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The Armstrong Clan Society
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Armstrong Clan Society - One Hundred Thousand Welcomes! |
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The Armstrong Clan Society has been organized to: 1) Seek friendship and unity among Armstrongs and associated families. 2) Provide for the preservation of Armstrong artifacts unique to the family and to maintain a library. 3) Serve as a genealogical and historical recorder of the membership, 4) Provide quarterly news, Armstrong history and genealogy via The Armstrong Chronicles, 5) Establish geographic membership representation.
Membership All Armstrongs, Croziers, Fairbairns, Groziers and Nixons, regardless of spelling, and their descendants, are eligible for full membership in The Society. All others interested in furthering the goals of The Society may become associate members. In the United States and Canada, dues are $25 per year, including two adults and all minor children. In all other countries dues are $35 per year, payable in US funds. You can click here to download a membership application. Any questions? Email Peter Armstrong at parmstrong2@sc.rr.com or mail to Peter A. Armstrong 128 Essex Dr Summerville, SC 29485
Lord Lyon, King of Arms, Recognizes an Honorable Company On September 24, 1984 the Lord Lyon, King of Arms granted warrant to the Lyon clerk to matriculate in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland in the name of Armstrong Clan Society, Inc. "acting world-wide and in particular within the United States of America" to further the interests of the Armstrong family. Matriculated in the 8th day of February 1985 in the 110th page of the 62nd volume of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
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The Scottish Archive Network By Diane Rapaport Extracted from
The Highlander magazine, March / April 2005 To Subscribe Call 1-800-123-4567 One of my favorite Web sites is the
Scottish Archive Network (SCAN), www.scan.org.uk,
maintained by the National Archives of Scotland. The SCAN Web site offers
so much valuable information that novice researchers should make it their
first stop, and experienced genealogists will want to return again and
again. In 1999, SCAN embarked on a huge project
- to digitize and catalog archives from all over Scotland - and this
ambitious undertaking has opened up a vast historical resource. On www.scan.org.uk, and on two related Web sites
created by SCAN (www.scottishhandwriting.com
and www.scottishdocuments.com),
researchers can access a searchable online catalog describing thousands of
document collections from 52 Scottish archives, digital copies of more
than 600,000 Scottish wills and testaments from 1500 to 1901 and a range
of online reference tools, publications, discussion groups and Web site
links. To make the most of SCAN's resources,
visit www.scan.org.uk and check these
helpful features: Research Tools.
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned genealogist, click on
"Research Tools". There, an online "Family History Guide" offers
step-by-step tips to plan your genealogical research what you can expect to accomplish at
home and on the internet, key concepts for researching Scottish family
history, how to find and use the principal types of records (civil
registers, old parish registers and census returns) and special
considerations when searching for a particular profession or category of
ancestor (e.g., paupers, policemen, emigrants, prisoners, etc.). If you have specific questions or want
more detail about a Scottish research topic, check SCAN's "Knowledge
Base." This extensive online database answers frequently asked
questions and provides tutorials, Web site links and sources organized
by record types (from broadsides to passenger lists to wills and
testaments), subjects (burghs, heraldry, poor relief, etc.) and place
names. A "Gazetteer of Scottish Places" lets you search for a
specific town or browse place categories to determine how boundaries and
jurisdictions have changed over time, and to pinpoint the location of key
archives and historical records. When you encounter unfamiliar words or
phrases in your Scottish genealogy research, take a look at the SCAN "Glossary"
and learn the meaning of words from "abuilyements" to "wadset."
The "Scots Currency Converter" will explain everything
you need to know about money, coinage and banking in Scotland over the
centuries, allowing you to add the pounds, shillings and pence that you
find in Scottish wills, and to convert Scots money into English sterling
equivalents. Similarly, with the "Weights and Measures Guide"
you can decipher old Scots measurements in inventories and valuation rolls
like "thrie firlots beir" - and figure out whether an 18th-century Scottish mile was different from a mile
across the border in England. Online Catalog.
SCAN's online catalog summarizes the content of more than 29,000 archive
collections in 52 repositories across Scotland, from major institutions
like the National Archives of Scotland and Scottish universities, to
specialized or regional organizations like the Scottish Jewish Archives
Centre, Clan Donald Centre Library or the North Highland Archive. With one
search at this single Web site, you can find out whether a Scottish
archive holds records that may be helpful for your genealogical project
before making a trip to Scotland or hiring a researcher. A few tips for effective searching: Start with one-word queries (part of a
topic, place or name) in the "Any Text" line of the search
screen. If your query yields too many results, click the "back"
button on your browser and narrow your search by adding another word. For
example, my search for "Inverness", turned up 440 archive references. I
returned to the search screen and added the word "court" (making
sure to check "and" in the "Options" at the bottom of
the search screen, to find record descriptions containing both
"Inverness" and "court"). This time, my search yielded
49 hits, a more manageable total. If you are looking for church records,
type the place name in the "Any Text" line, and "CH2"
(a standard Scottish archives code for church records) in the "RefNo"
line. For example, a search for "Tain" and "CH2"
identified four collections - church records from 1693 to 1978 - all at
the National Archives of Scotland. Caution: Be sure to check
"and" in the "Options" at the bottom of the search
screen. When I tried the same search, checking "or" in the
"Options" fields, I ended up with 1,520 hits apparently archive
entries referring to Tain or church records! If you are searching for a particular surname, try different
spellings. When I typed "Munro" in the "Any Text"
line, my search turned up 77 entries. A search for "Munroe,"
however, yielded only one record collection; "Monro" found 56
entries; "Monroe" resulted in 15. Searching simultaneously for
all of those variants - Munro Munroe Monro Monroe - and checking
"or" in the "Options" also worked. When searching for
a specific individual, check "phrase" in the "Options"
field of the search screen and try different queries. For example, when
searching for "James Ross," I entered the surname first in the
"Any Text" line, e.g., "Ross James," and got only one
hit. Changing the search to "James Ross" yielded seven record
entries. Note, however, that you are unlikely to find a particular
ancestor by this method unless the individual was well known. You can browse the holdings at any
participating archive by selecting the repository name on the dropdown
list and clicking "Search." Directory and Forum. SCAN's online Directory provides
contact information and "virtual tours" of participating
archives, news about Scottish genealogical publications and links to other
useful Web sites. The Forum offers a message board for queries by other
SCAN users about Scottish archives, history and genealogy. Digital Archive.
Click Digital Archive at the top of the screen to enter one of the most
entertaining and educational parts of the SCAN Web site. Discover a
treasure trove of high-quality digital images of historical documents,
photographs and exhibitions on a wide variety of subjects from
participating archives. Learn about witchcraft in 17th-century Dumfries
and African slavery in 18th and 19th-century Glasgow, inspect a rare 1724
"cess book" detailing land ownership in Lanarkshire, search for
names in the passenger lists of Highland emigration to Australia - and you
can spend as much viewing time as you want, because SCAN offers these
images free of charge! SCAN recently completed a four year project - digitizing all wills and
testaments registered in Scottish commissary and sheriffs courts from 1500
to 1901 and www.Scottishdocuments.com now makes these archives available to
researchers. You can search a free index of more than 600,000 wills and
testaments and (for a low cost) download digital copies of original
documents. I quickly located the 1669 testament of possible ancestor
Alexander Hanna of Alloway, and a few minutes later, I was reading a
high-quality color copy online (with the help of scottishhandwriting.com). Future Projects. SCAN archivists are digitizing church court records from every parish in Scotland, a massive project expected to take seven years. Plans are also underway, and may be completed in early 2005, to integrate scottishdocuments.com into a redesigned Web site at the official online database of the General Register Office for Scotland, www.scotiandspeople.gov.uk. That enhanced Web site, part of a new Scottish Family History Service targeted for 2006, envisions a "one-stop shopping" source, consolidating services currently provided separately by the National Archives of Scotland, the General Register Office and the Court of the Lord Lyon. New 30 Oct 2006 |
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