George Essex Montifex Drummond was born on 3 September 1856 and was the only son of George Henry Charles Francis Malcolm Drummond, and grandson of George Drummond, Earl of Perth […]

  Charles Agathon Guiliame Oliphant was born in Holland, in 1811, as the only son of Carel Naret Oliphant. Achieving a good degree of success as a merchant, he settled […]

____________   Note: Not having done very much to this account for some time, and with no plans for continuing research, I thought I would make what was to hand […]

  It is always a great privilege to be involved in any petition whether for a Chiefship or a title, be it a Baronetcy, a Peerage, an Earldom or a […]

For those periods in time for which few parish registers survive, establishing precise dates of marriage can be a difficult task and therefore entries as these contained within Protocol Books […]

  The genealogy of the 16th century family of Edmonstone of Duntreath continually niggled away at me as, chronologically, what the evidence appeared to say didn’t quite fit as it […]

  I have noticed the existence of some confusion in relation to the antiquity of the family of Weir of Stanebyres. The assertion is that William Weir, younger son of […]

The Mure of Rowallan “Baronetcy”   Occasionally within what are expected to be uncomplicated, dry, uninspiring items of evidence something curious is stumbled upon. Such was the case with the […]

  They say patience is a virtue and for we researchers who perhaps err on the overly conservative side, it is an aspect of our approach which is well worth […]