Unfortunately the last four pages of the “Book of Days” are missing as are two of the fold out maps.

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Loretto Register 1825 to 1925
Published in 1927.

The registers of Scotland's oldest boarding school, Loretto at Musselburgh, covers the years 1825-1925. As well as a history of the school, it contains interesting biographical details about the scholars (including date of birth), listings of various sporting teams and competitions.

Complete with a useful index of names.

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Reminiscences of Dollar, &c.
By William Gibson. Published in 1883.

Or - Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry, and other districts adjoining the Ochils, with notes on Progress, Scientific Discovery, and Invention of New Spinning Machinery, during the last Hundred Years. - to give it its full title is an interesting local history book about the Scottish village of Dollar in Clackmannanshire (home of the famous school Dollar Academy) and its surroundings.

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Rules and Regulations, Office-Bearers and Members of the Weavers Society of Anderston
Published in 1901

The Weaver's Society of Anderston, near Glasgow, was a Friendly Society. Its members included many from many different trades and professions.

This book gives a list of Office-Bearers from 1738-1900, and an alphabetical list of members as at 1857 (and admitted thereafter to 1900), with trade, address and year of entry.

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Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, 1691 - 1717.
Published 1908

An interesting selection of records from the Burgh of Glasgow between 1691 and 1717 recording the administration of the town. Covering a huge variety of subjects from where towns-people place their washing, through a dancing master having to ensure his pupils of each sex leave before the other sex enter his premises, to the keeping of a register of the dead.
An entertaining and informative book complete with a useful index.

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Memorials of the Parish of Alloa
By John Crawford
Published in 1874

Includes chapters on the old town cross, the old bridge of Tullibody, the Eskines of Mar, Alloa colliers and collieries, the brewers of the olden time and much much more.
An intriguing local history in the words of a local man

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The Borderlands of Glasgow : Official Tramway Guides to the Beautiful Countryside Around the City
Published by the Tramway Department Corporation of Glasgow.
Published 1925

A guide to walks and rambles in the district around the city of Glasgow accessible from the tramway routes.

This guide with its many sketches and watercolours forms a vivid picture of the countryside of the time.

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The Parish Registers of Durness, in the Highland Region of Scotland.
Published in 1911.

Transcripts of the Marriages & Baptisms as appear in the Parish Register 1764 - 1814.
Includes many instances of the Gaelic naming system.

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Transcripts of the memorial inscriptions in the churchyard. Also includes some photographs of gravestones.

Complete with an index of names.

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Tales of the Borders, Historical, Traditional & Imaginative.
By Hugh Miller

The first of a series of books containing interesting, instructive and entertaining narratives of heroism, tales of adventure, legends of romance, and historical reminiscences of the Scottish borders and beyond.

An excellent introduction to the life and times of the borders, providing fascinating background reading for those who wish to learn more about their ancestor’s lives.
Useful for family history, local history and social history.

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The Edinburgh Academy Register,
1824-1914.
A Record of all Those Who Have Entered the School Since its Foundation in 1824.
Published in 1914.

The Edinburgh Academy Register contains biographical details about the scholars from its foundation in 1824 to the start of the Great War, 1914.
A useful addition are the seven pages of abbreviations used in the book, that are also used in other documents of the time.

It also contains lists and biographical details of Rectors and Masters plus school prize winners and sporting teams.

Includes a useful index of names.

Former pupils include members of the military, clergy and civil servants.

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Diocesan Registers of Glasgow, Vol., 1
Edited by Joseph Bain, F.S.A. Scot. and the Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D.
Published in 1875

Includes the Protocol Register of the Archiepiscopal Diocese of Glasgow from 1499 to 1513 and the Rental Book of the same 1509 to 1570 with index of names.
The abstracts of Protocols includes transfers of property plus many more subjects.

The Rental book refers to licences to farm land and covers the Barony of Glasgow, the Barony of Carstairs, the Barony of Stobo and the Barony of Eddlestone. Many family relationships are shown.
Useful for local history and genealogy.

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The Register of the Collegiate Church of Crail,
with introductory remarks.
By the Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D.
Published in 1877.

The register of 16th century charters relating to the church, its constitution, and endowment together with inventories of its furniture and ecclesiastical ornaments etc. for the royal demesne of Crail.

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Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century.
By Henry Grey Graham
Published in 1901

The inner life of the community of the Lowlands of Scotland as found in the homes, habit, and labours of the peasantry and the modes, manners and thoughts of society. What the people believed and what they practised. How their children were taught and how their souls were tended.
An excellent insight into 18th century life.
Essential for any with an interest in social history.

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