Continually keeping published editions up-to-date with on-going research and new findings is an impossible task. No sooner has a latest edition been released than a further trip to an archive yields […]

The Red Book of Clan Donnachaidh   The oldest written history of the chiefs of the Clan Donnachaidh was the ‘Red Book’ which, in the mid 1600s, was destroyed in […]

For those of us fortunate enough to have been born in this technological and scientific age the sheer extent of infant mortality in years gone by is immensely difficult if […]

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 […]

  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 […]

  On closer examination it became obvious that something was amiss in the genealogy of the 16th century family of Edmonstone of Duntreath. When time permitted, the Duntreath muniments for […]

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 […]