Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Statistical Accounts of Scotland  (Read 2353 times)

Offline rubyrose

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 448
  • Mum - thanks to RC Restorers
    • View Profile
Statistical Accounts of Scotland
« on: Saturday 24 November 07 16:24 GMT (UK) »
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public&

Really interesting website, belonging to the universities, where you can search for the Parishes where your ancestors lived. Great source for learning what life was like in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Written at the time, some of it is unintentionally hilarious.

Ruby
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

BAKER - Lancashire, Cheshire, BUCHANAN - Glasgow, Lancashire, LAWRENCE - Jamaica, Lancashire, JONES - Shropshire, Lancashire, SHAWCROSS - Lancashire, India,  MONTAGU - Lancashire, America, MORRISON - Fife, Lancashire, SEDDON DUTTON HESKETH  - Lancashire, WHITEHEAD - Yorkshire, WIDDOWS - Ireland
Pages: [1]