GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CDs IN THIS SERIES Parish records--primarily births, baptisms, marriages, and burials--provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration. This collection includes parish records and similar sources in the United Kingdom approximately 1538 to 1837. The records include baptisms, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records.
What is the original source of the data on this CD-ROM? The 229,305 records in this database come from inventories, family papers, binns papers and other similar sources from Scotland around 1538 to 1837. Records like these can provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration. This CD is fully searchable on any word, including names and places.
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England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 3 & 4 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 5 & 6 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
The Harleian Society. Obituary Prior to 1800 (as Far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where Some Account of Their Character is to be Found." Volume 49
Scotland: - Directory of Landownership, 1770
Scotland: - Records of the Ancient Privileges of the Canongate
Dumbarton: Dumbarton - Writs of Munro of Foulis, 1299-1711
Scotland: - Protocol Book of Mark Carruthers, 1531 - 1561
Scotland: - Parishes of Medieval Scotland
Scotland: - Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston
Scotland: - Inventory of Pitfirrane Writs, 1230-1794
Scotland: - Faculty of Advocates, 1532-1943
Scottish Society of Friends "Quakers." Register of Births Proposal of Marriages Marriages and Deaths. 1647-1878
Scottish Society of Friends "Quakers." Register of Births Proposal of Marriages Marriages and Deaths. 1647-1878
Scotland: - Calendar of Writs, Yester House, 1166-1625
Protocal Book of Mr. Gilbert Grote, 1552-1573
Staffordshireshire: Barton-under-Needwood - Documents relating to the Scrymgeour Family Estates, 1611
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