'SCRIMGEOUR' HOLDINGS IN THE INVERNESS LIBRARY

Always enthusiastic and full of encouragement, M. Claud Andrew Glaster wrote soon after the 1998 annual gathering to say that he had recently visited the Inverness library and to provide a bibliography of their holdings pertinent to the name of Scrimgeour as detailed below.

Scrimgeour, Scrymgeour

Genealogical notes concerning the family of Scrymgeour. (Angus District Libraries, Central Services Unit, Municipal Buildings, Bank Street, Brechin DD9 6AX)

• Inventory of documents relating to the Scrymgeour family estates, 1611; edited by J. Maitland Thomson, Edinburgh, 1912 (Scottish Record Society, vol. 42)

• Munro, R.W. & Munro, Jean

The Scrimgeours and their chiefs: Scotland's royal banner bearers.

• Scrimgeour Clan Association

The Skirmisher: Bulletin of the Scrimgeour Clan Association

No. 1, February, 1972

• Warden (Alexander)

History of the Scrymgeours. 1886

• Scrymgeour of Glassarie

• Scrymgeour-Wedderburn see Dudhope, Viscount

• Scrymgeour-Wedderburn see Dundee, Earldom of

• Dudhope, Viscount

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.

London 1953.

• Skinner, William Cumming

• Dundee, Earldom of

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Earldom of Dundee.

Proceedings before the Committee for privileges and judgement.

London, 1953.

Glaister

Glaister, John

• The Glaisters of Scotland and Cumberland. (In Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, new series, vol. 20, 1920, pp. 188-231)

• Reprinted from Transactions etc.

Court of the Lord Lyon, HM Register House, Edinburgh, EH1 3YT

Ed Note: The Tay Valley Family Historian, published three times a year by the Tay Valley Family History Society (TVFHS) in Dundee, frequently provides reviews of archival holdings. These usually include notes on the holdings, availability, office hours, how to make reservations (if required), etc. Those of interest to persons wishing to research their Scrimgeour family history include:

And the TVFHS Research Centre, 179 Princess St., Dundee, DD4 6DQ.

Website http://www.sol.co.uk/t/tayvalleyfhs/index.htm

For information about the main holdings of the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh see the book review in the 1998 Skirmisher pp. 33 --36.