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Intermediate Scottish Records
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: Scottish: Special Aspects of Scottish Research
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This course introduces concepts and terms which a student of Scottish family history coming to the topic for the first time is unlikely to have encountered in research in other jurisdictions.
The topics in this course include: Scottish currency, weights, and measures; dates/calendars; languages; glossaries; handwriting; names and naming patterns; clans, septs, and tartans; clan and surname DNA projects; heraldry; and compiled genealogies.
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 8 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Currency
Scots Coinage, to 1707
Sterling Currency, from 1707 to 1971
Converting From Scots Money to Sterling
Weights and Measures
Scottish Weights and Measures, to 1707
The Act of Union, 1707
Scottish Weights and Measures, from 1824 to 1969
MODULE 2
CALENDARS AND PALAEOGRAPHY
Calendars, Days and Dates
Scottish Calendar Changes & The Family Historian
Regnal Years & Scottish Family History Research
Palaeography
Scottish Handwriting: Printed Material
MODULE 3
LANGUAGES AND GLOSSARIES
Early Languages in Scotland
(Scottish) Gaelic: Language Tools and Resources
Scots: Language Tools and Resources
Latin: Language Tools and Resources
Glossaries: An Introduction
Online Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
Printed Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
National Archives of Scotland Glossaries
Legal Glossaries
Medical Glossaries
Online Lists of Occupations
MODULE 4
FORENAMES AND PLACE NAMES
(Scottish) Gaelic: Background
Scottish Forenames
Scottish Place Names
MODULE 5
CLANS, SEPTS AND SURNAMES
Surnames in Scotland
The Clans of Scotland
Septs of Scottish Clans
DNA Analysis and Scottish Family History Research
Clan and Surname DNA Projects
Genetic Roots of the People of the British Isles
MODULE 6
SPECIALISED TOPICS AND DIGITAL BOOKS
Compiled Genealogies
Scottish Biographical Dictionaries
Scots Peerage and Nobility
Scots Heraldry
Clans: Tartans, Badges and Mottoes etc.
MODULE 1
CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Currency
Scots Coinage, to 1707
Sterling Currency, from 1707 to 1971
Converting From Scots Money to Sterling
Weights and Measures
Scottish Weights and Measures, to 1707
The Act of Union, 1707
Scottish Weights and Measures, from 1824 to 1969
MODULE 2
CALENDARS AND PALAEOGRAPHY
Calendars, Days and Dates
Scottish Calendar Changes & The Family Historian
Regnal Years & Scottish Family History Research
Palaeography
Scottish Handwriting: Printed Material
MODULE 3
LANGUAGES AND GLOSSARIES
Early Languages in Scotland
(Scottish) Gaelic: Language Tools and Resources
Scots: Language Tools and Resources
Latin: Language Tools and Resources
Glossaries: An Introduction
Online Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
Printed Glossaries for Local and Family Historians
National Archives of Scotland Glossaries
Legal Glossaries
Medical Glossaries
Online Lists of Occupations
MODULE 4
FORENAMES AND PLACE NAMES
(Scottish) Gaelic: Background
Scottish Forenames
Scottish Place Names
MODULE 5
CLANS, SEPTS AND SURNAMES
Surnames in Scotland
The Clans of Scotland
Septs of Scottish Clans
DNA Analysis and Scottish Family History Research
Clan and Surname DNA Projects
Genetic Roots of the People of the British Isles
MODULE 6
SPECIALISED TOPICS AND DIGITAL BOOKS
Compiled Genealogies
Scottish Biographical Dictionaries
Scots Peerage and Nobility
Scots Heraldry
Clans: Tartans, Badges and Mottoes etc.