Marriage litigation in Scotland, 1694-1830

The aim of the project was to transcribe and analyse the records of all declarator of marriage and declarator of freedom cases in the Edinburgh Commissary Court between 1684, when a register of extracted decreets began to be kept, and 1830, when the court was wound up and its functions transferred t...

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Main Author: Leneman, Leah 1944-1999 (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: Colchester UK Data Service 2000
In:Year: 2000
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