{"product_id":"black-book-of-taymouth-surname-index-genealogy-guide-1428-1703-pdf","title":"Black Book of Taymouth Surname Index \u0026 Genealogy Guide (1428–1703) PDF","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fairbairns-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnlock one of Scotland’s richest—and most notoriously difficult—Highland archival sources in seconds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eOriginally compiled in 1598 by Master William Bowie for Sir Duncan Campbell (\"Black Duncan of the Cowl\") and printed by Cosmo Innes for the Bannatyne Club in 1855, \u003cem\u003eThe Black Book of Taymouth\u003c\/em\u003e is a cornerstone primary source for Central and West Highland family history. However, because the original 500-page volume is written in unindexed 16th-century Middle Scots, legal Latin, and shifting Gaelic patronymics, locating a specific ancestor has traditionally required weeks of painstaking page-by-page translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThis modern \u003cstrong\u003eGenealogical Research Guide \u0026amp; Surname Index Workbook\u003c\/strong\u003e does the heavy lifting for you. Every single named individual, tenant, witness, outlaw, foster-parent, and muster-roll fencible man across the Breadalbane and Glenurchy archives (1428–1703) has been extracted, standardized, and translated into plain-English biographical abstracts with exact page citations to the 1855 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003chr\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003e📊 What’s Inside This Digital Research Workbook:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e557 Structured Biographical \u0026amp; Genealogical Abstracts:\u003c\/strong\u003e Far more than a bare list of page numbers—each entry summarizes who the person was, their occupation or legal role, family relationships (fathers, brothers, wives, widows, and natural children), and the exact historical event recorded.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e198 Standardized Surnames + 170 Gaelic Patronymic \u0026amp; Territorial Entries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cross-references phonetic Middle Scots spellings (e.g., \u003cem\u003eMakcwill, MacGillekeyr, Menzeis,Toscheocht\u003c\/em\u003e) and unfixed Gaelic patronymics (\u003cem\u003eM‘ic, V‘ic, and Neyn\/Nic\u003c\/em\u003e) so you never miss an ancestor hiding under a clan alias or patronymic chain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParish, Barony \u0026amp; Estate Directory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tracks families across \u003cstrong\u003eBalloch (Taymouth), Finlarg, Killin, Inchaddin (Kenmore), Weem, Fortingall, Dull, Glenurchy, Glenlyon, Glenfalloch, Strathfillan, Balquhidder, Rannoch, Lorn, and Lismore\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 Major Classes of Highland Records Abstracted:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n      \u003col\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Glenurchy Genealogy (1432–1648):\u003c\/em\u003e Marriages, dowries, cadet branches, and natural children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Fortirgall (1415–1579):\u003c\/em\u003e Rare pre-parish-register death and burial dates in Fortingall, Inchaddin, Weem, Killin, and Dysart (Glenorchy).\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBonds of Manrent, Fosterage \u0026amp; Adoptive Grants (1488–1681):\u003c\/em\u003e Contracts of clan allegiance, calps, and adoptive \"bairn's part\" inheritance shares.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRentals, Bowhouse Stock \u0026amp; Household Books (1582–1626):\u003c\/em\u003e Named dairy tenants, millers, smiths, brewers, and castle guests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBarony \u0026amp; Justiciary Court Books (1621–1642):\u003c\/em\u003e Jury lists, bloodwite fines, cattle-theft trials, and local disputes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe 1638 Muster Rolls:\u003c\/em\u003e Farm-by-farm lists of able-bodied men and their weapons (swords, targes, hagbuts, and Lochaber axes).\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003c\/ol\u003e\n 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MacGillequhonnill, MacGillerawyth, MacGillerioch, MacGillespic, MacGillespick, MacGillespie, MacGillespik, MacGilleveir, MacGillevene, MacGillevernan, MacGilleverthane, MacGillevorie, MacGillewra, MacGorrie, MacGrassych, MacGregor, MacGregour, MacGressiche, MacGynnab, MacGynthossych, MacGynthossye, MacHale, MacHouston, MacHuston, MacIlegirf, MacIllecheir, MacIllechonile, MacIllechreist, MacIllegerif, MacIllemertein, MacIllepatrik, MacIllereoch, MacIllevallich, MacIlleverchan, MacIllevernak, MacIllevollycht, MacIlleweyne, MacIllewie, MacIllewlane, MacIllguis, MacIllichear, MacIllichrist, MacInayr, MacIndayn, MacIndene, MacIndeor, MacIndeora, MacIndewar, MacIndla, MacIndoctor, MacIndoer, MacIndoire, MacInlestar, MacInnwer, MacInnyeskar, MacInstalker, MacIntagart, MacIntailliour, MacIntaillour, MacIntailyeour, MacIntailzeour, MacIntalyeour, MacInteir, MacIntheir, MacInthosse, MacIntosche, MacIntuorine, MacIntworine, MacIntyir, MacIntyr, MacJames, MacJok, MacKay, MacKeandley, MacKeich, 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