History of Scotland: Primary Documents
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- Commentary and images on ancient sites in Britain and Ireland.
- View sites on the interactive map to locate specific sites or browse by type of site.
- (Facsimiles & commentary)
- Entire run of the society's proceedings, monographs, and Archaeologia Scotica.
- (1792 to the present; facsimiles)
- Focuses on three major documents from Scottish history:
- (1286-1329; facsimiles, transcriptions, translations, and commentary)
- Scotland's declaration of independence.
- (6 April 1320; Latin transcriptions and English translation)
- Database containing the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707.
- (1235-1707; manuscripts and translations)
Faits d'armes (Deeds of Arms)
- Accounts of French, Scot and English tournaments and battles
- See also Archival documents of Deeds of Arms
- Edited by Steve Muhlenberger of Nipissing University (Canada).
- (14th to early 15th centuries; transcriptions and English translations)
- Includes calendars, newspapers, government documents, journals, and other sources from the 32 historic counties of Scotland.
- From British History Online.
- (12th to 19th centuries; transcriptions and facsimiles)
- Published as two volumes in 1845.
- Provided by Google Books.
- (1558-1576; text-searchable facsimiles with updated English transcriptions)
- Searchable database of wills and testaments also provides full transcripts of the originals and some facsimiles.
- Includes auxiliary helps such as guides to handwriting and to Scottish occupations.
- Note: requires free registration to access records.
- (1500-1901; facsimiles and transcripts)
- Documents provided by The Jacobite Heritage.
- (1689; transcriptions with modernised spelling)
- From Writs of Removal to individual diary entries.
- Browse by parish, people, ports, destinations, or articles.
- (1790-1845; facsimiles)
- A searchable journal featured in the Internet Library of Early Journals.
- (1843-1863; facsimiles)
- Good source for those studying the social impact of industrialization.
- (1791-1845; facsimiles and maps)
- Records of 21,000 passengers to non-European ports.
- Those emigrating from Glasgow and Greenock are limited to the first four months of 1923.
- (1890-1960; datasets)
- Official documentation available by sections, parts, provisions, schedules, and amendments.
- See also the Scotland Act 2012 for most updated revisions.
- (1998; transcriptions)
- Marks 10 years of greater autonomy for Scotland through the process of devolution.
- The BBC presents a repository of original reporting and commentary on the topic.
- (1999-2009; blog, audio-video clips, legislation guide)
- Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.
- A project of the Edinburgh University Library.
- (1550-1740; facsimiles)
- A project of the National Library of Scotland.
- (1558-1932; facsimiles)
- Project aims to provide a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometer of the British Isles.
- (Photographic facsimiles from a searchable map)
- Searchable by ordnance survey map.
- Courtesy of Castles in the UK.
- (Maps and photo facsimiles)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
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