A Royal Wedding – Doune Burgh Public Notices, 1893-1902
With the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle taking place on 19th May, our document of the month focuses on another royal wedding that happened over 100 years ago. […]
Minnie and John Ferguson from Balquhidder, taken into ‘care’, 1889 – 1893
This week’s post for the ‘Year of Young People’ concerns two children who were taken away from their mother by the Parish authorities in 1889. The first surviving register of […]
Mr Railston’s Boarding School, London, 1819-1820
Our next feature for the Year of Young People 2018 focuses on a concerned grandfather sending his grandson to boarding school. Included within the McGregor of McGregor collection (PD60) are […]
Stirling Merchants’ Guild – Register of Guildry Scholars 1810 – 1888
The merchant’s guild of Stirling, known as the Stirling Guildry, was very active in supporting its membership, providing pensions for older members and assistance for the widows and orphans of […]
‘Loaded with ridicule’ – A plea from William Murray not to go to Cambridge University, April 1791
Our next feature for the year of young people focuses on William Murray of Polmaise. As summer of 1791 approached, William Murray was due to begin studying at university. The […]
What We Are Fighting For – Collection of WWII War Poems
April’s document of the month is a unique volume of war poems (A1523) collected from fellow Prisoners of War by Private Alexander Donoghue of The 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders […]
Easter cards made by Louisa Stirling for her mother Henrietta, 1885 and 1887.
The papers of the Stirling family of Gargunnock include many letters and cards between family members giving a wonderful record of upper class family relations between the 18th and 20th […]
‘An uncommon hydrocephalus’ – the case of a Stirling child, May – June 1738
The next post in our celebration of Scotland’s ‘Year of Young People’ concerns a medical case in which a tiny baby was operated on as an experiment by a Stirling […]
The Livingstone Children ‘On The Parish’, 1887
On the 20th December 1886, the four Livingstone children living in Balfron were made orphans when their mother died. Jane Livingstone was a single mum who was raising her children […]
School Log Books – What they tell us about children
Head Teachers of all schools were required to keep a record called a log book under the provisions of the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act. This front page from the first […]