Hi Loretta, The short answer is The National Library of Scotland now houses that collection. See the details below... I suggest you contact them. If you google National Library of Scotland then click on Contact them link and enter your query. Just a point you may want to consider. There was no right way or wrong way of spelling names back then. It really depended on the writer so you may not achieve much even if you access the information you want Regards Judith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The National Library of Scotland is a relatively recent body, only formally established by Act of Parliament in 1925. Previously, Scotland's national deposit library was the Advocates Library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates. This was opened in 1689 and gained national library status in the 1710 Copyright Act, giving it the legal right to claim a copy of every book published in Great Britain. In the following centuries, the library added books and manuscripts to the collections by purchase as well as legal deposit, creating a national library in all but name. By the 1920s, the upkeep of such a major collection was too much for a private body, and, with an endowment of £100,000 provided by Sir Alexander Grant of Forres, the library's contents were presented to the nation. The National Library of Scotland was formally constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1925. Sir Alexander Grant gave a further £100,000 - making his combined donations the equivalent of around £6 million today - for a new library building to be constructed on George IV Bridge. Government funding was secured which matched Sir Alexander's donation." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 10:11:10 -0400 > From: "Loretta Layman" <lynneage@h-o-l.com> > Subject: [AYR] Advocates' Library > To: <AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <004501caf693$f8363d10$e8a2b730$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Does anyone know anything about the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh and > how > one can obtain either copies or transcripts of 13th century documents > supposedly on reposit there? In my research of Lynns of Ayrshire, I've > found citation to a 1244 grant and would like very much to know if the > person citing the grant correctly wrote certain names. Any advice or > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Loretta > > > > ------------------------------ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5128 (20100519) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com