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Information on distribution of lands, names, relationships, and pedigrees of land holders.  | Information on distribution of lands, names, relationships, and pedigrees of land holders.  | ||
''Location''  | '''Location'''  | ||
National Archives of Scotland<br>  | National Archives of Scotland<br>  | ||
H.M. General Register House<br>  | H.M. General Register House<br>  | ||
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=== Land Records ''Hornings'' (diligence)===  | === Land Records ''Hornings'' (diligence)===  | ||
Research use  | *Research use  | ||
To locate information on debtors and their land transactions.  | |||
Record type  | *Record type  | ||
Land records of debtors, their heritable estates, and actions against them.  | |||
Time period  | *Time period  | ||
1579 to 1868.  | |||
*Contents  | |||
Information on debtors, their heirs, and distribution of their property.  | |||
'''Location'''  | |||
National Archives of Scotland  | |||
H.M. General Register House  | |||
Edinburgh  | |||
Scotland EH1 3YY.  | |||
Population coverage:  10%.  | Population coverage:  10%.  | ||
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Reliability:  These records are highly accurate because they were recorded by a government agency.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Russia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1996-2001.</ref>  | Reliability:  These records are highly accurate because they were recorded by a government agency.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Russia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1996-2001.</ref>  | ||
===   | === Books ===  | ||
For more information about sasine, service of heir, deeds, and other Scottish land and property records, see the following books:    | For more information about sasine, service of heir, deeds, and other Scottish land and property records, see the following books:    | ||
Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Heirs 1683-1883.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D2d|disp=book 941 D2d}}.)    | Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Heirs 1683-1883.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D2d|disp=book 941 D2d}}.)    | ||
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