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Leadhills Miners’ Library
Scotland has major historic traditions of publicly available library provision stretching back to the late 17th century, and of which the country has good reason to be proud. The first publicly available library in Scotland was founded in 1680 at Inn
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Using Registration Districts In Family History
You may have listened to my talk on Scottish statutory records, held during this February’s Family History Month, in which I mentioned registration districts. At one point, Scotland had over 900 registration districts, which were nominally based on t
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SIR HENRY RAEBURN And The Development Of Stockbridge
The development of Stockbridge from a small village to today’s thriving neighbourhood owes much to Sir Henry Raeburn, yet before 1780, involvement in its development would have seemed inconceivable to the young painter. When Henry Raeburn was born in

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