family Records (in Archives) athttp://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/aboutmfr.html

Clan Donald Genealogy Database
Roddy Macdonald's Home Page
Home of the Clan Donald Genealogy Database
http://www.macdonald50.freeserve.co.uk/
Family trees and information on Macdonalds and many Highland and LowlandScottish families.

Vans Family Archive
Contact: Jamie Vans
Home Page: Vans Family Archive
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch
Excellent resource for many families in South West Scotland.
Sources at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch/Genealogy-data/wc_src.htm

GENEALOGY.EU
At http://genealogy.euweb.cz/
"This is my genealogy page with royal and noble family trees, includinglists of rulers of many European countries." By Miroslav MAREK
Is more user friendly than many, as it shows many generations on eachpage.

Genealogy, et Cetera
by Rod Davis
at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/Home/
Outline Descent Trees
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/ODTs/index.html
Also more user friendly than many, as it shows many generations on eachpage.

Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/index.html
A great many files on European noble families, including an extensive,four part, file on descendents of James I (of Britain) to the present.
Also a link to AN ONLINE GOTHA
http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.htm

Tudor Court
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/index.htm
This site has family lines and information on royalty, peerage andgentry. Don't know about the accuaracy of this one.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1628 634221
Fax: +44 1628 771208
"DEBT OF HONOUR REGISTER
This Register provides personal and service details and places ofcommemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces whodied in the First or Second World Wars."
Web site http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf

Onlipix.Com
"Pictures of Famous People" 10s of thousands of pictures of paintings,drawings, statues, etc. Includes royal families of many Europeancountries, going back hundreds of years, even Roman Emperors.
http://www.onlipix.com/home.htm

See also under the heading "ADDITIONAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB" in"INFORMATION, General Clan Genealogy " shown in this file as the "Child"of "INFORMATION , Sources of "
This includes:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints INTERNET GENEALOGYSERVICE
A huge data base well worth checking. Atwww.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp
Search at www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
It also includes web site address for: Ancestry Message Boards, MailingLists, Family Trees.

GEN-MEDIEVAL/soc.genealogy.medieval
http://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/index.htm
soc.genealogy.medieval is an unmoderated newsgroup for the discussion ofgenealogy and family history among people researching individuals wholived in medieval times. The primary focus of the group is likely to beon Europe and neighboring regions, but postings about genealogy in otherareas during this time period are welcomed.
FAQs
http://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/faq.htm
http://users.erols.com/wrei/faqs/medieval.html
Search the Archive of Messages for GEN-MEDIEVAL Mailing
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GEN-MEDIEVAL

3.2 BOOKS
"Burke's Peerage" (popular name).
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 106th Edition, editor in chief CharlesMosley.
Published by Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 7 rue du Bugnon,1299 Crans, Switzerland. 4122 776 5109 (Fax 4122 776 0889) (Owned byMorris Genealogocal Books SA.)

Burke's Landed Gentry. Various editions
AKA BURKE'S Genealogical and Heraldic History of the LANDED GENTRY. 1937,Edited by H Pirie-Gordon, Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. London. And severalother years Burke's Peerage Limited, London

Burke's Extinct & Dormant Peerages

Burke's Extinct Baronetages

Genealogy Junction at http://genealogyjunction.com
At present (Jan 18 2004) there are only a few CDs listed, but shortlythere will be a full range of CDs, books, and data, appertaining togenealogy, including CDs of: Burke's Peerage, 1836. The Peerage,Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, 1861. BURKE'sHistory of Peerage & Commoners, 1836 (Burke's History of the LandedGentry or Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland.

The Complete Peerage
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage,
Comprises Information Concerning the Royal Family, Peerage andBaronetage. ISBN: 0312125577
Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 86/88 Edgware Road, London W2 2YW
For further information on Debrett's
e-mail people@debretts.co.uk
Phone # +44 (0)171 916 9633.
http://www.debretts.co.uk/index.html

"THE SCOTS PEERAGE" Founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas'sPeerage of Scotland. Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account ofthe Nobility of that Kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, LL.D.,Lord Lyon King of Arms. (With Armorial Illustrations) Edinburgh: DavidDouglas 1908. Comprised of 9 volumes. Volume 1 was published in 1904 andvolume 8 in 1911. Volume 9, which includes the index probably came out ayear later. This set is available at the Sutro Library in San Franciscoand in the Denver Public Library, and many larger public libraries in theUS & UK. You can buy a copy of the set, in PDF, on a CD from TheScottish Genealogy Society (www.sol.co.uk/s/scotgensoc) athttp://www.scotsgenealogy.com/acatalog/CD_ROMs.html

"Britain's Royal Families. The Complete Genealogy". Alison Weir, 1996.Pimlico. Random House.

"History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton" Vol 1, by James Paterson,1863. James Stillie, 79 Princes Street, Edinburgh

"The Highland Clans": the dynastic origins, chiefs, and background of theclans
and of some other families connected with Highland history." by Sir IainMoncreiffe of that Ilk (Albany Herald) First published in 1967.
Revised 1982. Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 17-21 Conway Street, London W1P 6JD

"No Quarter Given" The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army1745-1746
Editors Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil, Christian W H Aikman, & BettyStuart Hart. Neil; 2001, Wilson Publishing, Glasgow. First published
1984. http://www.nwp.co.uk/show_list.cfm

"Bygone Lochaber". Historical & Traditional. by Somerled MacMillian, 1971K & R Davidson Ltd. 205-207 West George Street, Glasgow (Printed forprivate collection).

"The Highlands in History" C R MacKinnon of Dunakin, 1961. Collins,Glasgow & London

"History of the Highlands" Vol II. Highland Clans & Highland Regiments.
Edited by John S Keltie, 1882. Thomas C Jack

"The Munro Tree (1734)" "A Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's ofFoulis and other Families of the Clan." A manuscript compiled in 1734edited with Introduction and Notes by R.W Munro. Printed for subscribers, Edinburgh 1978

"The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland" HRH Prince Michael of Albany,2000.
Element Books Ltd.. Shaftesbury, Dorset & Boston.

"CELTIC SCOTLAND: A History of Ancient Alban" by William F. Skene, D.C.L.LL.D (Historiographer-Royal For Scotland) Volume III. "Land and People".Second Edition 1890 (First edition was 1880) David Douglas, Edinburgh.

"The Calendar of Fearn: Text & Additions, 1471-1667" edit by R J Adam.Scottish Historical Society, 1991 (30. p 87, 88

"The Earls of Ross and Their Descendants" Compiled by Francis NevileReid, 1894. (Reprinted from "the Scottish Antiquart: or Northern Notes &Queries") Reprinted 1987 by Scotpress, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

"The Highlanders of Scotland," Their Origin, History, And Antiquities;With A Sketch Of Their Manners And Customs, And An Account Of The ClansInto Which They Were Divided, And of the State Of Society Which ExistedAmong Them. By William F. Skene, F.S.A. Scot
(In two volumes.).1836, John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. TheSentinel Press, Stirling.

"THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS, THE PICTS AND THE BRITONS'
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DavidDale1/Hisco.htm
DAVID F. DALE
e-mail : DavidDale1@compuserve.com
David Dale has done vast amount of research and has produced an excellentreport, which I would highly recommend to anyone interested.

The Scottish Historical Review, Edinburgh University Press for TheScottish Historical Review Trust. Volume LXXVI, 2: No 202: October 1997.Printed by Page Bros., Norwich, England (www.eup.ed.ac.uk)

"Kings & Queens of Scotland". Eileen Dunlop & Anthony Kamm. 1984.
ISBN 0-86267-063-2 & ISBN 0 86267 055 1.
Richard Drew Publishing Limited, 6 Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow G3 7LW

"Kings and Queens" Collins Gem. by David Lambert and Randal Gray. 1991.Harper Collins Publishers.
PO Box Glasgow, G4 0NB. ISBN 0 00 458954 8
A Diagram book first created by Diagram Visual Information Limited ofKentish
Town Road, London NW5 8SY

"Britain's Kings and Queens" Sir George Bellew, KCB,KCVO.
Pitkin Pictorials Ltd. 1986, Northway Andover, Hants. SP10 5BE
Printed in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse international Limited,Bedford, Caterham,Crawley

"Scotland's Kings and Queens" by Alan Bold. 1980 Pitkin Pictorials,
11 Wyfold Road, London SW6 6SG Printed in Great Britain by Garrod andLofthouse International Limited, Bedford, Caterham, Crawley

"The Royal Line of Succession" The British Monarchy from Cerdic AD 534 toQueen Elizabeth II.
Patrick W Montague-Smith, Late Editor, Debrett's Peerage
Pitkin Pictorials Ltd. 1986, Northway Andover, Hants. SP10 5BE
Printed in Great Britain by Cedar Colour, Chandlers Ford, Hants

Britannia.com
Britannia Internet Magazine.
Internet Magazine. Design by Unica Multimedia
Britannia British Monarchs
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/scots.html
see below

Kings and Queen of Scotland
By Scottish Radiance
http://royalty.about.com/newsissues/royalty/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.scottishradiance.com/royal.htm

Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland. Edited by John Keay & Julia Keay.Harper Collins Publishers, Hammersmith, London. 1994


3.3 PICTS
A Pictish Home page
http://www.holyrood.org.uk/picts/

Welcome to the Pictish Arts Society guide
Who Were the Picts?
http://www.kapnobatai.demon.co.uk/pictarts/guide/page0.htm

Pictish Nation
http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/index.html

The Pictish Kings
http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/pict2.html
Sponsored by Catorina Fraser

Mac Alpin's Treason: The End of the Picts
http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/macalpin.html

Pictish Links
http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/pictish_links.html

THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS, THE PICTS AND THE BRITONS
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DavidDale1/Hisco.htm
DAVID F. DALE
e-mail : DavidDale1@compuserve.com
David Dale has done vast amount of research and has produced an excellentreport, which I would highly recommend to anyone interested.

Plus more information under
"General Clan Genealogy INFORMATION"
(in this file shown as a child of "Sources of INFORMATION)

More sources for many clans including BRUCE, CAMPBELL, CAMERON,CUNINGHAME, DUNBAR, FORBES, GRAHAM, LIVINGSTONE, MACDONALD, MACGREGOR,MACKENZIE, MACLAREN, MACLAUCHLAN, MACLEAN, MACLEOD, MACMILLAN, MUNRO,MURRAY, SINCLAIR, STEWART, WALLACE, under the clan name plus "CLANInformation Sources..." (in this file shown as "children" of "GeneralClan Genealogy INFORMATION")

3.4 IRISH ORIGINS

MILESIAN GENEALOGIES . from the Annals of the Four Masters.
Kindness of Pat Traynor athttp://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/milesian.html

"Adam through Kings of Ireland and Scotland To English Lines"
at Southern Style web site athttp://www.southern-style.com/adam_through_kings_of_ireland_an.htm

"Ancient Uladh. Kingdom of Ulster". In "Irelands History in Maps"
By Dennis Walsh (walshdw@ix.netcom.com) Very extensive information.
"With a Special Focus on Ancient and Medieval Irish Tribes and Septs."
At http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/iremaps.htm

Jim Kinsella (jim@kinsella.org) Ancient Kinsella Lineage
http://kinsella.org/history/famline.htm
"Information taken from O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees" and Rev. P.L.O'Toole's"History of the Clan O'Toole" "
The Kinsella Homepage http://www.kinsella.org/
Jim Kinsella, the son of John Kinsella (who collected the information),son of Daniel Kinsella.

Ancient Irish Royalty by Richard Michael Finn
Very thorough. ( dennis@iwindow.com )
http://www.rich.finn.com/ancient.html

The Clans of Ireland
http://www.irishclans.com/

3.5 ADDITIONS
Many corrections and additions have been made from information sent to meby Doug Hickling. Below are listed some of his sources with his comments.

THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND. Containing, An Historical And GenealogicalAccount Of The Gentry Of That Kingdom. Collected from public records andchartularies of this country; The records and private writings offamilies; and the works of our best historians. By Sir Robert Douglas.Edinburgh 1796.
"Sir Robert Douglas's THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND, published in 1798. Bysome miracle, the UC Berkeley rare book library had this work in itscollection and the quality of the paper was so high that they even madephotocopies of it for me."

J. P. MacLean's THE HISTORY OF THE CLAN MACLEAN. This was published in1889 as is very good for its day. According to MacLean-Bristol, J. P.MacLean as well as the authors of all of the other published MacLeanhistories relied primarily on a manuscript by Dr. Hector MacLean entitledA BRIEF GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF MACLEAN. This was writtenor compiled in the 1730s and was published verbatim in Macfarlane'sGENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS.

GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE CLAN MACKENZIE by Major James D. Mackenzie,genealogical chart in volume 1 of THE EARLS OF CROMARTIE, by WilliamFraser.

Mackenzie's HISTORY OF THE MUNROS OF FOWLIS

THE MUNRO TREE a Genealogy and Chronology of the Munro's of Foulis andother Families of the Clan. A manuscript compiled in 1734 edited withIntroduction and Notes by R.W Munro. Printed for subscribers , Edinburgh1978

The first article is entitled THE FIRST HOUSE OF DE DOUVRES OR DECHILHAM, by G. Andrews Moriarty, published in the January 1951 issue ofNEHGR

I am convinced that the most authoritative information on the MacLeodfamily is THE MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, by Dr. Donald MacKinnonand Alick Morrison. I do not have the publication date but I believe thatit is 1968 and it was published by the Clan MacLeod Society in Edinburgh

THE GENEALOGIST Including issues: Spring 1999, & V.9 No 2, Fall 1988

G. I. Turner in THE GENEALOGIST, n.s., vol. XXII,

an article by Bruce McAndrew, who is considered very reliable, in theperiodical DOUBLE TRESSURE, No. 4 (1982) pp 2-10

Donald J. MacDonald of Castleton, in his highly regarded 1978 book CLANDONALD,

Ronald Williams in his 1984 book THE LORDS OF THE ISLES

Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., in his article ROYAL BYE-BLOWSIII--ILLEGITIMATE DESCENDANTS OF THE SCOTTISH KINGS TO JAMES VI, NEHGR,October 1968

Father Richard Augustin Hay GENEALOGIE OF THE SAINTECLAIRES OF ROSSLYN,re-published in 1835. Father Richard Augustin Hay lived in the householdof the Sinclairs of Rosslyn in the 17th century or so. Interestingly, acopy of his GENEALOGIE OF THE SAINTECLAIRES OF ROSSLYN, published in 1835with notes by an unidentified editor who points out that Hay's work issometimes flawed.

SAINT-CLAIRS OF THE ISLES, by Roland William Saint-Claire, published in1898

HISTORY OF THE SINCLAIR FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, by Leonard AllisonMorrison, published in 1896 and which is currently available in a reprint.

The Sinclair family has a very elaborate website atwww.clansinclairusa.org,
that has a great many articles and genealogical histories of theSinclairs.
Detailed family lineage charts are entitled THE NORSE YEARS, THE NORMANDYYEARS, THE CRUSADER YEARS, THE NORMANDY YEARS, AND THE TEMPLAR YEARS,after which the line divides

H. S. Cummings, wrote and published through Higginson Books of Salem MAtwo books. One is entitled THE GENEALOGY OF PRINCE HENRY SINCLAIR.

THE MISCELLANY OF THE SPALDING CLUB, volume 4 (1849). One of thedocuments from the Dun charter chest is entitled NOTES RELATING TO THEFAMILY OF DUN.

The GENEALOGICAL TREE OF THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF ERSKINE OF DUN, compiledafter 1830 by Alexander Sinclair

THE LAIRDS OF DUN, by Violet Jacob, published in 1931

TRANSACTIONS OF THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS, volume 12 (1885-1886),at pages 383-387

Walter Macfarlanes GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS, PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISHHISTORY SOCIETY

THE RED BOOK OF MENTEITH, by William Fraser (1880)