SCOTTISH AMERICAN WILLS

Another source of clues for those searching Scottish ancestry has been
produced by David Dobson, one of the foremost authorities on Scottish
emigration records. ``Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900'' is an index
to more than 2,000 people who were born in Scotland, came to North
America, died here, but had their wills registered in Scotland. (Many
Scots had their wills registered instead with the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury; this book covers only wills registered in Scotland.)

The value here if you have an ancestor cited is great, for the index
will lead you directly to the records in Scotland. A typical complete
listing in the book will give you the person's name, occupation, place
of origin in Scotland, place of residence in North America, date of
death, date the will was registered in Scotland, and the document
reference number. If you want to see the records, which include
testaments and inventories, you can write the Scottish Record Office,
citing the document reference number.

The book covers not only the United States, but also Canada and
assorted Caribbean islands.

Scottish-American Wills is 137 pages, hard bound, and should be
available in better genealogical libraries. Copies may be purchased
at $20 plus $2.50 postage and handling from Genealogical Publishing
Company, Dept. SM, 1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.,
21202-3897 (1-800-727-6687).

Genealogical Publishing also produced Mr. Dobson's ``Scottish-American
Heirs, 1683-1883'' which contains more than 2,600 links between people
in North America and their families in Scotland.--J.F.S.

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