Format and Organization:
“Lynneage ...” is hard-bound with 500+ pages on 8.5 x 11 paper. The
cover is blue with gold lettering. The book is divided into 11
chapters – 1 for each of the 10 regions of Scotland and 1 for Ulster,
Ireland. Most of those regions are further divided into counties and
parishes. Records appear partly in narrative accounts (where there is a
great deal to say about a particular person or family) and partly in
chronologies (where records of persons or families range in length from a
couple of lines to a paragraph or so). Included are families about
whom there is significant history (see
CDs).
There
also are 39 genealogies varying in length from 3 to 15
generations and averaging 5 generations each. Types of Records Included:
Historical records for Scotland include, among other sources: extracts of
birth, marriage, death, and census records; extracts (and a few
transcripts) of testaments; records of apprenticeships and burgesses;
records of the Privy Council of Scotland; abstracts of protocol books;
records from town, burgh, and parish histories of Scotland; records from
church, abbey, and university histories; and information from various
peerage accounts and the papers of notable families with whom Lynns had
dealings.
Records for Ulster include extracts from, among others: the 1630 Donegal
muster roll; the 1642-1703 Register of Derry Cathedral; Pender’s 1659
Census of Ireland; 1663 Donegal hearth money rolls; the 1766 religious
census; the 1796 flax growers list; 1795-1863 Londonderry marriages; the
1801 statistical survey of Donegal; 1850-69 Derryloran, County Tyrone
marriages; County Down gravestone inscriptions; Griffiths Valuation;
freeholders/voters lists; will calendars and indices; a Topographical
Dictionary of Ireland, Vols. I & II; Rev. Hill’s “Historical Account of
the Plantation of Ulster”; and “The Ulster Plantation in the Manor of
Dunnalong [County Tyrone] 1610-70”. Additional Content:
Finally, concerning Lynns in Scotland, the book also includes several
ancient poems and folktales (and one original poem); two coats of arms (1
from a book published in 1795 and 1 from a 1645 gravestone), an image
which includes the signatures of three Linn brothers of a family of
country lairds in Galloway; photographs and lithographs of places owned by
or associated with Lynns or Linns; and photographs of ancient Scottish
coins which relate to significant periods of Scottish history during the
lifetimes of various members of the family. Some images are in
color. Price, Shipping, and Ordering Options: SEE : CDs
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