The Celtic Magazine, Vol. IV (1879) — Alexander Mackenzie | Searchable PDF & Surname Index | Clan Mackenzie & Scottish Highland Genealogy

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Originally published in Inverness in 1879 and conducted by the celebrated Highland historian and genealogist Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot. (the "Clachnacuddin Seer" and author of the monumental histories of the Mackenzies, Macdonalds, Frasers, Camerons, and Chisholms), The Celtic Magazine: Volume IV (Nos. XXXVII–XLVIII, November 1878 – October 1879) is an indispensable primary source for anyone tracing ancestors across Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Sutherland, Argyll, Perthshire, and the Hebrides. Spanning twelve monthly issues, this volume preserves verbatim family pedigrees, sasines, marriage contracts, Crown charters, and oral traditions gathered directly from Highland charter chests and living nineteenth-century Gaelic tradition-bearers.

What's Inside This Enhanced Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition:

• Complete 472-Page Merged Research Edition: Combines 4 pages of newly typeset Fairbairn's Crests Front Matter (Pages i–iv), all 461 retained historical pages of the 1879 Inverness bound volume (Original Title/Contents pp. i–iv + Body pp. 1–457), and a newly compiled 7-page Back-of-Book Surname & Place Index.
• 100% Intact Native OCR & Original Archival Pages: Every historical page is preserved with its original 1879 typography, page toning, and native embedded optical character recognition (OCR) layer completely intact for instant Ctrl+F / Cmd+F keyword searching.
• 332-Entry Alphabetical Surname & Place Index: Features a custom-compiled back-of-book index mapping 169 Scottish & Highland surnames/lineages and 163 parishes, estates, castles, and settlements with exact printed page citations and our +8 Merged PDF page conversion formula.
• Eleven Instalments of the History & Genealogies of Clan Mackenzie: Traces the Earls of Seaforth (from Kenneth, 3rd Earl, through Killiecrankie, Sheriffmuir, Glenshiel in 1719, and Francis Humberston Mackenzie, last Lord Seaforth) alongside complete cadet genealogies of the Mackenzies of Pluscarden, Lochslinn, Tarbat and Royston (Earls of Cromartie), Prestonhall, Ardloch, Davochmaluag, Glack, Gruinard, and the Baronets of Gairloch.
• Primary Highland Charters & Genealogical Queries: Includes Charles Fraser-Mackintosh's Ancient Possessors and Writs of Culloden (15th–16th century charters of the Edmonstones, Strachans, Mackintoshes, and Roses of Clava), D. C. Macpherson's The Clandonald of Keppoch, General A. Stewart-Allan's William, Lord Crechtoun at Tain and Inverness (1483–1489), and dedicated genealogical notices on the Cuthberts of Castlehill and Drakies, Rosses of Invercharron, Chiefs of the Mathesons, Macbeans of Kinchyle, Macdonalds of Aberarder, Chisholms of Teawig, and the Highland ancestry of Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.
• Jacobite History, Gaelic Literature & Music: Contains primary accounts of Prince Charles Edward at and after Culloden, Rev. Alexander Macgregor's Early Scenes of Flora Macdonald's Life, Rev. Dr. Donald Masson's 7-part history of Our Gaelic Bible and early SPCK Highland schools, Sir Walter Scott's unpublished letters on Captain Fraser of Knockie's Highland melodies, Charles Fergusson's Gaelic Names and Uses of Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, and 10 traditional Gaelic songs with musical notation.

Historical & Regional Overview

During the late 1870s, Inverness was the intellectual capital of the Gaelic Revival, and Alexander Mackenzie's Celtic Magazine served as the premier forum where clan historians, antiquarians, and diaspora researchers in Canada, Australia, and the United States exchanged charter evidence and genealogical proofs. Volume IV is particularly prized by family historians because it bridges the gap between medieval baronial charters and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century parish registers—documenting cadet younger sons, tacksmen, Jacobite officers of the '15 and '45, British military regiments (such as the 78th Ross-shire Buffs / Seaforth Highlanders), and Highland emigrants to Nova Scotia, Pictou, and Ontario.

In addition to its genealogical pedigrees, this volume captures the social and cultural fabric of the Highlands: from the 1878–1879 Directory of Office-Bearers of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, the Glasgow Highland Association, the London Highland Camanachd Club, and the Glasgow Perthshire Association, to Professor John Stuart Blackie's address on the social economy of the Highlands, the collapse of the Caledonian Bank, and the heraldic clan windows of the Inverness New Town Hall.

Surnames & Families Indexed in This Volume:

Abercromby / Abercrombie, Aird, Allan / Stewart-Allan, Anderson, Argyll (Campbell, Earl/Duke of), Athole / Atholl (Earl/Duke of), Baillie, Bain / Bayne, Balfour, Bannerman, Barclay, Beaton / Bethune, Blackie (Prof. John Stuart), Blair, Bruce, Buchanan, Calder, Cameron, Campbell, Chalmers, Chisholm, Clerk, Cochrane, Colquhoun, Comyn / Cumming, Craig, Crawford / Craufurd, Crichton / Crechtoun, Cromarty / Cromartie (Earl of), Cuthbert, Dallas, Davidson, Dewar, Dingwall, Douglas, Drummond, Dunbar, Duncan, Dundas, Dundee (Claverhouse, Viscount), Edmonstone / Edmiston, Erskine, Ferguson / Fergusson, Fleming, Forbes, Fowler, Fraser / Frazer, Fraser-Mackintosh, Gibson, Gillanders, Gillies / Gillis, Gladstone, Gordon, Gow, Graham / Grahame, Grant, Gray, Gregory, Gunn, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hay, Henderson, Hepburn, Home / Hume, Hope, Humberston, Huntly (Earl/Marquis of), Inglis, Innes, Irvine / Irving, Jolly, Keith, Kennedy, Kerr, Lauder (Dick Lauder), Leith, Lennox, Leslie, Livingstone / Livingston, Lochiel (Cameron of), Logan, Lorne (Marquis of), Lovat (Fraser, Lord), Macalister / Macallister, Macaulay, Macbean / MacBain, Macbeth, Maccallum, Maccoll, Macculloch, Macdonald / Macdonell, Macdougall / Macdowall, Macfarlane, Macgregor, Macinnes, Macintyre, Mackay, Mackellar, Mackenzie, Mackinnon, Mackintosh, Maclachlan / Maclauchlan, Maclaren, Maclean, Macleod, Macmillan, Macnab, Macneil / Macneill, Macnicol, Macphail, Macpherson, Macqueen, Macrae, Mactavish, Malcolmson / Malcolm, Mar (Earl of), Marischal (Earl), Masson, Matheson, Maxwell, Melfort (Earl/Countess of), Menzies, Middleton, Miller / Millar, Mitchell, Monro / Munro, Montrose (Marquis/Duke of), Moray / Murray, Morrison, Muddock, Murchison, Nairne, Napier, Nicolson / Nicholson, Noble, Ogilvy / Ogilvie, Paterson, Ramsay, Reid, Riddell, Robertson, Rose, Ross, Scott, Seaforth (Mackenzie, Earl of), Shaw, Sim, Sinclair, Skene, Smith, Stanley, Stewart / Stuart, Stirling, Strachan, Sutherland, Tarbat (Viscount), Taylor, Thomson, Tolmie, Tullibardine (Marquis of), Tulloch, Urquhart, Vaughan, Wade (General/Marshal), Watson, Waus / Vaus, Wilson, Young.

Parishes, Estates, Castles & Settlements Indexed:

Aberarder, Abercairney, Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire, Allangrange, Applecross, Ardintoul, Ardloch, Ardnagrask, Argyll / Argyllshire, Assynt, Athole / Atholl, Avoch, Ayr / Ayrshire, Badenoch, Balconie, Ballifeary / Dunachton, Banff / Banffshire, Beauly, Benbecula, Bernera, Braemar, Brahan / Brahan Castle, Breadalbane, Buchan, Bute, Caithness, Caledonian Canal, Canada (Nova Scotia, Pictou, Ontario), Castle Leod, Castlehill, Clava, Clyde, Conan / Strathconon, Contin, Coolin / Cuillin Hills (Skye), Coul, Cromarty / Cromartyshire, Culloden, Davochmaluag, Davochpollo / Davochcairn, Dingwall, Drakies, Drumnadrochit, Dumbarton / Dumbartonshire, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dundonnell, Dunkeld, Duntreath, Duntulm Castle (Skye), Dunvegan Castle (Skye), Edinburgh, Elgin / Morayshire, Fairburn, Fearn / Fernaig, Fife, Findon, Finlay / Finary (Fiunary), Fodderty, Fort Augustus, Fort George, Fort William, Fortrose, Gairloch / Gerloch, Galloway, Glack, Glasgow, Glastullich, Glen-Urquhart / Urquhart, Glenalmond, Glencoe, Glendaruel, Glenelg, Glengarry, Glenmoriston, Glenshiel, Gruinard, Harris (Hebrides), Hebrides / Western Isles, Highfield, Hilton, Invercharron, Invergarry, Inverlael, Inverlochy, Inverness / Inverness-shire, Ireland, Islay, Jura, Kenlochewe / Kinlochewe, Keppoch, Kilchrist, Kildin / Kildun, Killin, Kilmorack, Kilmoyly / Kilmuir, Kinchyle, Kingussie, Kintail, Kintyre, Kirkwall / Orkney, Knockbain, Knockie, Knoydart, Letterewe, Lewis (Isle of), Loch Ewe, Loch Maree, Loch Ness, Loch Rosque, Lochaber, Lochalsh, Lochbroom, Lochcarron, Lochiel, Logie Wester, London, Lovat, Luss, Moidart, Morar, Moray / Morayshire, Moy / Moyhall, Mull (Isle of), Nairn / Nairnshire, Ness (Lewis), Oban, Ord, Peebles, Perth / Perthshire, Poolewe, Portree, Raasay (Isle of), Redcastle, Ross / Ross-shire, Scatwell, Seaforth, Sheriffmuir, Skye (Isle of), Sleat, St. Kilda, Stirling / Stirlingshire, Stornoway, Strathbran, Stratherrick, Strathglass, Strathmashie, Strathmore, Strathpeffer, Strathspey, Strone Castle, Suddie, Sutherland / Sutherlandshire, Tain, Tarbat, Tarnsay (Harris), Teawig, Tolly / Tollie, Torridon, Uist (North & South), Worcester (Battle of).