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Tracing Scottish Local History

by Cecil Sinclair

ISBN: 9780114952310
Imprint: Mercat
Publication Date: Aug 1996
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.95
Stock Status: in stock

An essential reference tool for anyone tracing Scottish local history. The guide provides an authoritative survey of the vast range of material held in the National Archives of Scotland—dealing with houses, streets, estates and farms, administrative divisions of Scotland as well as schools, businesses and recreational activities. It explains in detail how to research the material and directs the reader to many other valuable sources of information. Includes examples of original documents, including farm plans, records of trials, census returns, household inventories and customs certificates in an easy-to-follow format.    

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