Dear Members of Marin County Genealogical Society: Susan Trumbull asked me if I would supply a few references for tonight's meeting topic. The following list should give you a good start on the subject. As we say...... Yours Aye, for Scotland, Lauren Suggested Reading: The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser (ISBN #: 0-00-272746-3) The Border Reivers by Godfrey Watson (ISBN #: 0-946098-35-2) The Border Reivers by Keith Burham and Angus McBride (ISBN # 1-85532-417-2) Search engine "Google" brings up 3,760 mentions of Border Reivers. Be sure to copy the entire URL as it may wrap to a second line in your display. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22border+reivers%22&btnG=Google+Search http://www.reivers.com/ http://www.borderreivers.co.uk/index.html http://www.borderreivers.co.uk/C&F/c&f%201.htm http://www.borderreivers.co.uk/C&F/Border%20Surnames.htm http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/vg/rvintro.html http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/USRutledge/JOHNJEN/reivers.htm Mailing Lists: http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html Has links to join the following email discusson groups and more: Scottish Counties Aberdeenshire ABERDEEN (Rootsweb) * SCT-NECOAST (Rootsweb) * PETERHEAD (Yahoo) SCT-Aberdeenshire (British-Genealogy) Angus ANGUS (Rootsweb) * SCT-Angus (British-Genealogy) Argyllshire (includes islands of Islay, Jura and Mul) SCT-ARGYLL (Rootsweb) * SCT-ISLAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-ISLEOFMULL (Rootsweb) * SCT-ARL-TIREE (Rootsweb) * SCT-WIS (Rootsweb) * SCT-Argyllshire (British-Genealogy) Ayrshire AYRSHIRE (Rootsweb) * SCT-Ayrshire (British-Genealogy) Banffshire MORAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-BANFFSHIRE (Rootsweb) * SCT-NECOAST (Rootsweb) * SCT-Banffshire (British-Genealogy) Berwickshire BORDER (Rootsweb) * SCT-BERWICK (Rootsweb) * SCT-Berwickshire (British-Genealogy) Bute (Consists of the islands of Arran and Bute) ButeshireGenWeb (Rootsweb) * SCT-WIS (Rootsweb) * SCT-Bute (British-Genealogy) Caithness SCT-CAITHNESS (Rootsweb) * SCT-Caithness (British-Genealogy) Clackmannanshire SCT-CLACKMANNANSHIRE (Rootsweb) * SCT-Clackmannanshire (British-Genealogy) Dumbartonshire DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB (Rootsweb) * SCT-Dumbartonshire (British-Genealogy) Dumfriesshire DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY (Rootsweb) * BORDER (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * SCT-Dumfriesshire (British-Genealogy) East Lothian SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN (Rootsweb) * MIDLOTHIAN (Rootsweb) * SCT-East Lothian (British-Genealogy) Fife SCT-FIFE (Rootsweb) * SCT-Fife (British-Genealogy) Forfarshire (see Angus) Invernesshire (Includes: Lewis (pt), N. Uist, S. Uist and Skye) SCT-INVERNESS (Rootsweb) * SCT-STRATHNAIRN (Rootsweb) * SCT-WIS (Rootsweb) * Kincardineshire SCT-KINCARDINE (Rootsweb) * SCT-NECOAST (Rootsweb) * Kinrosshire SCT-KINROSS (Rootsweb) * Kirkcudbrightshire DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * Lanarkshire LANARK (Rootsweb) * SCT-GLASGOW (Rootsweb) * SCT-LKS-SHOTTS (Rootsweb) * Midlothian MIDLOTHIAN (Rootsweb) * SCT-EDINBURGH (Rootsweb) * Moray MORAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-NECOAST (Rootsweb) * Nairn MORAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-NAIRNSHIRE (Rootsweb) * SCT-STRATHNAIRN (Rootsweb) * SCT-NECOAST (Rootsweb) * Orkney ORKNEY (Rootsweb) * Peeblesshire SCT-PEEBLES-SHIRE (Rootsweb) * BORDER (Rootsweb) * Perthshire PERTHSHIRE (Rootsweb) * Renfrewshire SCT-RENFREW (Rootsweb) * SCT-Renfrewshire (British-Genealogy) Ross & Cromarty (Includes part of the island of Lewis) ROSSGEN (Rootsweb) * SCT-WIS (Rootsweb) * Roxburghshire BORDER (Rootsweb) * SCT-ROXBURGH (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * SCT-MIDDLE-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * Selkirkshire BORDER (Rootsweb) * SCT-SELKIRK (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * Shetland SCT-SHETLAND (Rootsweb) * SHI-TO-NZ (Rootsweb) * Stirlingshire SCT-STIRLINGSHIRE (Rootsweb) * SCT-Stirlingshire (British-Genealogy) Sutherland SCT-SUTHERLAND (Rootsweb) * SCT-SUT-TOMBSTONES-PRESERVATION (Rootsweb) * SCT-SUT-TONGUE (Rootsweb) * West Lothian MIDLOTHIAN (Rootsweb) * Wigtownshire DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY (Rootsweb) * SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * SCT-Wigtownshire (British-Genealogy) English Counties Bedfordshire BEDFORD (Rootsweb) * ENG-EAST-ANGLIA (Rootsweb) * ENG-Bedfordshire (British-Genealogy) Berkshire WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * BERKSHIRE (Rootsweb) * ENG-Berkshire (British-Genealogy) Buckinghamshire BUCKS (Rootsweb) * ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (Rootsweb) * ENG-Buckinghamshire (British-Genealogy) Cambridgeshire ENGLISH-FENS (Rootsweb) * ENG-EAST-ANGLIA (Rootsweb) * ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE (Rootsweb) * ENG-WISBECH-AREA (Rootsweb) * ENG-Cambridgeshire (British-Genealogy) Cheshire CHESHIRE (Rootsweb) * BIRKENHEAD (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-KNUTSFORD (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-NORTHWICH (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-ST-MARYS-BOWDON (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-WIRRAL (Rootsweb) * ENG-MERSEYSIDE (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-ODD-RODE (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-Cheshire (British-Genealogy) Cornwall CORNISH-ANCESTORS (Rootsweb) * CORNISH-L * CORNISH-GEN * CORNWALL-AUSTRALIA (Rootsweb) * CORNWALL-TO-NZ (Rootsweb) * ENG-CON-BODMINMOOR (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-CRIMINALS (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-KILKHAMPTON (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-LISKEARD (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-MENHENIOT (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-MORWENSTOW (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-RUAN (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-ST-COLUMB-MAJOR (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-ST-IVE (Rootsweb) * ENG-CORNWALL-VERYAN (Rootsweb) * CA-CORNISH (Rootsweb) * NEBRASKERNEWEK (Rootsweb) (Cornish-Nebraska connections) OPC-CORNWALL ENG-Cornwall (British-Genealogy) Cumberland CUMBERLAND (Rootsweb) * BORDER (Rootsweb) * ENG-CUL-CARLISLE (Rootsweb) * ENG-CUL-COPELAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-CUMBRIA (Rootsweb) * NORTHERN-ENGLAND (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * ENG-Cumberland (British-Genealogy) Derbyshire DERBYSGEN (Rootsweb) * ENG-Derbyshire (British-Genealogy) Devon WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * DEVON (Rootsweb) * ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS (Rootsweb) * ENG-Devon (British-Genealogy) Dorset WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * DORSET (Rootsweb) * ENG-DORSET-CHRISTCHURCH * ENG-DORSET-LIFE * ENG-Dorset (British-Genealogy) Co Durham NORTHUMBRIA (Rootsweb) * DUR-NBL (Rootsweb) * ENG-TEESDALE-DISTRICT (Rootsweb) * NORTHERN-ENGLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-DURHAM (Rootsweb) * ENG-DURHAM-YORKS * ENG-NDFHS (Rootsweb) * ENG-DUR-AUCKLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-DUR-SHILDON (Rootsweb) * ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-GEORDIES (Rootsweb) * DURHAM-1891 (Rootsweb) (Census Transcribers) * ENG-Durham (British-Genealogy) Essex ESSEX-UK (Rootsweb) * ENG-EAST-ANGLIA (Rootsweb) * ENG-ESSEX-WITCHES (Rootsweb) * EOLFHS-MEMBERS (Rootsweb) * SOSFHCG (Rootsweb) * ENG-Essex (British-Genealogy) Gloucestershire WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * GLOUCESTER (Rootsweb) * BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET (Rootsweb) * ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN (Rootsweb) * ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY (Rootsweb) * ENG-GLO-TORMARTON (Rootsweb) * ENG-Gloucestershire (British-Genealogy) Hampshire WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * SUSSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-HAM-NEW-FOREST (Rootsweb) * ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT (Rootsweb) * ENG-HAMPSHIRE (Rootsweb) * ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE * ENG-HAMPSHIRE-ROMSEY * ENG-SOUTHAMPTON (Rootsweb) * HAMPSHIRE (Rootsweb) * HAMPSHIRE-LIFE * ISLE-OF-WIGHT (Rootsweb) * ENG-Hampshire (British-Genealogy) Herefordshire ENG-HEREFORD (Rootsweb) * MIDMARCH (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-Herefordshire (British-Genealogy) Hertfordshire ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE (Rootsweb) * BEDFORD (Rootsweb) * ENG-Hertfordshire (British-Genealogy) Huntingdonshire ENGLISH-FENS (Rootsweb) * ENG-HUNTINGDON (Rootsweb) * ENG-Huntingdonshire (British-Genealogy) Kent SUSSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ISLE-OF-THANET (Rootsweb) * KENTGENE (Yahoo) KENT-ENG (Rootsweb) * ENG-KENT-NWKFHS (Rootsweb) * ENG-KENT-NWKFHS-COMP * ENG-Kent (British-Genealogy) Lancashire LANCSGEN (Rootsweb) * ENG-LAN-ECCLES (Rootsweb) * ENG-LAN-LEIGH (Rootsweb) * ENG-LANCS-PRESTON (Rootsweb) * ENG-LANCS-YORKS (Rootsweb) * ENG-MANCHESTER (Rootsweb) * ENG-LANCASHIRE-HURST (Rootsweb) * ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON (Rootsweb) * ENG-LIVERPOOL (Rootsweb) * UK-ULVERSTON-FHS (Rootsweb) * NORTHERN-ENGLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-LANCS-WOOLTON-MUCH (Rootsweb) * ENG-MERSEYSIDE (Rootsweb) * ENG-TODMORDEN (Rootsweb) * ENG-Lancashire (British-Genealogy) ENG-LAN-Manchester (British-Genealogy) Leicestershire LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-LEI-BARWELL (Rootsweb) * ENG-Leicestershire (British-Genealogy) Lincolnshire ENG-LINCSGEN (Rootsweb) * ENG-LIN-AXHOLME (Rootsweb) * ENG-LIN-LINCOLN (Rootsweb) * ENG-WISBECH-AREA (Rootsweb) * ENG-Lincolnshire (British-Genealogy) London LONDON (Rootsweb) * MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK (Rootsweb) * LON1891ADMIN 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ENG-Oxfordshire (British-Genealogy) Rutland LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-RUTLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-Rutland (British-Genealogy) Shropshire MIDMARCH (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-IRONBRIDGEGORGE (Rootsweb) * ENG-Shropshire (British-Genealogy) Somerset WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET (Rootsweb) * ENG-SOM-CITYOFWELLS (Rootsweb) * ENG-SOMERSET (Rootsweb) * ENG-SOMERSET-FROME * ENG-SOMERSET-MARTOCK * ENG-SOMERSET-STREET * ENG-SOM-KILMERSDON (Rootsweb) * ENG-SOM-NORTHCURRY (Rootsweb) * Frome (Yahoo) ENG-Somerset (British-Genealogy) Staffordshire STAFFORDSHIRE (Rootsweb) * ENG-STS-SEDGLEY (Rootsweb) * ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY (Rootsweb) * ENG-BLACKCOUNTRY-DIASPORA (Rootsweb) * ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES (Rootsweb) * MIDMARCH (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-CHS-ODD-RODE (Rootsweb) * UK-AGOS (Friends of Sandwell Archives) * ENG-Staffordshire (British-Genealogy) ENG-STF-Potteries (British-Genealogy) ENG-STF-BlackCountry (British-Genealogy) Suffolk SUFFOLK (Rootsweb) * ENG-SFK-PLOMESGATE (Rootsweb) * ENG-SFK-STOWMARKET (Rootsweb) * ENG-EAST-ANGLIA (Rootsweb) * ENG-SUFFOLK-SAMFORD-DISTRICT * ENG-BRECKLAND (Rootsweb) * ENG-Suffolk (British-Genealogy) Surrey ENG-SURREY (Rootsweb) * SUSSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-SRY-PUTTENHAM (Rootsweb) * ENG-SRY-WSFHS (Rootsweb) * ENG-Surrey (British-Genealogy) Sussex SUSSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-SUSSEX-EASTBOURNE (Rootsweb) * ENG-Sussex (British-Genealogy) Warwickshire WARWICK (Rootsweb) * ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM (Rootsweb) * IRISH-IN-COVENTRY (Rootsweb) * ENG-Warwickshire (British-Genealogy) Westmorland ENG-CUMBRIA (Rootsweb) * ENG-WESTMORLAND (Rootsweb) * NORTHERN-ENGLAND (Rootsweb) * WEST-MARCHES (Rootsweb) * ENG-Westmorland (British-Genealogy) Wiltshire WESSEX-PLUS (Rootsweb) * WILTSHIRE-EMI (Rootsweb) * SHERSTONMAGNA (Yahoo) MOONRAKERS (Yahoo) ENG-WIL-SWINDON (Rootsweb) * ENG-WILTSHIRE (Rootsweb) * DOWNTON (Yahoo) UK-BURBAGE (Rootsweb) * ENG-Wiltshire (British-Genealogy) Worcestershire ENG-WORCESTER (Rootsweb) * MIDMARCH (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS (Rootsweb) * ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY (Rootsweb) * ENG-BLACKCOUNTRY-DIASPORA (Rootsweb) * ENG-Worcestershire (British-Genealogy) Yorkshire YORKSGEN (Rootsweb) * DALESFHS (Yahoo) ENG-DURHAM-YORKS * ENG-EAST-YORKS (Rootsweb) * ENG-LANCS-YORKS (Rootsweb) * UK-MORLEY-FHG (Rootsweb) * ENG-NORTH-YORKS (Rootsweb) * ENG-ROTHERHAM (Rootsweb) * ENG-SHEFFIELD (Rootsweb) * ENG-TEESDALE-DISTRICT (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-BARNSLEY (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-BRADFORD (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-CRAVEN (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-DEWSBURY (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-DONCASTER (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-HULL (Rootsweb) * ENG-YKS-LEEDS (Rootsweb) * ENG-YORKSHIRE (Rootsweb) * NORTHERN-ENGLAND (Rootsweb) * UK-WAKEFIELD-FHS (Rootsweb) * WEST-RIDING (Rootsweb) * YORKSHIREGENTOPICS (Yahoo) ENG-Yorkshire (British-Genealogy) ENG-Yorkshire-E (British-Genealogy) ENG-Yorkshire-N (British-Genealogy) ENG-Yorkshire-W (British-Genealogy)