A LIST OF SOURCESWe hope to reproduce as many relevant original sources for Porteous and Porteus researchers and family historians as can be found, including not only documentary historical works, but also anything which will help give an accurate picture of life for early Lowland families in Peeblesshire, Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire.Additionally, it is hoped to build up a bank of material relating to family lines from material available elsewhere on the Web, including that from not only Porteous families, but allied lines with variant spellings, such as Portus, Portas, Portice and others. Currently, these include the following, which are also listed on the sliding navigation menu at the left: A History of Peeblesshire Relevant chapters reproduced from 'A History of Peeblesshire' by JW Buchan and Rev H Paton, 1925-27, Jackson, Wylie and Co of Glasgow, which will be useful to researchers of the history of the Porteous family. Photographs of Tweedsmuir A previously unknown collection of photographs taken by Janet Boyd Kelly Anderson of Glenriskie between 1933-34, showing the landscape in and around Hawkshaw before it was flooded as a result of the building of the Fruid Reservoir in the 1960s. Lowland Border Towns Reproduction of an article about Lowland Border Towns, first published in 1914, which gives interesting descriptions of Hawkshaw, the Crook Inn, Tweedsmuir and Talla at that time. A Social and Historical Background A social and economic background of southern Scotland from 'Lesmahagow, The Parish and the People' by William Clelland, a description of life in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Significant Porteous families It is hoped to reproduce material relating to family lines from material available elsewhere on the Web, including that from not only Porteous families, but allied lines with variant spellings, such as Portus, Portas, Portice and others. All family histories are reproduced with permission of the authors. In other cases, every effort has been made to trace copyright holders. The publisher of this website apologizes for any unintentional omissions and would be pleased, in such cases, to place an acknowledgment in future. |
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