Mark: Re old court cases - where would one go to search for these? When in scotland recently I photocopied a document in the possession of a cousin where our great-great- grandfather is served with a summons to appear before the Sheriff-Depute at the Tolbooth in Inverness (he was tacksman of a farm in Inverness-shire) It appears that he had been ordered to leave the farm (cited are acts passed in 1756 "Act Anent Removing" and 15?5 "Act anent the warning of Tenants") It appears that the case may have been decided in his favour as he died there in 1854 and it was the birthplace of my mother in 1899. Lilian

Lilian, there are some old court papers among the archives in Inverness and others in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. Regards, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Lilian Campbell <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:45 PM Subject: [RossGen] Court Cases > Mark: > > Re old court cases - where would one go to search for these? When in > scotland recently I photocopied a document in the possession of a cousin > where our great-great- grandfather is served with a summons to appear > before the Sheriff-Depute at the Tolbooth in Inverness (he was tacksman > of a farm in Inverness-shire) It appears that he had been ordered to > leave the farm (cited are acts passed in 1756 "Act Anent Removing" and > 15?5 "Act anent the warning of Tenants") > > It appears that the case may have been decided in his favour as he died > there in 1854 and it was the birthplace of my mother in 1899. > > Lilian > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >