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Friday, May 16, 2008

A Wee Bit O' Scottish History Online

These are interesting and valuable online resources for researching Scottish history:

Debate on the 1820 Uprising in the Scottish Parliament
The 1820 Rising (free ebook at Electric Scotland)
White Slavery, What the Scots Already Know
Why Scots Cursed the Damn Yankees
The Act Against Highland Dress
The Act of Proscription 1747
International Civic Heraldry (Scotland)
The Jacobite Heritage (extensive digital archives)
National Library of Scotland's Interactive Timeline of Scottish History
James VI and the Union of the Crowns (National Library of Scotland)

Slainte,
Dianne

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Posted by Dianne Bergstedt FSA Scot at 2:47 PM

Labels: Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish Insurrection of 1820

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Links

  • Highland Games Calendar
  • Dianne Bergstedt FSA Scot
  • Lives and Times
  • Genealogy Web Directory (PDF)
  • The Capitol Scot (Exceptional Site)
  • Castlebay (Superior Musical Duet from Maine)
  • Ceilidh House
  • Maine Ulster Scots
  • Maine Ulster Scots Forum
  • St. Andrews Society of Maine
  • A Few Great Scots
  • Acadia Piper (Highly Recommended Maine Piper)
  • Anah Highlanders
  • Arbroath Abbey
  • Belfast (Maine) Historical Society and Museum
  • Can Ladies Wear A Kilt?
  • Cherokee Scots
  • Declaration of Arbroath
  • Electric Scotland (Exceptional Site)
  • History of the Bagpipes
  • History of Scotland in Wikipedia
  • History of Tartan
  • How To Wear The Kilt
  • Interactive Tartan Weaver
  • K&R Bagpiping Enterprises (Excellent Maine Pipers)
  • Kilt Day
  • List of U.S. State Tartans (partial)
  • Maine Celtic Celebration
  • National Archives Scotland
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Tartan Day
  • Northman's Ulster-Scots On MySpace
  • Online Tartan Designer
  • Save Scottish Gaelic
  • Scotland.org
  • Scotland's Tartan Day
  • Scotlinks
  • Scots in Maine
  • Scots in the US Census
  • The Scotsman Heritage & Culture
  • The Scottish Coalition USA
  • Scottish Freemasonry and Tartan Day
  • Scottish Genealogy
  • Scottish Government
  • Scottish Government Tartan Week
  • Scottish Parliament Tartan Day
  • Scottish Tartans Authority
  • Senate Resolution 155
  • Tartan Day in Wikipedia
  • Tartan Finder
  • Tartan Week in New York
  • US Scots Magazine
  • Vestiarium Scoticum
  • Washington D.C. Tartan Day
  • What's Your Clan?

Further Reading

  • 'Independent and Free: Scottish Politics and the Origins of the Scottish National Party, 1918-1945' by Richard J Finlay, ISBN 0-85976-399-4
  • 'Scotland: The Shaping of a Nation' by Gordon Donaldson, ISBN 0 7153 6904 0
  • 'Scottish Historical Documents' by Professor Gordon Donaldson ISBN 1-897784-41-4
  • 'The Scottish Insurrection of 1820' by Peter Berresford Ellis and Seumas Mac A'Ghobhainn, ISBN 0 85976 519 9
  • 'WILLIAM WALLACE' by Andrew Fisher, ISBN 0 85976 557 1

Blog Archive

  • ▼ 2008 (67)
    • ▼ 08/17 - 08/24 (1)
      • Scottish Naming Patterns
    • ► 08/10 - 08/17 (2)
      • Maine Highland Games
      • More Scottish Genealogy Resources
    • ► 08/03 - 08/10 (2)
      • May You Have Thumping Luck and Fat Weans
      • The Importance of Being Scottish
    • ► 07/27 - 08/03 (1)
      • The Act Of Proscription 1746
    • ► 07/20 - 07/27 (2)
      • Seal Pelts, Sporrans and Social Hysteria
      • The Blood Is Strong
    • ► 07/13 - 07/20 (2)
      • Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
      • Maine Ulster-Scots
    • ► 07/06 - 07/13 (2)
      • Raibeart Bruis
      • Annual Maine Scottish Military Tattoo 2008
    • ► 06/29 - 07/06 (1)
      • Words, Terms and Objects With A Scottish Influence...
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      • Andrew Murray and William Wallace
      • Maine Ulster-Scots at the Boothbay Windjammer Days...
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      • Ulster-Scots and Maine Phrases
      • Stooryduster
      • Western Mass Highland Games and Celtic Festival
    • ► 05/25 - 06/01 (4)
      • 2009 Tartan Day Buttons
      • On The Wearing Of The Kilt
      • Men In Kilts
      • What Is The Difference Between Plaid and Tartan?
    • ► 05/18 - 05/25 (1)
      • Scottish Government
    • ► 05/11 - 05/18 (8)
      • A Wee Bit O' Scottish History Online
      • How Not To Make Friends At Your Genealogy Research...
      • The 'Sanitization' of Scottish History
      • Scottish Genealogy Resources
      • Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival
      • A View of Scottish Independence
      • Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, Maine
      • 2008 Arkansas Tartan Day
    • ► 05/04 - 05/11 (6)
      • Maine Ulster Scots
      • The Ladies From Hell (Die Damen aus der Hölle)
      • Historic Highlanders
      • A Primer For Your First Highland Games
      • Arbroath Abbey, World Heritage Site Campaign
      • Tartan Day 2009 Buttons
    • ► 04/27 - 05/04 (11)
      • More Scottish Gaelic Phrases
      • Maine Ulster Scots Project
      • Maine Bagpipers and Bagpipe Bands
      • Scottish Trivia
      • The Act of Union (May 1, 1707)
      • English Words of Scottish Gaelic Origin
      • Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
      • Declaration of Arbroath (English Text)
      • Celebration of Celts Festival of Music, Dance & Hi...
      • Whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha)
      • The Battle of Dunbar (1296)
    • ► 04/20 - 04/27 (6)
      • The Maine Celtic Celebration
      • The Royal Scots Regiment
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