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From: (Gordon Johnson)
Subject: Re: Scotland 16/17C record sources (was: Plantagenet Bastards)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:39:16 GMT
References: <Pine.GSO.4.53.0301221742100.2057@mail> <20030122191329.10089.00000285@mb-md.aol.com>


On 23 Jan 2003 00:13:29 GMT, (Reedpcgen) wrote:

>The following does not appear to be included in the films I had posted:
>
>Inquisition ad capellam domini regis refornatarum abbreviatio. [Scotland]:
>n.p., 1811-1816. [FHL film 908847.] These records are in Latin.
>
>This is the early services of heirs, which was a determination of who the next
>heir of an estate was, similar in some ways to the inquisition post mortem.
>This source (above) is a must for gentry.
>
>Paul
*** You may find these in some university libraries with the spines
labelled "Services of Heirs", or even "Retours".
Gordon.


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