----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Harvey To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: Advice pleas. Is this the correct List to ask about Individual ancestors details or is it more social History and General ? I am always looking for information on Oldkilpatrick , Mains of Colquhoun COLQUHOUN familyand WILLIAMSON family. Social history of Mains? Schools and their records in Oldkilpatrick or neares, Who would have attended school at various dates. Who left wills , if no Will would their be a record of intestacy . meaning of entries in documents etc . These questions and many othrs I find make researching Scottish records different from some others. Any help or advice will be appreciated. Sue H

I have recently acquired a sworn Testament, where there was apparently no Will. The estate was listed in an Inventory and the deceased's oldest daughter swore it before a Justice of the Peace. Information I received at the time may be of interest to you: Under Scots law moveable property (clothes, furniture, farm stock, crops etc) was disposed of in a will or testament, and heritable property (buildings, land) was disposed of by deed (these records have not been digitised). There were rules governing the inheritance of moveable property, which meant that it could be divided up among the family without a will being made. You can find more information about this in the Property and Inheritance FAQs on ScotlandsPeople:- http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/faqs/questions/index.aspx?380 The website of the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) has information about heritable property:- http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/deeds.asp http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/inheriting.asp Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Harvey" <[email protected]> > > > Is this the correct List to ask about Individual ancestors details or is it more social History and General ? > > I am always looking for information on Oldkilpatrick , Mains of Colquhoun > > COLQUHOUN familyand WILLIAMSON family. > Social history of Mains? > Schools and their records in Oldkilpatrick or neares, > Who would have attended school at various dates. > > Who left wills , if no Will would their be a record of intestacy . > meaning of entries in documents etc . > > These questions and many othrs I find make researching Scottish records different from some others. > > Any help or advice will be appreciated. > > > Sue H