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Title Statement | Down and out in Scotland: researching ancestral crisis / Chris Paton. |
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Series | Unlock the past |
Author | Paton, Chris |
Publication | St Agnes, South Australia: Unlock the Past,2015.Ã2015 |
Extent of Item | 56 pages |
ISBN | 9781921956980 1921956984 |
Contents | Acknowlegements -- 1. Family events and relationships (Illegitimacy; Foundlings, orphans and adoption; Marriage, bigamy and divorce; Homosexuality; Death) -- 2. Law and order (The Kirk; The Crown; Franchise and burgh courts; Criminal prosecution; Murder; Additional courts; Police and prison records; Transportation; Execution) -- 3. Poverty (The Old Poor Law; The New Poor Law; The records) -- 4. Debt (Put to the horn; Debts upon inheritance; Cessio bonorum and sesquestration) -- 5. Medical problems (Hospital records; Asylums; Suicide; Accidents ) -- 6. Them and us (The Covenanters and the Killing Time; The Jacobite rebellions; The expulsion of the Gael; The vote) -- Further reading -- Index. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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By Topic | Genealogy |
By Location | Scotland--Genealogy |