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Fasque House servants
« on: Saturday 26 August 23 16:04 BST (UK) »
Hello I am trying to find out if a family story is true. There is a story that one of my husbands ancestors was a servant at Fasque House/ Balbegno Castle during the time that Gladstone was prime minister. She told family members that she was working there when he visited his brother. Her name was Isabella Smith - born 8 March 1862 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, about 2 miles from Fasque. WE know that she was definitely a domestic servant- according to the Census in 1881. She was at home on the census but lived less than 2 miles away.
I wonder if anyone has any ideas where the archives etc could be for the estate. I have tried contacting them and also Glen Dye estate but no one there has any archives. I wondered if any museums or local history groups would have any ideas?

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Re: Fasque House servants
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 August 23 17:25 BST (UK) »
National Register of Archives for Scotland in item NRAS2607 mentions 'household accounts'
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrasregister/overview.aspx?st=1&ob=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=n&k=Fasque&ko=o&r=&ro=m&df=&dt=&di=y

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p.s. When Fasque was sold there were auctions to sell the remaining contents held by Taylors of Montrose, this was several (possibly more than ten) years ago.
2008 at least according to this BBC news item about the library
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7525655.stm

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Re: Fasque House servants
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 August 23 19:47 BST (UK) »
National Register of Archives for Scotland in item NRAS2607 mentions 'household accounts'
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrasregister/overview.aspx?st=1&ob=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=n&k=Fasque&ko=o&r=&ro=m&df=&dt=&di=y

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p.s. When Fasque was sold there were auctions to sell the remaining contents held by Taylors of Montrose, this was several (possibly more than ten) years ago.
2008 at least according to this BBC news item about the library
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7525655.stm

Thanks so much for this information. I have looked at the site and it's a closed record so I am going to try contacting them.