names-Scot-msg - 1/2/97
Sources for period Scottish names.
NOTE: See also the files: Scot-fem-nam-lst, names-Scot-art, Scotland-msg, cl-Scotland-msg, names-msg, persona-msg, persona-art.
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From: hrjones at uclink.berkeley.edu (Heather Rose Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Help with Period Highland Given Name, please?
Date: 28 May 1996 01:09:32 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
tylauren at ccinet.ab.ca wrote:
: Greetings once again. I do apologize for seeking council again...I
: truly thought I would be able to bipass intrusion on the Rialto by
: buying Surnames of Scotland by George Black. Unfortunately...i just
: can't afford $120:-(.
Who in the world is trying to scalp you for that price??? I got my new,
hardcover copy of Black for just $50. The book was reprinted in 1993
(ISBN 0-87104-172-3) and you should be able to order it for something
similar to that price from any competent bookstore. Whoever is trying to
sell a copy for $120 either hasn't heard about the reprinting or
(charitably) may have a first edition or something else of antiquarian
value. Mind you, it still is a hefty investement -- best made if you're
going to be using it to help other people with research. I can't see
buying a copy for a one-shot project.
Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
From: s.krossa at aberdeen.ac.uk (Sharon Krossa)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Where to Get Black's _Surnames of Scotland_ (Was: Help with Period Highland Given Name, please?)
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 06:39:05 +0000
Recently there have been requests about where to find copies of Black's
_Surnames of Scotland_, especially where to get it without paying the $120
some bookseller wanted to extort...
Further to my earlier post on this, if it proves that the book is truly out
of print in the USA, it is still in print in the UK, and here are the
details of the UK edition, and of a Scottish bookstore, James Thin Ltd.,
who I'm sure will be more than happy to sell you a copy (aren't credit
cards wonderful?)
The Surnames of Scotland
George F. Black
Birlinn £17.99 pounds (That's about 27 - 30 US dollars)
1874744076 This edition 1993 - Originally 1946
A classic of genealogy, containing over 8000 Scottish families with a
concise history for each.
James Thin Ltd
53-59 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1YS
Scotland, UK
Tel; (0131) 556 6743
Fax; (0131) 557 8149
e-mail: james.thin.ltd at almac.co.uk
They even have a wonderful web site, complete with second hand book catalog
(but keep your grubby paws off the Spalding Club, Scottish Records Society,
Burgh Records Society, Stair Society, et al, volumes -- they're mine! ;-)
http://www.almac.co.uk/business_park/thin/thinhome.htm
Needless to say, they're also a great source for all sorts of other
Scottish books.
Sharon Krossa, who has no connection with James Thin other than to covet
numerous of the books they have on sale...
ska Effric neyn Kennych vic ralte
Sharon Krossa: skrossa at svpal.org (permanent)
-or- s.krossa at aberdeen.ac.uk (until November 1996)
From: mittle at panix.com (Josh Mittleman)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Where to Get Black's _Surnames of Scotland_ (Was: Help with Period Highland Given Name, please?)
Date: 3 Jun 1996 12:57:22 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
Black's "Surnames of Scotland" is also available from Heraldry Today. In
their latest catalogue, they offer the paperback edition for 18 pounds and
the hard cover edition for 48 pounds.
They can be contacted through their website
http://www.wessex.net/clients/heraldrytoday/
Arval
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