MICHIANA HISTORY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ON:
ILLINOIS-INDIANA-MICHIGAN-OHIO AND SELECTED OTHER STATES
Scottish
Clyde, Robert. From Rebel to Hero. The Image of the Highlander, 1745 - 1830. Tuckwell Press. 1998. 201 pages. Hardcover.
This book examines the transformation in attitude towards Scotland after 1745, beginning with a study of anti-Jacobite propaganda and the Whig agenda to for solving the "Highland Problem". The British government attempted to remodel the Highlands after the Lowland fashion, converting the Scottish from rebellions "barbarians' into loyal Presbyterian, English-speaking British subjects, dismantling clanship and the Gaelic language and imposing cultural and economic values from outside. Once the system had been imposed upon them, and the clans were dismantled, writers such as Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns slowly turned to these times into romantic adventures. Once feared as barbarians, by the turn of the nineteenth century they had become loyal soldiers to the British Crown andwere considered the heroes of Waterloo.
Price: $15.00
Grant, I. F. and Cheape, Hugh. Periods in Highland History. Barnes and Noble. New York. 2000. 306 pages. Hardcover.
Contains information on all aspects of Highland Scottish history from the earliest times to the present. It offers a wealth of detail on topic ranging from clan warfare to the origins of the Highlanders' distinctive dress to the agricultural methods they used to support themeselves.
Price: $12.50
Phillips, Gervase. The Anglo-Scots Wars, 1513 - 1550. A Military History. Boydell Press. 1999. 291 pages. Hardcover.
Examines the military organization structure of both England and Scotland during the early 1500's as the Tudors attempted to gain control of Scotland. Discusses tactical aand technological development.
Price: $17.50
Reid, Stuart. 1745. A Military History of the Last Jacobite Rising. Spellmount. Staplehurst, England. 2001. 232 pages. Softcover.
A factual and impartial study of the military aspects which lead up to the Battle of Culledon.
Price: 12.50
Canada
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Scotch. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. Seventh printing 1964. 145 pages. Hardcover.
Note: some underlining in pencil.
An overview of the Scottish in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
Price: $12.50
Genealogy
Dobson, David. Scottish-American Heirs, 1683 - 1883. Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore. 1990. 15 pages. Hardcover.
In Scotland, on the death of a landowner the local sheriff held an inquest to establish the credentials of any person claiming to be the true and rightful heir to lands which were in the possession of the deceased at the time of his or hear death. This evidence was known as the Servicea of Heirs. Taken directly from the records of the Services of Heirs, Dobson has found 2,657 trans-Atlantic links in the records providing irrefutable evidence of the relationship between families in America and families in Scotland.
Price: $21.50
Grimble, Ian. Clans and Chiefs. Celtic Tribalism in Scotland. Barnes and Noble. 1980. 267 pages. Hardcover.
Explores the origins of tribalism among the Celtic peoples of Europe, the coming of tribalism to Scotland and its development into the particular clan system there. It is not a compendium of every clan, but does tell the extraordinary stories of some of the largest clan groupings - the Gordons, the MacGregors, the Mackenzies, the Stewarts, the Macdonalds, and the Campbells.
Price: $12.50
Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald. In Search of Scottish Ancestry. Genealogical Publishing co. Baltimore. 1980. 252 pages. Hardcover.
Discusses parish and nonconformist records, surnames and Christian names, the Service of Heirs, court registers, military records, the Scottish Record office, and much more.
Price: $6.00
Irvine, Sherry. Your Scottish Ancestry. A Guide for North Americans. Ancestry. 1997. 253 pages. Softcover.
Provides the essential steps to undertake one's genealogical journeys. Discusses civil registration, records of the Church of Scotland, records of Secessionists and other denominations, disposition of goods, taxes, trade, occupations, marriages, and much more.
Price: $19.95
The Scottish Tartans. With Historical Sketches of the Clans and Families of Scotland. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. The Arms of Chiefs of Clans and Families and Clansmen's Badges. Illustrated by William Semple. Johnston and Bacon. Edinburgh and London. Second Revised edition reprinted 1973. 112 pages. Hardcover.
This book will help you to trace the connection between your name and the correct Scottish tartan. In addition, you will learn much fascinating information about the Tartans and Clans of Scotland.
Price: $7.50
Zaczek, Iaian. The Book of Scottish Clans. Barnes and Noble. New York. 2001. 128 pages. Hardcover.
Includes over 90 tartans, histories, and legends, al beautifully presented and illustrated in color.
Price: $10.00