Have you used... Scottish agricultural survey books?

In just a couple of weeks my next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, will be published. To pave the way, each week until publication I have been flagging up a key site or resource that you may not be aware of if you are new to genealogy, or which you may have overlooked if researching for a while, which might just help with your Scottish research!

This week... the General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Scotland.

Several survey books were published in the late 18th century and early 19th century on a county by county basis for the Board of Agriculture entitled General View of the Agriculture of the County of... Each detailed the state of the agricultural industry in that area, including discussion on those working as labourers and farmers, the state of the land, and suggestions for improvements. Most are available to view on both Google Books and the Internet Archive; for example, General View of the County of Inverness, published in 1808, can be found at https://bit.ly/GeneralViewAgricultureInverness. A compilation of fourteen of the surveys from 1794, entitled General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Scotland, Issues 1-14 is available at https://bit.ly/GeneralViewAgricultureScotland, and covers Fife, Galloway, the Hebrides, Central Highlands, East Lothian, Midlothian, Southern Districts of the County of Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Tweedale (Peebles), along with an account for the Isle of Man.

Have fun!

* Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet is available for pre-order now at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Scottish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/17717.

Chris

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