Currently there are some 30 shires in Scotland deriving from the ancient ‘clan’ or ‘family’ divisions throughout its long history. Because of this borders and territories we…

Printed on the Back: SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS (Ross-Shire Buffs) the first battalion was raised in 1778 by the Earl of Seaforth and known as SEAFORTH'S HIGHLANDERS and later as 72ND HIGHLANDERS. The second battalion was raised in 1793. Both were united in 1881 under present title. The Feather Bonnet has a white hackle. The facings are buff. The Glengarry has rosette and red, white, and blue dicing. The tartan is Mackenzie. The Sporran is white with two black tails. The Hose Tops are red and white. The Gaiter Buttons are white. BATTLE HONORS. Carnatic; Mysore; Hindoostan; Cape of Good Hope, 1806; Maida; Java; South Africa, 1835; Sevastopol; Persa; Kooshab; Lucknow; Central India; Peiwar Kotal; Charasiah; Kabul, 1879; Kandahar, 1880; Afghanistan, 1878-80, Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir; Chitral; Atbara; Khartoum; South Africa, 1899-1902; Paardeberg No printer, publisher, or country of origin printed on the back.

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On this page you’ll find three maps of Scotland, the Scotland Authorities Map, The Scotland Clan Map and a map with Scottish Regions and towns. For our high res roadmap please visit this page Related info: Scotland Clan Map – Find Paper Maps of Scotland on Amazon Scotland Authorities Councils Map The Scotland Authorities Map […]

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The people who moved from Scotland to Ireland in the 17th century overwhelmingly originated in south-west Scotland. This region includes Ayrshire, from whose ports originated some of the earliest trading voyages to the New World. The opportunities in Ulster and Ayrshire’s close proximity to Ireland, however, discouraged transatlantic emigration. While many moved for good economic reasons, others fled from religious persecution. Those who settled in Ulster were the forefathers of the Scotch-Irish. This book is the second volume in a series designed to provide information on Scottish communities that participated in the Ulster exodus and for which parish registers are virtually non-existent. The Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland are the backbone of genealogical research in Scotland, but in the case of Ayrshire, for example, only eight of 46 extant registers date from before 1650, the earliest dating from 1638. This work partially fills that gap and uses sources generally not available to American researchers with Scottish forebears, most of them primary sources in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh and other sources, such as the Commissary Courts of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the High Court of the Admiralty, burgh records, Register of Deeds, Retours, Customs records, and a handful of published sources. While Mr. Dobson makes no claims for comprehensiveness, this book does identify more than 1,800 17th-century residents of Ayrshire who may have figured in the exodus to Ulster. Each such individual is identified by name, occupation, at least one date (e.g., burgess of Ayr, 1607, or testament, 1662), and the source of the information. In many cases, the entries also identify the resident’s parents, spouse, or offspring; vessel(s) traveled on; additional dates; and more. Researchers with Boyd, Campbell, Cochrane, Cunningham, Dalrymple, Ferguson, Fullarton, Hunter, Kennedy, Montgomery, Muir, or Wallace lines should note that these families were much in evidence in Ayrshire in the 17th-century. The first volume in this series, The People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699, is arranged in the same way as this second volume. The major families in the Dumfries-Galloway region were Gordon, Irving, Johnston, Kennedy, Maxwell, McKie, McLellan, and McDowall, and many are featured in this first volume. David Dobson (2008), 2010, paper, 139 pp. ISBN: 9780806353913 102-9018

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Old photograph of three generations of fishwives in Newhaven in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish village played a part in the birth of photography. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson did many studies of the fishwives of Newhaven. Often the wives and daughters of fishermen, fishwives were notoriously loud and foul mouthed, as noted in the expression, To swear like a fishwife. One reason for their outspokenness is that their wares were highly perishable and so lost value if not sold quickly. Fishwives in fishing villages such as Cullercoats and Newhaven were noted for their beauty, hardiness and industry and were celebrated by artists and royalty. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission. View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.