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Local History
CD1004B	Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale . William Wilson. Dumfries. 1904. 310 pages.	Book $34.10
CD1004	Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale . William Wilson. Dumfries. 1904. 310 pages.	CD $15.50
Topography
CD58	A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, comprising the Several Counties, Islands, Burgh and Market Towns, Parishes and Principal Villages. With Historical and Statistical Descriptions; Embellished with Engravings of the Seals and Arms of the Different Burghs and Universities. Samuel Lewis, 4 volumes (1846) 1233 pages. ISBN: 1-58211-227-4	$19.95
Every fact of importance that illustrates the local history of Scotland is in this book. Arranged alphabetically by place (village, parish, town, etc.), it has an accurate description of all Scottish localities as they were at the time of publication (1851), showing where a village was located in relation to its parish, or the nearest town or towns, where a parish was located in relation to its nearest district, and the names of villages in it, the number of inhabitants of an area, the main landowners, and chief topographical features. This work enables you to identify a given locality in relation to a parish and thus the identification of the parish records. So, if you know the place of origin of your ancestor--the village or town--this gazetteer will show you, in effect, which parish records to search for births, marriages, and deaths. Modern gazetteers are useless for this purpose. The civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1855, at which time all the old parish registers were called in. The LDS Church has copied the parish registers of every parish in Scotland, from the earliest up to 1855, and has indexed virtually all of them--all the more reason to know your ancestor's parish.
CD52	The Gazetteer of Scotland. Reverend John Wilson. 1882. Edinburgh, Scotland 475 pages Description below.	$19.95
When this work was compiled in 1882 the Rev. John Wilson and his publishers had a conviction that it "would supply a long-felt want: namely a Gazetteer of Scotland, extensive enough to embrace every Town and Village in the Country, of any importance... and yet portable in form and moderate in price." To add value to the work, the compiler extracted population and other information from the 1881 Census returns. It further provides statistics of real property, notice of public works, public buildings, churches, school, etc. The natural history and historical incidents connected with particular localities have also been included
CD549	Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Francis Groome. 6 volumes (1896). 1534 pages. Fully Text Searchable. Contains full color maps for every county in Scotland as well as several area maps (Firth of Forth, etc) and several town plans.	$39.95
Every fact of importance that illustrates the local history of Scotland is in this book. Arranged alphabetically by place (village, parish, town, etc.), it has an accurate description of all Scottish localities as they were at the time of publication , showing where a village was located in relation to its parish, or the nearest town or towns, where a parish was located in relation to its nearest district, and the names of villages in it, the number of inhabitants of an area, the main landowners, and chief topographical features. This work enables you to identify a given locality in relation to a parish and thus the identification of the parish records.
CD87	The History of the Celtic Place Names of Scotland. William Watson, M.A. 1926, Blackwood Publishers, Edinburgh, 558 pages. Embraces the origin and history of Celtic place names found in Scotland.	$22.95
CD11	Cary's New Map of England and Wales With Part of Scotland , On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of Rivers and Navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests, etc etc. Delineated from Actual Surveys and materially Assisted From Authentic Documents Liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Master’s General. 71 maps, 85-page index. Originally printed in 1794. ISBN: 1-58211-052-2. Description below.	$29.95
John Cary, one of the 18th Century’s foremost cartographers, is well known for his beautifully illustrated and geographically accurate atlases and maps. Here is one of his finest works, taken from the original copy in our archives. It contains 71 full color maps (the original volume has 81 maps but we have eliminated 11 as they did not show any land mass) along with an 85-page index listing more than 21,000 geographical features along with the appropriate county designation and map number. Each map is presented in full color and can easily be printed on your color printer.
CD14	Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland . Being A Complete Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom with Numerous Illustrations and Sixty Maps. Six volumes, 2,840 pages, Originally printed 1900. ISBN: 1-58211-053-0. Description below.	$39.95
Nearly 200,000 geographical locations are listed. Features included are: barony, borough, burgh, chapelry, civil-parish, ecclesiastical parish, hamlet, liberty, market town, parish, quoad sacra parish, riding, tithing, townland and townships. Each entry may contain: location, population, distance from nearest rail station, distance from either London or Dublin, soil conditions, natural resources, good manufactured, names of churches, monuments, and historical tidbits. More than 60 full color maps illustrate these volumes.
Nautical Interest
CD19	*A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine* ; ..London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1830. 846 pages of nautical definitions, charts and tables along with 35 pages of beautiful line drawings of sailing vessels and their associated equipment. This is an extraordinarily informative volume for those with a nautical interest or seaman ancestors. Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Dictionary Unabridged. From Keel to Truck; From Stem to Sternpost; From Zenith to Nadir; From Bedplate to Funnel; From Torpedo Boat to Battle Ship. By Captain Howard Patterson, New York City, 1900. 393 pages. See full titles and description below	$29.95
*A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine* ; .....being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: With Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators. Illustrated with a Variety of Modern Designs of Shipping, etc. Together with Separate View of the Masts, Yards, Sails and Rigging to Which is Annexed A Vocabulary of French-Sea Phrases and Terms of Art, Collected From the Best Authorities. Originally Compiled by William Falconer, Author of the Shipwreck, Etc. Now Modernized and Much Enlarged By William Burney, LL. D. Master of the Naval Academy, Gosport. Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Dictionary Unabridged. From Keel to Truck; From Stem to Sternpost; From Zenith to Nadir; From Bedplate to Funnel; From Torpedo Boat to Battle Ship . A work of reference for Naval, Revenue, and Merchant Marine Officers, Yachtsmen, Canoeists, U.S. Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Builders of Wooden and Iron Steam and Sailing Ships, Admiralty Lawyers, :Underwriters, Naval Cadets and Young Men on board of State Training Vessels, Marine Draughtsman, Builders of Engines and Boilers, and Adapted for the Use of the Rank and File of the United States Naval Reserve. More than 5,000 nautical subjects are explained along with 500 beautifully engraved descriptive drawings of all things nautical. A must for any one with a nautical interest or having an ancestor who was a seaman.

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