Some very vague Scottish additions this week to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Scotland, People of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty
FindmyPast states this to be a new set comprised of 7,239 records, covering 1338 to 1850. They also note the areas covered include the parishes of Avoch, Cromarty, Killearnan, Knockbain, Rosemarkie, Urquhart & Wester Logie. What they don't do is tell you what the source for the records are, other than the note at the bottom of each entry stating them to be copyright Bruce Bishop. As the following summary shows, FindmyPast's entries alone are not enough to look for additional information on a particular event without further details:
Bruce is a well respected Scottish genealogist who has spent many years working through kirk session records, parish registers, estate papers, and other sources, to identify named indviduals, and has produced many books detailing his findings. In this collection, it looks like the source is kirk session records - these are freely savailable on ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), but are not keyword searchable, so you will need to browse through to try to find any relevant entries.
Scotland, Poor Law & Poor Lists
"We added 739 records to this existing collection, covering over 100 years of Scottish history." Unfortunately there are no further details about what has actually been added.
Come on FindmyPast, you need to up your game.
Chris
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