Bibliography
A working list of the sources cited across the notebook and genealogy pages, in two parts. The first is the wider catalogue - in-copyright works, archival records, statutes and websites that can’t be mirrored here. The second covers public-domain books and maps the archive holds directly under Documents. Each part is grouped by source type.
Cited but not hosted here
Sources referred to in the notebook and genealogy pages that the archive can’t mirror directly - in-copyright works, archival records consulted in person, statutes, third-party websites and Canmore database entries. Where a public link exists, it’s given in the citation.
Books, articles and printed editions
@book{innes1956,
author = {[[Innes of Learney]], Thomas},
title = {Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science},
year = {1956},
edition = {2nd},
publisher = {Oliver and Boyd},
address = {Edinburgh},
note = {The standard modern treatment of Scottish heraldic law, with extended discussion of chiefly succession, the heir male, the derbhfine and the procedure for reviving a dormant chiefship. Still in copyright; consult through a library. Reissues remain in print.}
}
@book{pitcairn1833,
author = {Pitcairn, Robert},
title = {Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland},
year = {1833},
publisher = {Bannatyne Club and Maitland Club},
address = {Edinburgh},
note = {Edited extracts from the records of the High Court of Justiciary, 1488-1624. The source for the early-16th-century Glengyle entries quoted in the notebook - notably the 15 November 1533 list of “fratres” put to the horn for theft.}
}
@misc{black-book-taymouth,
editor = {Innes, Cosmo},
title = {The Black Book of Taymouth},
year = {1855},
publisher = {Bannatyne Club},
address = {Edinburgh},
note = {Printed edition of the chronicle and rentals of the Campbells of Glenorchy/Breadalbane. Source of the 1547 bond of manrent at the Castle of Glenurquhay that names the early Clann Dubhgall Cheire heads (Donald McGillekeyr and others).}
}
@misc{wordsworth1803,
author = {Wordsworth, Dorothy},
title = {Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A.D. 1803},
year = {1874},
publisher = {Edmonston and Douglas},
address = {Edinburgh},
url = {https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28880/28880-h/28880-h.htm},
note = {Travel journal kept on the Wordsworths’ 1803 Scottish tour, published posthumously. The entry for 12 September 1803 records the visit to Loch Katrine and the Glengyle MacGregors’ burial ground at Portnellan. Project Gutenberg edition linked.}
}
@incollection{wordsworth-robroy,
author = {Wordsworth, William},
title = {Rob Roy’s Grave},
booktitle = {Poems, in Two Volumes},
year = {1807},
publisher = {Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme},
address = {London},
url = {https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rob_Roy%27s_Grave},
note = {Lyric written after the Wordsworths’ 1803 Scottish tour, on the supposed grave of Rob Roy MacGregor at Balquhidder. First collected in Poems, in Two Volumes. Wikisource edition linked.}
}
@article{macgregor1926,
author = {MacGregor, John},
title = {Glengyle House},
journal = {Glasgow Herald},
year = {1926},
month = {jun},
day = {3},
url = {http://glendiscovery.com/glengyle-house.htm},
note = {Article by John MacGregor W.S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, contemporary of Amelia MacGregor and careful chronicler of the family’s legal records. He died c.1938, so the article has been in the public domain in the United Kingdom since the end of 2008. His personal papers are GD50 in the National Records of Scotland; an annotated copy survives in the Sheila MacGregor papers at the National Library of Scotland (Acc.11713 item 40).}
}
Online sources
@misc{lawrie-genealogy,
author = {Lawrie, Peter},
title = {The Genealogy of Clan Gregor},
howpublished = {Glen Discovery},
url = {https://glendiscovery.com/gregor-genealogy.html},
note = {Index page for an extensive per-house series. The pages most often drawn on here are 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 20, 22 (Clann Dubhgall Cheire in Glengyle), 28 (Descendants of Donald Glas), 49, 76 and 78. Cite the specific Glen Discovery sub-page rather than the local GEDCOM mirror.}
}
@misc{lawrie-glengyle-house,
author = {Lawrie, Peter},
title = {Glengyle House},
howpublished = {Glen Discovery},
url = {https://glendiscovery.com/glengyle-house},
note = {Modern overview of the house and its keepers, with photographs.}
}
@misc{lawrie-balquhidder,
author = {Lawrie, Peter},
title = {Rob Roy is buried at Balquhidder},
howpublished = {Glen Discovery},
url = {http://glendiscovery.com/rob_roy_is_buried_at_balquhidder.html},
note = {Account of the railed grave at Balquhidder Old Parish Church - the three re-used slabs and the 1890 iron railings naming Rob Roy, his wife Mary, and his sons Coll and Robin.}
}
@misc{clangregor-greatlakes,
author = {[[Clan Gregor Society]], Great Lakes Chapter},
title = {About Us},
howpublished = {Clan Gregor Society, Great Lakes Chapter},
url = {https://clangregorsocietyglc.org/About-Us},
note = {Narrative history of Rob Roy and the Glengyle line. Source of the unsourced tradition that Rob Roy buried his father Donald Glas at Portnellan in 1702 - a claim no monumental inscription or Historic Environment Scotland record confirms.}
}
@misc{canmore-glengyle-house,
author = {[[Historic Environment Scotland]]},
title = {Glengyle House, MacGregor of Glengyle Burial Enclosure},
howpublished = {Canmore site 167538},
url = {https://canmore.org.uk/site/167538/glengyle-house-macgregor-of-glengyle-burial-enclosure},
note = {Canmore record for the house and burial enclosure; the enclosure is listed building LB4023 (LB4024 is Glengyle House itself).}
}
@misc{canmore-portnellan,
author = {[[Historic Environment Scotland]]},
title = {East Portnellan, Chapel and Burial-ground of the Clan MacGregor},
howpublished = {Canmore site 23945},
url = {https://canmore.org.uk/site/23945/east-portnellan-chapel-and-burial-ground-of-the-clan-macgregor},
note = {Canmore record for the Portnellan chapel and burial ground at the head of Loch Katrine; listed building reference LB4066.}
}
@misc{canmore-glenorchy-dysart,
author = {[[Historic Environment Scotland]]},
title = {Glenorchy, Church of Dysart},
howpublished = {Canmore site 23656},
url = {https://canmore.org.uk/site/23656/glenorchy-church-of-dysart},
note = {Canmore record for the church and churchyard at Dalmally (Clachan Dysart), including the late medieval MacGregor grave-slabs of the Loch Awe school.}
}
@misc{clangregor-dalmally-stones,
author = {[[Clan Gregor Society]]},
title = {The Dalmally Stones Project},
howpublished = {Clan Gregor Society},
url = {https://www.clangregor.com/dalmallystonesproject},
note = {Account of the long campaign to conserve the carved MacGregor grave-slabs at Glenorchy Parish Church and move them indoors, completed in 2022-23.}
}
Statutes
@misc{lyon-act-1672,
title = {Lyon King of Arms Act 1672},
year = {1672},
howpublished = {c.21, Acts of the Parliament of Scotland},
url = {https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1672/47},
note = {Founding statute of the modern Lyon Court and the source of the Lord Lyon’s judicial powers; the basis on which Lyon Court still operates as a court of record in Scotland.}
}
@misc{family-law-2006,
title = {Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006},
year = {2006},
howpublished = {asp 2},
url = {https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/2/contents},
note = {The principal modern Scottish statute on the legal status of children, removing most remaining distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate children for general civil purposes. Earlier reforms in the same direction: the Legitimation (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986.}
}
Held in the archive
Public-domain works the keeper has scanned or mirrored under Documents. The “Local copy in the archive” link beneath each entry opens the file on this site; the original print or online edition is given in the citation.
Books and directories
@book{macgregor1898,
author = {MacGregor, Amelia Georgiana Murray},
title = {History of the Clan Gregor, Vol. 1},
year = {1898},
publisher = {William Brown for the Clan Gregor Society},
address = {Edinburgh},
url = {http://www.glendiscovery.com/amelia-vol1-chap01.html},
localpath = {documents/books/non-fiction/clan-gregor/history-of-clan-gregor-vol-1.pdf},
note = {The standard scholarly history of the clan, compiled from public records (Privy Council, Justiciary, Exchequer) and the Clan Gregor Society’s collected papers. Volume 1 covers origins through the 17th century. Public-domain scan held in the archive; chapter-by-chapter HTML on Glen Discovery.}
}
@book{macgregor1901,
author = {MacGregor, Amelia Georgiana Murray},
title = {History of the Clan Gregor, Vol. 2},
year = {1901},
publisher = {William Brown for the Clan Gregor Society},
address = {Edinburgh},
url = {http://www.glendiscovery.com/amelia-vol2-chap18.html},
localpath = {documents/books/non-fiction/clan-gregor/history-of-clan-gregor-vol-2.pdf},
note = {Volume 2 continues to the late 19th century. Chapter 18, “MacGregor of Glengyle or House of Dougal Ciar”, is the indispensable starting point for Glengyle research.}
}
@book{johnston1899,
author = {Johnston, Thomas Brumby and Robertson, James A.},
title = {Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland},
year = {1899},
edition = {3rd},
publisher = {W. and A.K. Johnston},
address = {Edinburgh},
localpath = {documents/books/non-fiction/historical-geography-clans-scotland.pdf},
note = {Atlas-history of the Scottish clans, pairing territorial maps with brief accounts of each clan’s lands and descent. The accompanying folding map is held separately in the archive.}
}
@misc{glasgow-po-directory-1901,
title = {The Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1901-1902},
year = {1901},
publisher = {W. Mackenzie},
address = {Glasgow},
localpath = {documents/directories/glasgow/post-office-directory-1901-1902.pdf},
note = {Annual residents, trades and streets directory of Glasgow. Used here to place the Glengyle MacGregors’ Glasgow connections - John MacGregor W.S. and others - in the city’s professional life.}
}
Maps
@misc{os-six-inch-perth-cxii-ne-1901,
author = {[[Ordnance Survey]]},
title = {Perth and Clackmannan Sheet CXII.NE},
year = {1901},
edition = {2nd},
howpublished = {Six-inch series, Southampton},
localpath = {documents/maps/os-six-inch-perth-cxii-ne-1901.png},
note = {Ordnance Survey six-inch sheet covering Balquhidder, Buchanan and Callander, revised 1898 and published 1901; the head of Loch Katrine and Glen Gyle sit near the centre of the frame.}
}
@misc{os-six-inch-stirling-niii-1924,
author = {[[Ordnance Survey]]},
title = {Stirlingshire Sheet nIII},
year = {1924},
howpublished = {Six-inch series, Southampton},
localpath = {documents/maps/os-six-inch-stirling-niii-1924.png},
note = {Ordnance Survey six-inch sheet covering Aberfoyle, Buchanan and Callander, revised 1914 and published 1924; takes in the southern shore of Loch Katrine and the ground approaching Glen Gyle from the south.}
}
@misc{johnston-map-1899,
author = {Johnston, Thomas Brumby and Robertson, James A.},
title = {Map of the Clans of Scotland},
year = {1899},
edition = {3rd},
howpublished = {W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London},
localpath = {documents/maps/johnston-clans-of-scotland-1899.jpg},
note = {The folding map accompanying the third edition of Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland. Each clan’s country is shaded in its own tint; the Trossachs and Loch Katrine band is the ground the Glengyle MacGregors held.}
}
@misc{forlani-scotia-1560,
author = {Forlani, Paolo},
title = {Scotia. Regno di Scotia},
year = {1560},
howpublished = {Venice},
localpath = {documents/maps/forlani-scotia-1560.png},
note = {Mid-16th-century Italian map of Scotland by the Venetian engraver Paolo Forlani, predating the Pont surveys; one of the earliest printed Scotland sheets in the archive.}
}
@misc{nicolay-costes-escosse-1583,
author = {Nicolay, Nicolas de},
title = {Vraye \& exacte description Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse \& des Isles Orchade},
year = {1583},
howpublished = {France},
localpath = {documents/maps/nicolay-costes-escosse-1583.png},
note = {French marine chart of the Scottish coasts and the Orkneys by Nicolas de Nicolay, geographer to the French crown; one of the earliest printed hydrographic surveys of Scotland.}
}
@misc{jansson-c1640,
author = {Jansson, Jan},
title = {Lennox and Menteth},
year = {1640},
howpublished = {Amsterdam},
localpath = {documents/maps/jan-jansson-c1640.png},
note = {Mid-17th-century Dutch map of the Lennox and Menteith, the earliest map in the archive to show the head of Loch Katrine and the Glengyle MacGregors’ country with any clarity.}
}
@misc{blaeu-gordon-scotia-regnum-1662,
author = {Blaeu, Joan and Gordon, Robert},
title = {Scotia Regnum},
year = {1662},
howpublished = {Atlas Maior, vol.\ 6, Amsterdam},
localpath = {documents/maps/blaeu-gordon-scotia-regnum-1662.png},
note = {The general Scotland plate from Blaeu's Atlas Maior; built on Timothy Pont's late-16th-century manuscript surveys as edited by Robert Gordon of Straloch.}
}
@misc{lempriere-highlands-1731,
author = {Lempriere, Clement},
title = {A Description of the Highlands of Scotland, the Several Clans, the Forts, and the Roads},
year = {1731},
howpublished = {London},
localpath = {documents/maps/lempriere-highlands-1731.png},
note = {Early-18th-century military map of the Highlands by Captain Clement Lempriere of the Board of Ordnance; shows clan country, the post-1715 garrison forts and Wade's military roads.}
}
@misc{manson-clans-1715-rising-1783,
author = {Manson, John},
title = {A Description of Part of the Highlands of Scotland [showing clans which rebelled in 1715]},
year = {1783},
howpublished = {Manuscript, NLS MS.1649 Z.03/41a},
localpath = {documents/maps/manson-clans-1715-rising-1783.png},
note = {Manuscript map by John Manson, dated January 1783, marking the clan countries that came out for the Old Pretender in the 1715 rising; Clan Gregor is among those shown.}
}
@misc{campbell-scotland-south-1790,
author = {Campbell, Robert and Sayer, Robert},
title = {A New and Correct Map of Scotland or North Britain, with all the Post and Military Roads (South Sheet)},
year = {1790},
howpublished = {London},
localpath = {documents/maps/campbell-scotland-south-1790.png},
note = {The south sheet of Lieutenant Robert Campbell's road map of Scotland, published by Robert Sayer; covers the Trossachs and the head of Loch Katrine in the post-Wade road network.}
}
@misc{loch-catherine-guide-1814,
title = {The Scenery of the Lakes of Scotland: A Guide for Tourists to Loch Catherine and the Trosachs},
year = {1814},
howpublished = {John Forbes, Stirling},
localpath = {documents/maps/loch-catherine-guide-1814.png},
note = {Early tourist guide and map of Loch Katrine and the Trossachs, published a few years after Scott’s Lady of the Lake set off the first great wave of Trossachs tourism.}
}
@misc{wood-dumbarton-1818,
author = {Wood, John},
title = {Map of Dumbarton Shire from Actual Survey},
year = {1818},
howpublished = {Edinburgh},
localpath = {documents/maps/wood-dumbarton-1818.png},
note = {John Wood's surveyed county map of Dumbartonshire, engraved by Thomas Clerk; covers the Lennox country from the Clyde up to Loch Lomond and the south shore of Loch Katrine.}
}
@misc{lizars-highland-clans-1822,
author = {Lizars, William Home},
title = {Map of the Highlands of Scotland Denoting the Districts or Counties Inhabited by the Highland Clans},
year = {1822},
howpublished = {Edinburgh},
localpath = {documents/maps/lizars-highland-clans-1822.png},
note = {Edinburgh-engraved clan-territory map issued at the moment of George IV's 1822 visit to Scotland; shows Clan Gregor's country in the Trossachs alongside the surrounding clans.}
}
@misc{johnson-perthshire-1827,
author = {Johnson, William and Stobie, James},
title = {Perthshire, from Mr.\ James Stobie's Survey},
year = {1827},
howpublished = {Edinburgh},
localpath = {documents/maps/johnson-perthshire-1827.png},
note = {William Johnson's 1827 county map of Perthshire, redrawn from James Stobie's 1783 survey; Glen Gyle, the head of Loch Katrine and the Trossachs all sit on this sheet.}
}
@misc{thomson-perthshire-sw-1827,
author = {Thomson, John and Johnson, William},
title = {Perthshire with Clackmannan (South-West Sheet)},
year = {1827},
howpublished = {Atlas of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1832},
localpath = {documents/maps/thomson-perthshire-sw-1827.png},
note = {South-west sheet of the Perthshire and Clackmannan plate from John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland; covers the Trossachs and the head of Loch Katrine at larger scale than the single-sheet Perthshire of the same year.}
}