Gordons and Smiths at Minmore, Auchorachan, and Upper Drumin in Glenlivet

which combines .three of the Glenlivet groups — the Gordons in
Minmore, the Gordons in Auchorachan, and the Smiths in Upner
Drumin. The Smiths are descended from the Auchorachan Gordons,
and though the blood relationship of the latter with the Minmore
Gordons is by no means clear, the continuity is asserted in the tenancy
of the Smith family on the estate of Minmore.
The three strains — Minmore, Auchorachan, and Upper Drumin—
are here treated in succession. The facts have been gathered from
many sources, but special acknowledgement is due to Mrs Skelton,
the author of " The Gordons Under Arms, ;: in preparation for the
New Spalding Club; for without her patient research it would have
been impossible to have pieced together the military careers of the
Minmore family. For most of the information on the Smith group the
writer is indebted to Brigade-Surgeon George Grant, and to his
sister, Mrs Grant Robertson, Ringwood, Hants (the " I.G. K. '
of the notes), to both of whom the present little book is due.
It is an enlarged reprint of a series of articles which appeared
in the " Huntly Express" (the greatest source of Gordon genealogy)
between June 1 and July 27, 1906 ; Feb. 14, 1907 ; and Feb. 28,
March 6, 1908.