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07/03/2009 02:09 PM
Electric Scotland's Weekly Newsletter

Our newsletter is now on its way to our list albeit a bit later than usual but you can read it here as well.

07/02/2009 10:34 PM
Old World Scotland

A new book we're starting giving Glimpses of its Modes and Manners, By T. F. Henderson (1893).

07/02/2009 10:31 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XVI. 1817-1818.

07/02/2009 10:29 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XVIII. The Celtic Chair 1875 - 1876.

07/02/2009 10:28 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter XIII. Nevada Forests

07/02/2009 11:49 AM
Canadians do it better

In celebration of Canada Day on 1st July 2009 I scanned in this article from MacLean's magazine.

07/01/2009 11:51 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XV. 1815-1817.

07/01/2009 11:49 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XVII. 'Self-Culture' 1873 - 1874.

07/01/2009 11:47 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

Characteristic Anecdotes

07/01/2009 11:46 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter XII. Nevada Farms.

06/30/2009 09:47 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XIV. 1814-1815.

06/30/2009 09:45 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XVI. Pilgrim Years 1870 - 1872.

06/30/2009 09:43 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

The Heather.

06/30/2009 09:41 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter XI. The Gabriel Mountains.

06/30/2009 10:54 AM
Robert Burns Lives!

'Law and Order' in 18th C. Edinburgh, The Case of Miss Burns V the Baillie by Robert Carnie.

06/29/2009 11:51 PM
The Scottish Church

Lecture IX - The Church of the Eighteenth Century, 1707 TO 1800 A.D., By the Very Rev. John Tulloch, D.D., LL.D., Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews, and one of Her Majesty's Chaplains.

06/29/2009 11:50 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XIII. 1814.

06/29/2009 11:36 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XV. The Highlands and Islands 1866 - 1870.

06/29/2009 11:34 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

Leading Scottish Books of the Year.

06/29/2009 11:33 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter X. The San Gabriel Valley.

06/28/2009 10:13 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XII. 1813-1814.

06/28/2009 10:11 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XIV. Homer 1861 - 1866.

06/28/2009 10:09 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

Old Crofter in the Highlands of Sutherland.

06/28/2009 10:08 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter IX. Mormon Lilies.

06/27/2009 10:15 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter XI. 1813.

06/27/2009 10:14 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XIII. Lays, Lectures and Lyrics 1857 - 1860.

06/27/2009 10:12 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

A Study in the Growth of Legends.

06/27/2009 10:10 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter VIII. Bathing in Salt Lake.

06/26/2009 11:49 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter X. 1570-1813.

06/26/2009 11:46 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XII. Edinburgh 1852 - 1857.

06/26/2009 11:44 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XXV. What Shall the Harvest Be? And this completes this book.

06/26/2009 11:42 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

The Scottish Quern in Canada.

06/26/2009 11:40 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter VII. A Great Storm in Utah.

06/25/2009 11:12 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter IX. 1812.

06/25/2009 11:11 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter XI. 'Æschylus' and the Greek Chair 1850 - 1852.

06/25/2009 11:10 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XXIV. Zorra's Famous Missionary.

06/25/2009 10:57 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter VI. The City of the Saints.

06/25/2009 10:47 PM
Electric Scotland's Weekly Newsletter

This weeks issue is now on it's way to our list but you can read it here as well.

06/25/2009 08:11 PM
Electric Scotland's Aois Community

We have now re-launched our message forums. More work to do but most of the functionality is there. Various tweaks and add-ons will appear over the next few days and weeks.

06/25/2009 08:09 PM
Beth's Newfangled Family Tree

The July 2009 edition is now available.

06/25/2009 05:12 PM
The Flag in the Wind

This weeks issue is now available giving you all the political news from Scotland.

06/25/2009 05:11 PM
The Working Life of Christina McKelvie MSP

This weeks diary entry is now available.

06/24/2009 11:18 PM
The Heather on Fire

A small book on the Highland Clearances

06/24/2009 10:19 PM
The Hedge Monster

A Children's Poem by Margo Fallis

06/24/2009 10:18 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter VIII. 1811-1812.

06/24/2009 10:17 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter X. Aberdeen and University Reform 1842 - 1850.

06/24/2009 10:13 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XXIII. Pioneer Methodism in Zorra.

06/24/2009 10:11 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

John Barbour, Scottish Poet and Historian.

06/24/2009 10:09 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter V. Shasta Rambles and Modoc Memories.

06/24/2009 10:08 PM
Robert Burns Lives!

Archibald Skirving and his Drawing of Robert Burns by Robert Carnie.

06/23/2009 10:24 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter VII. 1810-1811.

06/23/2009 10:23 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter IX. Installation and Marriage 1841 - 1842.

06/23/2009 10:21 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XXII. Rev. Daniel Gordon.

06/23/2009 10:18 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter IV. A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit.

06/23/2009 01:18 PM
Old Pioneer Videos

Found a wee collection of old black and white movies about Pioneer settlements which show old bark houses, log cabins, and sod homes.

06/22/2009 11:46 PM
Fit A Waistry

A new poem from John Henderson.

06/22/2009 11:20 PM
Book of Scottish Story

Ewen of the Little Head.

06/22/2009 11:09 PM
The Scottish Church

The Revolution Settlement, 1690 to 1807 A.D. By the Rev. Robert Herbert Story, D.D., Minister of Rosneath.

06/22/2009 11:08 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter VI. 1809-1810.

06/22/2009 11:05 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter VIII. The Test Acts 1837 - 1840.

06/22/2009 11:03 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XXI. Rev. William Meldrum of Harrington.

06/22/2009 11:00 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Chapter III. Summer Days at Mount Shasta.

06/21/2009 11:16 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter V. 1808-1809.

06/21/2009 11:14 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter VII. Years of Struggle 1832 - 1837.

06/21/2009 11:13 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XX. Rev. John Fraser, M.A., of Thamesford.

06/21/2009 11:11 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

The Early Music of Scotland.

06/21/2009 11:08 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Chapter II. A Geologist's Winter Walk.

06/20/2009 11:52 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter IV. 1701-1808.

06/20/2009 11:50 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter VI. End of Wanderjahare 1831 - 1832.

06/20/2009 11:48 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XIX. Rev. Daniel Allan of North Easthope.

06/20/2009 11:46 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

The Minerals of Ontario.

06/20/2009 11:37 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 8 - Steep Trails - California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, The Grand Cañon.

06/20/2009 11:36 PM
Clan Ross dedicate plaque to Dr. Ross in Chatham.

Dr Ross was honoured by Clan Ross at the Freedom Park in Chatham along with the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society. I was there to pictures and videos of the event.

06/19/2009 09:51 PM
Clan Leslie Society International

The June newsletter is now available.

06/19/2009 09:43 PM
Technical Service Information About Electric Scotland

We will be down for some hours this Saturday as we're installing new hard disks and also moving to the newest release of the Microsoft Web Server software.

06/19/2009 09:32 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter III. 1805-1807.

06/19/2009 09:31 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter V. Rome 1830 - 1831.

06/19/2009 09:30 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XVIII. John Ross of Brucefield.

06/19/2009 09:28 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

Dandie Dinmont.

06/19/2009 09:20 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 7 - Appendix I. The Glaciation of the Arctic and Sub Arctic Regions visited during the Cruise.

06/19/2009 12:42 PM
Tartans

I found a couple of nice pdf files about Scottish Tartans which I've made available on our Tartans index page.

06/19/2009 11:50 AM
The Clan Tartans and Family Tartans of Scotland

I found this old book which is based on an old book created in the 16th century. Also available on this page is the actual pdf file we used to scan in this information.

06/18/2009 11:02 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

Chapter II. 1803-1804.

06/18/2009 11:00 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter IV. Student Life in Berlin 1829 - 1830.

06/18/2009 10:59 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XVII. Rev. Lachlan McPherson of Williams.

06/18/2009 10:56 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

The Glasgow Exhibition.

06/18/2009 10:50 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 7 - Chapter XX. Homeward Bound.

06/18/2009 10:49 PM
Electric Scotland's Weekly Newsletter

The current newsletter is now heading out to our list but you can read it here as well :-)

06/18/2009 07:28 PM
Clan Leslie Society of New Zealand & Australia Newsletter

This newsletter is now available for viewing.

06/18/2009 07:28 PM
The Working Life of Christina McKelvie MSP

This weeks diary entry is now available.

06/18/2009 07:17 PM
The Flag in the Wind

This weeks issue about politics in Scotland is new available.

06/17/2009 10:32 PM
Memoirs of a Highland Lady

The Autobiography of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus afterwards Mrs Smith of Baltiboys 1797-1830. The Highland lady was a clanswoman of the Rothiemurchus Grants, and is therefore of special interest to American readers, since it was from that same branch of the ancient Scottish family that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant claimed descent.

06/17/2009 10:31 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter III. Student Life in Gottingen 1829.

06/17/2009 10:29 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XVI. Rev. Donald Mackenzie, the Pioneer Preacher of Zorra.

06/17/2009 10:27 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

MacKenzie - Glenmore.

06/17/2009 10:26 PM
The Writings of John Muir

Volume 7 - Chapter XIX. Turned back by Storms and Ice.

06/16/2009 10:47 PM
Robert Burns Lives!

Robert Burns and Slavery by Gerard Carruthers.

06/16/2009 09:13 PM
John Stuart Blackie

Chapter II. At School and College 1820 - 1829.

06/16/2009 09:12 PM
Pioneer Life in Zorra

Chapter XV. Pioneer Schools and Schoolmasters.

06/16/2009 09:08 PM
Fraser's Scottish Annual

Scotland's Ancient Constitution.