This course introduces concepts and terms which a student of Scottish family history coming to the topic for the first time is unlikely to have encountered in research in other jurisdictions, and an understanding of which will likely be found essential in exploring the resources discussed in the Scottish intermediate and advanced level courses. It includes tables and other information which the student at an intermediate or advanced level will be able to refer back to and draw upon when completing later courses.
The topics in this course include Scottish currency, weights, and measures; dates and calendars; languages; glossaries; handwriting; names and naming patterns; clans, septs and tartans; clan and surname DNA projects; heraldry; and compiled genealogies.
Course Content
Module 1
Currency, Weights and Measures
Currency
Scots Coinage, to 1707
Depreciation of the Scottish Currency
The Act of Union, 1707
Sterling Currency, from 1707 to 1971
Sterling Currency, since 1971
Working with Historical Amounts
Converting From Scots Money to Sterling
Determining the Modern Equivalent of a Historical Sum
Weights and Measures
Scottish Weights and Measures, to 1707
The Act of Union, 1707
Weights and Measures Act, 1824
Scottish Weights and Measures, from 1824 to 1969
Metrification, 1969 and After
Weights
Liquid Capacity
Dry Capacity
Length or Distance
Area
Bibliography
Module 2
Calendars and Palaeography
Calendars, Days and Dates
The Calendar in Scotland, to 1582
The Calendar in Scotland, from 1582 to 1599
The Calendar in Scotland, from 1599 to 1752
The Calendar in Scotland, since 1752
Scottish Calendar Changes & The Family Historian
Scottish Quarter Days
Regnal Years & Scottish Family History Research
Festivals, Fasts and Feasts
Feast Days of Scottish Saints
Scottish Calendar Customs
Additional Websites
Palaeography
Handwriting: Online Tutorials
Scottish Handwriting: Printed Material
Scottish Handwriting: Other Useful Webpages
Bibliography
Calendars
Palaeography
Module 3
Languages and Glossaries
Early Languages in Scotland
(Celtic) Pictish
Cumbric or British
Anglian
Norse and Norn
(Scottish) Gaelic: Language Tools and Resources
Pronunciation of "Gaelic"
Tools: Dictionary of the Scottish Gaelic Language
Tools: Rannaich an Stςr-Dΰta Briathrachais Gΰidhlig
Tools: Faclair na Pΰrlamaid/Dictionary of Terms
Tools: The Gaelic Dictionaries Online Website
Tools: Modern Gaelic-English Dictionaries
Tools: 19th-Century Dictionaries of Gaelic
Bibliography of Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic Language: Further Reading
Gaelic Language: Further Websites
Scots: Language Tools and Resources
Background
Stages in the History of the Scots Language
Early Scots (1375-1450)
Middle Scots (1450-1700)
Modern Scots (1700-present)
Scots Dialects
Scottish Standard English
Scotticisms
Tools: The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Tools: Other Scots-English Dictionaries
Tools: 19th-Century Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Tools: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
Tools: Handwriting Guides
Scots Language: Further Reading
Language: Further Websites
Latin: Language Tools and Resources
Online Latin Tutorials
Printed Latin Tutorials
Latin Glossaries and Word Lists
Classical Latin and Medieval Latin
Automated Latin-English Translations
Glossaries: An Introduction
Online Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
The Scottish Archive Network Glossary
ScotlandsPeople: List of "Unusual Words"
Wedderburn Pages
A Scots Glossary
ScotsFind Glossary
Research Outline: Scotland
Printed Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
A Scottish Historian's Glossary
A Scottish Genealogist's Glossary
A Scots Agricultural Glossary
Glossaries in Family History Guides
Research Outline: Scotland
National Archives of Scotland Glossaries
NAS Online Index of Legal Terms and Offences Libelled
Guide to the National Archives of Scotland: Glossary
Legal Glossaries
Medical Glossaries
Archaic Medical Terms
Online Lists of Occupations
ScotlandsPeople: List of Occupations
Bibliography
Languages: Gaelic
Languages: Scots
Languages: Latin
Glossaries
Module 4
Forenames and Place Names
(Scottish) Gaelic: Background
(Scottish) Gaelic: A Goidelic Language
(Scottish) Gaelic: Historical Overview
(Scottish) Gaelic: Current Status
Gaelic and Your Parish
Statistical Accounts of Scotland
Gΰidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies
Scottish Forenames
Guides to Scottish Forenames
The Most Common Forenames in Scotland
Forenames: Gaelic and English Equivalents
Male Forenames: English and Gaelic Equivalents
Female Forenames: English and Gaelic Equivalents
Forenames: Latin and English Equivalents
Forename Variants
Scottish Naming Convention
Two Children with the Same Forename
Other Naming Customs
Scottish Place Names
Place Names and Family History
Scottish Place Names: Published Books
Scottish Place-Name Society
Institute for Name-Studies
Place Names and the Ordnance Survey
Place Names and Historical Maps
Place Names and Gazetteers
Bibliography
(Scottish) Gaelic: Background
Scottish Forenames
Scottish Place Names
Module 5
Clans, Septs and Surnames
Surnames in Scotland
Guides to Surnames in Scotland
The Most Common Surnames in Scotland
Special Aspects of Surnames in Scotland
The Clans of Scotland
Clans of Scotland: Printed Guides
Clans and Surnames of Scotland: Online Resources
Septs of Scottish Clans
DNA Analysis and Scottish Family History Research
DNA and Family History: Introductory Guides
DNA and Family History: Online Resources
Clan and Surname DNA Projects
Online Portals: Clan and Surname DNA Projects
Scottish Clans DNA Project
Shetland Islands DNA - Genealogy Project
Genetic Roots of the People of the British Isles
Deep Ancestry and the British Isles: Recent Books
The Genographic Project
Bibliography
Clans and Surnames
DNA and Family History: Introductory Guides
Genetic Roots of the People of the British Isles
Module 6
Specialised Topics & Digital Books
Compiled Genealogies
Scottish Biographical Dictionaries
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
British Biographical Archive
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Scots Peerage and Nobility
Scots Heraldry
The Court of the Lord Lyon
Heraldry Society of Scotland
Clans: Tartans, Badges and Mottoes etc.
Digital Books: Time to Try Them!
Exercise One: Digital Books & the Internet Archive
Exercise Two: Digital Books & Google Book Search
Bibliography
Compiled Genealogies
Scottish Biographical Dictionaries
Scots Peerage and Nobility
Scots Heraldry
Clans: Tartans, Badges and Mottoes, etc.
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