| These informative works gives historical and biographical "...sketches of the representatives and leading members of the great historical families of Scotland, [including] their personal character, and... national manners and customs, as well as warlike exploits and court intrigues." The families covered are: the ancient earldom of Mar, the earldom of Menteith, the Douglases and the Angus Douglases, the Keiths, the Setons, the Ruthvens of Gowrie, the Crichtons of Frendraught, two MacKenzies, four Campbells, four Leslies, the Hamiltons and the Hamilton-Douglases, the Ramsays, the Maules, the Lauderdale Maitlands, the Homes, and the Marchmont Humes. - Foreign/Ethnic - Scotland - |
| One of the great genealogical compendia of Scottish families, Taylors Historic Families of Scotland has been in constant demand since its original appearance at the end of the 19th century. According to one review, it would be welcome by those who valued high standards of genealogical research and delighted in the romance of history. Equally important, from the genealogists point of view, is the fact that the fifty or so main families selected for inclusion are thoroughly representative in character and are the progenitors of untold numbers of people living today. As might be expected of such a work, the narrative traces the families from their earliest recorded origins all the way up to the end of the 19th century. - Foreign/Ethnic - Scotland - |
