The Missing Edmonstone of Duntreath

  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 […]

Weir of Stanebyres

  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

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 […]

John Stewart, last of Annat.

      The fate of the last of the senior male line of the Stewarts of Annat, John Stewart of Annat, has long been shrouded in uncertainty, principally because […]

Nisbet of Newtonlees

  That William Nisbet, portioner of Newtonlees, was a younger son of Nisbet of that Ilk appears to have become somewhat of a generally accepted fact the basis for which […]

Belsches of Invermay

On 17 December 1744, Alexander Belsches of Invermay granted a Bond of Provision to his fives sons, James, William, Robert, Patrick and Hugh, by his late second wife, Margaret Clerk, […]

Misc. Research Notes. No. 8.

NRS Register of Deeds First Series, RD1/9/abstracts. 9. Contract between Archibald, Earl of Argyle, having the ward and relief of all of the lands of umquhille William MacLeod of Dunvegan, […]