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Land records can help you determine where and when your family lived in a specific place. Sometimes these records will be based on inheritance, and such records will often mention two or more generations of a family. In Scotland the land system had feudal roots in which the crown owned all of the land. | Land records can help you determine where and when your family lived in a specific place. Sometimes these records will be based on inheritance, and such records will often mention two or more generations of a family. In Scotland the land system had feudal roots in which the crown owned all of the land. | ||
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*Regality Courts | *Regality Courts | ||
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Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office.'' Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D27s|disp=book 941 D27s}}.) | Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office.'' Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D27s|disp=book 941 D27s}}.) | ||
[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/oldndx.htm The Old Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799) 21 Volumes]: Courtesy of Electric Scotland and Google Books | [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/oldndx.htm The Old Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799) 21 Volumes]: Courtesy of Electric Scotland and Google Books | ||
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