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| === Chancery Record Availability Chart === | | === Chancery Record Availability Chart === |
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| | ***Retours could have been recorded many years after the fact, so you should search accordingly. |
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| The following book will be of special interest for people in North America using Scottish service of heir records:
| | Before 1848, retours and services of heirs are also found in sheriff, burgh, and regality court records. Sometimes their verdicts were not ‘retoured’ to Chancery, so the records of these other courts should also be searched. |
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| Dobson, David. ''Scottish American Heirs 1683-1883''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (FHL book 941 D2d.) This work names every Scot who is listed in the service of heirs records who has a North American tie.
| | Beginning in November 1847, services of heirs were granted from the Chancery Court only, though local courts continued to hold inquests and issue retours. |
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| | The <u>''records of inquest''</u>of the local courts may contain more information and may have survived. Locating a list of local archives and their websites at [http://www.scan.org.uk/directory/contactdetails.htm SCAN]. You will find indexes to Inquests and Services of Heirs. |
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| <span>1544-1700</span>
| | The following book will be of special interest for people in North America using Scottish service of heir records: |
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| | Dobson, David. ''Scottish American Heirs 1683-1883''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (FHL book 941 D2d.) This work names every Scot who is listed in the service of heirs records who has a North American tie. |
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| <span>Chancery</span>
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| <span>Summary & Index Retours </span>
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| <span>Printed Abstracts (in Latin) – called--</span>
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| ''<span>Inquisitionum an Capellum Regis Retornatarum Abbreviato</span>'' (volume 3 contains the index to volumes 1 & 2) | |
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| <span>NAS; FHL</span>
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| *<span>NAS; FHL British Q 941 <span> </span>A2i, 3 vols. & film 908847</span>
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| *<span>Also available for purchase on CD from [http://www.scotsgenealogy.com www.scotsgenealogy.com] (Scotland Genealogical Society (SGS)</span>
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| <span /><span>1700-1959</span>
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| <span /><span>Retours (each volume indexed)</span>
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| <span>Indexes 1700-1959</span>
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| *<span>NAS; FHL (1700-1901)</span>
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| *<span>FHL British Q 941 R2ch, 14 vols.</span>
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| *<span>Also available for purchase on CD from SGS listed above</span>
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| <span>1700-1860</span>
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| <span>1855-1955</span>
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| <span>Chancery</span>
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| <span>Abstract of Services</span>
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| *<span>FHL book 941 P2scs, vols. 31-130 (1855-1955)</span>
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| <span>Indexes 1860-1929</span>
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| <span>1586-1901</span>
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| <span>Retours--Each volume indexed</span>
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| Note: Also found in Sheriff Courts, Regality Courts and Burgh Courts.
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| An excellent guide to these records is produced by the National Archives of Scotland and can be found at: http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/inheriting.asp | | An excellent guide to these records is produced by the National Archives of Scotland and can be found at: http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/inheriting.asp |
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| [[Category:Scotland]] | | [[Category:Scotland]] |