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The People of the Grampian Highlands, 1600-1699

Barry Chodak — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:13:33 +0000

The Grampian Highlands lie in north-east Scotland and stretch from Aberdeenshire, through Kincardineshire, the Braes of Angus, to eastern Perthshire. In the seventeenth century the majority of the population were Gaelic speaking. The region sported only a handful of small burghs, such as Kincardine O’Neill or Fettercairn, with most people dispersed throughout the region, mainly in fermtouns or isolated crofts, and employed in agriculture, notably cattle rearing.

The Grampian Highlands were mostly controlled by landowners such as the Earl of Aboyne or the Earl of Airlie, or heads of families or clans such as Forbes, Gordon, Farquharson, Burnett, Irvine, Douglas, Lindsay, Carnegie, Ogilvie, Spalding, Stewart, and Robertson. These families were generally Royalist and supporters of the House of Stuart, notably in the Jacobite Wars of 1689, 1715, and 1745.

Most seventeenth-century Highlanders, however, were Protestants (Presbyterian and Episcopalian), with a few Roman Catholics in remote glens, such as around Braemar. Emigration from the Grampian Highlands did not occur until the early eighteenth century, apart from prisoners of war banished to the Plantations.

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Gulf Coast Colonials

gpcdevel — Fri, 03 May 2019 20:18:00 +0000

Compiled by an authority on Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley genealogy and history, this work contains published vital records–births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths–pertaining to the inhabitants of the French parish of Mobile during the first half of the eighteenth century. The records, which were kept by the parish priest, are arranged here in alphabetical order by family group, usually headed by the father, followed by the spouse and then the children, who are listed in relative order of birth. The surname of each spouse, furthermore, can be found in the index at the back of the volume. Since Mobile was a frontier outpost of the French empire in North America, most of these records pertain to officers and enlisted men who served in Louisiana and Alabama. Other occupations referred to include merchants, clergy, trappers, artisans, small farmers, clerks, and slaves. While almost all of the entries provide the individual’s date of birth, marriage, death or baptism, a number of them also furnish the individual’s place of birth in Europe, thereby affording the researcher the opportunity to extend his investigations beyond the immigrant ancestor. In all more than 400 households and 1,000 Gulf Coast colonials are identified by Mr. DeVille.

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Pennsylvania Vital Records

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Pennsylvania Vital Records

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Pennsylvania Vital Records

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Plymouth [Massachusetts] Church Records, 1620-1859

gpcdevel — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:42:07 +0000

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Plymouth [Massachusetts] Church Records, 1620-1859

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The Third Parish Registers of Belize, 1828-1841

gpcdevel — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:39:00 +0000

Sonia Murray’s popular series of vital records from Belize (former British Honduras) continues with this third installment. Following a very helpful Introduction that explains some peculiarities of Belize records (e.g., the importance of Scottish patronymics, by which women kept their maiden names throughout their lives), Mrs. Murray arranges her findings by record group. The baptismal and burial registers for St. Johns Church specify newborns by date of birth and names of parents, and decedents by age at and date of death. Next follow cemetery inscriptions for St. George’s Cave Cemetery, Church Street Cemetery, Yarborough Cemetery, and St. John’s Cathedral. Richer in detail than the earlier records described, these provide the names of various family members, dates of birth, and miscellaneous information, along with the decedent’s age at and date of death. By far the longest collection of records in this volume is Mrs. Murray’s transcriptions of the Belize censuses for 1832, 1835, and 1839. In general, these records indicate the names and ages of all persons living in a household, as well as more specific information (e.g., race, slave or free) for household heads. Rounding out the book are two collections of vital records Mrs. Murray culled from the Belize Advertiser (1839-1840) and a variety of British newspapers. These entries are most detailed, ranging from simple obituaries to mini-genealogies of persons with Belize connections. The concluding full name index refers to well over 5,000 persons, and an index to ships lists all vessels cited in the newspaper articles.

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Scots Episcopalians at Home and Abroad, 1689-1800

gpcdevel — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:38:41 +0000

The Registers of the Church of Scotland represent the single most important genealogical source for Scottish family historians prior to the statutory registration of vital records in 1855. The records of the Episcopal churches in Scotland are among the handful of denominational records to which this statement does not apply, however, and history tells us why.

In 1688 Episcopalians comprised about 25% of Scotland’s population and, along with Presbyterians, were members of the Church of Scotland. Following the overthrow of James VII of Scotland (James II of England) in that year, the Episcopalians endured a century-long period of disestablishment, persecution under the Penal Acts of the 18th century (partially as punishment for their participation in the Jacobite wars of 1715 and 1745), immigration, and/or exile to the Americas. Not until the death of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1788, when the Scottish bishops agreed to pray for King George III, were Episcopalians able to operate without restriction. The genealogical legacy of this history was the disappearance of parish registers comparable to those of the contemporary Church of Scotland.

For his latest book genealogist and historian Dr. David Dobson has surveyed a variety of primary and secondary sources for the purpose of assembling a list of baptism, marriage, and death records in the absence of official registers. Many records are in original manuscript form in churches or diocesan libraries, some are in typescript or manuscript sources in the National Archives of Scotland, while a handful of others have been published in full or in part. All of Dr. Dobson’s entries identify the Episcopalian by name, location, a date, and the source. Many attest to the individual’s confirmation, spouse or other relative, occupation, and even destination in the colonies. While he would be the first to claim that his efforts are far from comprehensive, the compiler has nonetheless rescued the religious affiliation of about 2,000 18th-century Scots men, women, and children that might otherwise have eluded researchers for years, if not decades, to come.

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The Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York

gpcdevel — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:36:41 +0000

Originally published as Volume V of Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, this work is based upon the parish register from 1757 to 1906 of the Reformed Church in New Hackensack, New York. The church was founded by a mixture of Dutch, Walloon, Palatine, and British individuals who found their way to New Hackensack in Dutchess County from New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and, obviously, New Jersey. The history of the founding of the church is recounted in the Introduction and first chapter to the volume. The register itself is divided into several parts. First come 2,500 baptismal records, giving the date of the baptism, the names of the parents and child, the child’s date of birth, and the names of witnesses. These are followed by marriage records from 1765 to 1906, stating the names of the bride and groom, the date of the marriage, the name of the officiating minister, and sometimes such details as place of birth or residence. All names found in the marriage and baptism records are indexed at the back of the book. The remaining parts of the register, which are substantial in their own right, consist of (1) lists of members and communicants, 1706-1906, which sometimes give the individual’s date of death or date of removal; (2) a register of officers, 1765-1906, and minutes of the consistory, 1765-1856; (3) an index of pews, showing successive owners; and (4) various gifts and accounts of the church. Each of these elements helps place individuals in New Hackensack at a particular point in time.

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