1882 Gazetteer Of Scotland

By Rev. John Wilson

When this gazetteer was compiled in 1882, the Rev. John Wilson created a definitive work that included every town and village in Scotland.  This geographical directory includes information about places, place-names and historical information about each. Natural history and historical incidents connected with particular localities have been included in many entries.  Also provides statistics of real property, notices of public works, public buildings, churches, schools, and much more. Additionally the compiler extracted and included population and other information from the 1881 census returns. 

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What is a gazetteer and why is it essential for researchers?  A gazetteer is ideal for learning about places as they were known at the time that the gazetteer was published.  Family historians value gazetteers because they help satisfy the genealogical standard of recording a place name as it was known at the time of an event such as at the date of a birth, marriage or death of an ancestor. Additionally it is interesting to understand the context of places in which your ancestors lived their lives.

Details

476 Pages
6 X 9"
Organized alphabetically by place name- no index needed
Originally published by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1882
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 1999 
ISBN 1-894378-29-6 (hardcover)