RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY February 2003

Library Update________________________________________________________Welcome to this Library update with news of recent additions and other changes tothe collections in New Register House and General Register House.Recent additions to the ScotlandsPeople Centre LibraryMost of the books listed in this section are held in the Dundas Room.ReferenceMonumental inscriptionsMonumental inscriptions Abernethy, Inverness-shire MI 051.350Corsock memorial inscriptions and hearse book MI 642.000Monumental inscriptions Elgin Cemetery (West) and New Elgin MI 083.903War Memorial, parish of Elgin, MorayLair holders in certain burying grounds in Glasgow MI 380.020Glasserton Parish Church graveyard memorial inscriptions MI 654.001Midlothian Glencorse parish: memorial inscriptions and other MI 443.000associated recordsHutton and Corrie memorial inscriptions MI 625.801Monumental inscriptions Shewalton Cemetery, Ayr Road, Irvine MI 356.000Kirkcowan parish memorial inscriptions MI 656.101Kirkinner parish memorial inscriptions MI 656.201Kirkmichael and Garrel memorial inscriptions MI 627.101Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church graveyard memorial inscriptions MI 627.151Liddesdale monumental inscriptions 1666-1995, volume 1 Castleton MI 585.001.01Liddesdale monumental inscriptions 1666-1995, volume 2 Ettleton, MI 585.001.02Saughtree & St Mary's Chapel HermitageMochrum Parish Church parish memorial inscriptions MI 657.001Morton parish (Greenhead and Thornhill) memorial inscriptions MI 629.550Muiravonside Parish Churchyard MI 277.000Sorbie parish memorial inscriptions MI 659.001Wamphray Parish Church graveyard memorial inscriptions MI 635.001St Ninian's Whithorn Old Churchyard memorial inscriptions MI 660.001Whithorn Churchyard extension 1 memorial inscriptions MI 660.002Wigtown Old Kirkyard (also known as the Laigh Kirkyard) MI 661.001memorial inscriptionsHigh Cemetery and Park Cemetery Wigtown memorial inscriptions MI 661.002Monumental inscriptions – further information and electronic resourcesPlease note that the Centre’s website and network provides online access to theindex to the monumental inscriptions collection on the Library page; links tocollections online via the Useful websites - Monumental inscriptions page; aselection of publications in the e-Library area of the Centre network; andpublications in pdf format, notably for the large Edinburgh burial grounds, are nowavailable on stand alone computer 1 in the Dundas Room.________________________________________________________________________________ScotlandsPeople Centre Library

Library Update________________________________________________________Recent additions to the ScotlandsPeople Centre Library continuedReferenceFamily historyMy ancestor was ... Scottish. A guide to sources for family historians F 701.031Scotland and her tartans: the romantic heritage of the Scottish F 701.500clans and familiesThe record interpreter. A collection of abbreviations, Latin words and F 701.196names used in English historical manuscripts and recordsHandbook of dates for students of English history F 701.197Scottish handwriting 1150-1650. An introduction to the reading of F 701.200documentsTracing your Irish ancestors: the complete guide. Fourth edition F 704.000Miscellaneous transcripts and indexesBerwickshire miscellany: a selection of documents from the kirk MT 247.003session recordsFamily history journals and magazines in Centre caféCopies of family history journals are being made available in the Centre café forreference. Some are duplicates and others have been circulated to search roomstaff first. Please note that Library copies of ‘The Scottish genealogist’ are availableon open shelf in the Alcove off the Historical Search Room in General RegisterHouse.Withdrawal of census name indexes from the New Register House LibraryCensus name indexes for the parishes and districts are no longer requested nowthat all the open census records are available as index-linked digital images online.As they are also taking up much needed shelf-space in the New Register HouseDome it has been proposed that they are withdrawn from the Library. ASGRAmembers have been consulted with no objections raised. One family history societyhas expressed an interest in taking all of the publications. Work on deleting therelevant catalogue records will begin soon and progress will be reported in the nextupdate. Census name indexes for the counties and urban areas are being retainedin the Library as back-up. Further details are available in the Library guide.English statutory birth, death and marriage indexesThere are several online indexes which can be accessed via the Useful websites –births, deaths and marriages page. FreeBMD, a volunteer project in agreement withthe General Register Office for England and Wales, now has near completecoverage for 1837 to 1950. We recommend searching this website before orderingmicrofiche from the set of indexes, 1837 to 2002, held in the Dome.________________________________________________________________________________ScotlandsPeople Centre Library

Library Update________________________________________________________Recent additions to the collection in General Register HouseReferences with REF at the end are available on Open Shelf outsidethe Historical Search Room. Others are available on request usingthe pink slips.Art researchers' guide to Edinburgh[Copies of this new guide are on sale in the Centre shop]ReferenceA 206.048 REFShips from Scotland to America, 1628-1828, volume IV [of IV] DR 060.719.04 REFScottish-German links, 1550-1850DR 060.749 REFAbandoned women: Scottish convicts exiled beyond the sea ES 153.393Napoleonic lives: researching British soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars MIL 052.01571st Fraser Highland Regiment in the American War of Independence MIL 045.000Second World War lives: a guide for family historians ES 052.300The Alexanders of Bourtie, 1696-1886: a family history journey [CD-ROM] F 063.000Creag an Tuirc: a social history of Clan Labhran (McLarens/McLaurins) F 421.500Newsletter of the Clan Sutherland Society in Scotland, vol 35, no 1, F 621.100.48(spring/summer 2012)The Scottish genealogist, volume 59, no 2 (June 2012)F 700.859.02 REFTracing Your Irish AncestorsF 704.000 REFNo ordinary court - 100 years of the Scottish Land Court L 165.000Banffshire: the people and the lands. Part 14: the parish of Kirkmichael T 122.100.14(Tomintoul) prior to 1850A history of Callander from Callander testaments, 1630-1778 T 292.350Glasgow's kirks: an illustrated history [CD-ROM] T 408.285The Gorbals Jewish Community in 1901 ES 152.805The Grangemouth directory and guide 1963-64 edition DR 019.500The Perth kirk session books 1577-1590 [Scottish History Society] SH 013.101.02Reclassification of open shelf Library books in the AlcoveWork on the re-referencing of open shelf books available to Historical Search Roomand Legal Search Room readers continues with work on the Archives class. Someolder guides have been moved to the main Library area in the Robertson Wing. Theinformation provided about access for research may be out-of-date but they stillcontain useful information about the respective collections. They can be requestedusing the pink slips.Helen BorthwickLibrarian23 July 2012________________________________________________________________________________ScotlandsPeople Centre Library