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Sources for Research in Scottish Genealogy:
Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers

Compiled by Judith P. Reid



1.	Bartholomew, John.
	Philip's handy atlas of the counties of Scotland. -- New and rev.
	ed. -- London : G. Philip & Son, 1898. -- 3 p. leaves, 34 p., 32
	maps.                                         
							G1825.B3 1898 (G&M)

2.	Gardner, David E.
	A genealogical atlas of Scotland / compiled from original maps by
	David E. Gardner, Derek Harland [and] Frank Smith. -- Salt Lake
	City : Bookcraft, [1962]. -- 32 p. of maps, 34 p.
							G1826.E1 G3 1962 (G&M)

3.	Groome, Francis H. (Francis Hindes), 1851-1902.
	Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a graphic and accurate
	description of every place in Scotland / ed. by Francis H.
	Groome. -- New ed. with census appendix. -- Edinburgh : T.C. and
	E.C. Jack, 1901. -- 2 p. leaves, 1762 p. : ill., fold. map.
							DA865.G87

	In double columns, this edition contains all the printed
	matter of the large 6 vol. edition, the revisions made in 1895,
	and subsequent partial revisions.

4.	An Historical atlas of Scotland, c400-c1600 / edited by Peter
	McNeill and Ranald Nicholson ; cartographer J.W. Davie. --  St.
	Andrews : Atlas Committee of the Conference of Scottish
	Medievalists, 1975. -- x, 213 p. : maps (1 col.).
							G1826.S1 H5 1975

	Includes bibliographies.

5.	Lewis, Samuel, d. 1865.
	A topographical dictionary of Scotland. Comprising the several
	counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and
	principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions:
	embellished with a large map of Scotland, and engravings of the
	seals and arms of the different burghs and universities. --
	London : S. Lewis and Co., 1846. -- 2 v. and atlas : ill.
							DA865.L67

	The atlas consists of a sectional map of Scotland, scale 5
	miles to the inch, in 6 folded sheets, with a view of Melrose
	Abbey (sheet 5).

	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1989.

6.	Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain, Sir, 1919-
	Scotland of old : ancient territories of Scottish clans or
	considerable families, with arms of their chiefs or heads /
	approved by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs and by the
	Lord Lyon King of Arms. -- -- Edinburgh : Bartholomew, c1983. --
	1 map : col. ; 94 x 71 cm.                 
							G5771.E6225 1983.M6

	Reprinted by Bartholomew in 1991 and 1994.
	
	Copyright "By Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Bart., Ph.D.,
	Albany Herald, and Don Pottinger, M.A., D.A., Unicorn Pursuivant
	of Arms."

	Includes text and colored illustration of "The arms of the
	realm and ancient local principalities of Scotland," and indexed
	colored illustrations of clan arms.

7.	Smith, Frank, 1917-
	A genealogical gazetteer of Scotland : an alphabetical dictionary
	of places ... / compiled by Frank Smith. -- Logan, Utah : Everton
	Publishers, [1979]. -- xxiii, 140 p. : maps.            
							DA869.S56
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