Come all young men and maidens’rt unto my /ill/,
hs of a lovely female was rearcely in her prime,
Her cheeks they were I he a roee a Imired all around,
She was call’d young Carroline of Edinborough town
Young Henery as miller a conrting her h Came.
And her parents came to hear they d id not like the same,
Young Penery being offended he unto her did say,
Arise ray dearest Carroline and with me run away,
Black and white photographs, featuring street photographs and a tour of burial grounds. for more click here
Title: Guard House for Leith Battery.
Name: Watt, Henry
Description: 1 manuscript map ; 537 x 345 mm., on sheet, 576 x
397 mm.
Original Survey: [pre-1804]
Date on Map: [pre-1804]
Placename: Leith
Parish: Leith
County: Edinburghshire/Midlothian
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A one-stop-shop for genealogy research will open its doors in December 2006 bringing together the services of the General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon. The new family history centre will span the adjacent General Register House and New Register House buildings at the east end of Edinburgh’s Princes Street to create a fully integrated Register House campus. for more click here
FOR MORE than two centuries, Robert Fergusson has been remembered more often for his influence on two other famous Roberts – Burns and Stevenson – than for his own remarkable literary achievements. for more click here
ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging at the Palace of Holyroodhouse have found some of the foundations of an ancient monastery. for more click here
Plans unveiled for a £1.6 million Family History Centre, in Edinburgh
A one-stop-shop for genealogy research will open its doors in December 2006.
Explore your Scottish Heritage at a Summer School in Inverness, July 2007!
The Summer School core will take place in the UHI (University of the Highlands & Islands) Executive Office over five days from Monday 23 July to Friday 27 July, 2007, inclusive.
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Scotland is a land of five million people. A proud people, passionate about their country and her rich, noble heritage. For every single Scot in their native land, there are thought to be at least five more overseas who can claim Scottish ancestry – that’s many, many millions spread throughout the globe. for more click here
We know that a real tennis court existed on the edge of the Holyroodhouse site just next to Queen Mary’s Bathhouse, historian Dennis Gallagher told me yesterday, because it appears on seventeenth century maps by people like Edgar and Slezer. It’s also visible on the famous Rothiemay map of 1647. for more click here
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