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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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