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Published clan manuscripts

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The following is a list of clan manuscript histories that were mostly written no later than the 18th century, all of which have since been published and most of which are available online. These can be used as sources. Clan histories written in the 19th and 20th century are in a separate list.

Clan Manuscript Author of manuscript Dates of manuscript Source publication Date of source Author of source (if different)
Clan Sutherland A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet 1630 A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland 1813
Clan Munro Chronological and Genealogical Account of the Ancient and Honorable Family of the Fowlis Andrew Munro of Coul 1717 Chronological and Genealogical Account of the Ancient and Honorable Family of the Fowlis (not online) 1805 John Young
Clan Munro Calendar of Writs of Munro of Foulis, 1299-1823 Various 1299-1823 Calendar of Writs of Munro of Foulis, 1299-1823 (not online) 1949 C. T. McInnes
Clan Mackenzie History of the Family of Mackenzie George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie 1669 The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence 1876 William Fraser
Clan Mackenzie MS History of the Mackenzies John Mackenzie of Applecross 1669 Highland Papers (Vol. 1) 1914 James Robertson Nicolson MacPhail
Clan Donald History of the MacDonalds Hugh MacDonald 1660-1685 Highland Papers (Vol. 1) 1914 James Robertson Nicolson MacPhail
Clan Ross The Calendar of Fearn Various 1471-1667 The Calendar of Fearn 1991 J. Adam
Clan Fraser of Lovat Wardlaw Manuscript James Fraser of Wardlaw 1674 Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript entitled 'Polichronicon seu policratica temporum, or, The true genealogy of the Frasers', 916-1674 1905 William Mackay
Clan Mackintosh Kinrara Manuscript Lachlan Mackintosh of Kinrara 1680 A Chronicle of the Family of Mackintosh to 1680 (not online) 2009 Dr Jean Munro
Clan Cameron Memoirs of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Ewen Cameron of Lochiel 1629-1719 Memoirs of Sir Ewen Cameron of Locheill (Author's introduction includes full clan history) 1842 John Drummond, James Macknight
Clan Calder and Clan Campbell of Cawdor The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor: A Series of Papers Selected from the Charter Room at Cawdor Various 1236-1742 The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor: A Series of Papers Selected from the Charter Room at Cawdor 1859 Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, Cosmo Innes

19th and 20th century published clan histories available online

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Clan Author Book Year
Clan Donald Alexander Mackenzie History of the Macdonalds and Lords of the Isles; with genealogies of the principal families of the name 1881
Clan Cameron Alexander Mackenzie History of the Camerons, with genealogies of the principal families of the name 1884
Clan Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie History of the Mackenzies: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name 1894
Clan Chisholm Alexander Mackenzie History of the Chisholms : with genealogies of the principal families of the name 1891
Clan Fraser of Lovat Alexander Mackenzie History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy 1896
Clan Munro Alexander Mackenzie History of the Munros of Fowlis with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which are added those of Lexington and New England 1898
Clan Mackintosh and Clan Chattan Alexander Mackintosh-Shaw Historical memoirs of the house and clan of Mackintosh and of the clan Chattan 1880
Clan Chattan Charles Fraser-Mackintosh An account of the confederation of Clan Chattan: its kith and kin 1898
Clan Mackay Angus Mackay The Book of Mackay 1906
Clan Mackay Robert Mackay History of the house and clan of Mackay 1832
Clan Cameron John Drummond, James Macknight Memoirs of Sir Ewen Cameron of Locheill (Author's introduction includes full clan history) 1842
Clan Stewart Henry James Lee History of the Stewart or Stuart family 1920
Clan Campbell Henry James Lee History of the Campbell Family 1920
Clan Boyd William P. Boyd History of the Boyd family and descendants 1912
Clan Sinclair John W.S Henderson Caithness Family History 1884

References

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ScotClans a reliable source?

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Hi all, is www.scotclans.com considered a reliable source? More specifically the historical clan information pages like https://www.scotclans.com/blogs/clans-c/clan-cathcart-places-people. Thanks. Kj cheetham (talk) 20:22, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Replying to myself, I also posted this to WP:RSN and the conclusion seems to be no, it's a blog. -Kj cheetham (talk) 08:45, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've just overhauled the Tartans article to finally have (again?) a coherent section on the history of clan tartans and their adoption (and redirects like Clan tartan and Scottish clan tartans go there). I also fixed up a bunch of other deficiencies in the article over the last few days but am not done yet.  — SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  08:51, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposals

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Received request to merge the Clan Duncan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (C) article into Clan Robertson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (C) article on 21 June 2023 (UTC). Reason: They're the same clan (it has three different names), and this is at least a WP:CONTENTFORK. I think it borders on a WP:POVFORK, because the Duncan article appears to have been heavily edited by people from a latter-day clan association who are pushing for separate Lord Lyon recognition, etc. — SMcCandlish

Discussion is >>>HERE<<<. GenQuest "scribble" 02:59, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

~and~

Received a request to merge the List of tartans#Scottish clan tartans section into the List of Scottish clans article on 23 June 2023 (UTC). Reason: Because the latter will list all clans and their tartans, the list of clan tartans in the former article is necessarily redundant, so this is at least a WP:CONTENTFORK. I think it borders on a WP:POVFORK, because the former article is over-relying on a fraudulent Victorian source, the Vestiarium Scoticum, and thereby promoting tartans that many clans have since rejected. Anyway, it's completely normal for huge-scope lists to branch out to narrower-topic sublists like this, and List of tartans is already doing that in several cases; this would just be another one.  — SMcCandlish. Discuss it >>>HERE<<<. GenQuest "scribble" 04:17, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Clan Watson

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I notice this article on Draft:Clan Watson, I think the editor who started this is doing a great job, considering Clan Watson is a miner Armigerous clan. But I was surprised to see two senior editors who are denying the article on the grounds that it dose not meet various criteria. I disagree with their observations, compared to some clan articles - Clan Watson is more than adequate in my view. Things have obviously changed since I last edited clan articles; but this new draconian clamp on stub like articles could discourage more Scottish Clan editors. I drew an svg of the shield but I do not know anything on the Watson's history; perhaps other editors could check to see if they have a ref or two with information to help the article. Yours ever, Czar Brodie~commonswiki (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Expert needed

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I've tagged Clan Robertson with {{expert needed}} because of a disputed source about the "historical seat" of the clan. Mainly, my goal is to get the article correctly (without error) and properly (WP:V, WP:RS) referenced. But I'm not familiar with Scottish clans and could use some help. Please see the messages on the Talk page for more context. Thanks! -- Mikeblas (talk) 15:29, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tartan length problem

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I'm not at all involved with this topic or project but it caught my eye that Tartan is *way* too long. I'm talking top 5 longest non list articles on Wikipedia. I think you could do some splitting between clan tartans, History of tartans, and Tartan design. BoxOfTurtles (talk) 12:37, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]