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GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS
OF THE SIRNAME OF DUFF,
And principally of the Family of Moldavid,
NOW REVRESENTED BY LORD FIFE.
From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Tinie.
T what precise period the name of DUFF
was first settled in the North of Scot-
land, cannot now be known, because
their old writes are lost, and the oldest they have
point to others of greater antiquity, by mention-
ing Lands formerly belonging to that narae.
But Mr. George Keith, Advocate in Aber-
deen, who died in September, 1738, assured me
he had seen among Lord Marishal's papers, a
Charter under the Great Seal, upon the Lands of
Fetteresso, and that it was prior to the Excam-
OF THE SIRNAME OF DUFF,
And principally of the Family of Moldavid,
NOW REVRESENTED BY LORD FIFE.
From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Tinie.
T what precise period the name of DUFF
was first settled in the North of Scot-
land, cannot now be known, because
their old writes are lost, and the oldest they have
point to others of greater antiquity, by mention-
ing Lands formerly belonging to that narae.
But Mr. George Keith, Advocate in Aber-
deen, who died in September, 1738, assured me
he had seen among Lord Marishal's papers, a
Charter under the Great Seal, upon the Lands of
Fetteresso, and that it was prior to the Excam-
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| Histories of Scottish families > Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs > (15) [Page 1] |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94837514 |
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| Description | 'The author of this manuscript was William Baird, Esq. of Auchmeddan' -- Preface. Aberdeen : D. Wyllie & Son, 1869. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.f.3 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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