Sources for Studying the Scottish Clans

The following sources have been useful to me in understanding the kin-based society of Scotland.

 

PDF links

• Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland from its origin to the year 1630 
• Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript by James Fraser
• Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne : an account of the MacSweeney families in Ireland, with pedigrees 
• A history of Moray and Nairn 
• The Book of Mackay
• Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families
• The Red Book of Clanranald
• Highland papers 
• A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland 
• History of the Camerons, with genealogies of the principal families of the name
• An account of the confederation of Clan Chattan: its kith and kin
• An Old Highland Genealogy and the Evolution of a Scottish Clan by Alan G. MacPherson

• Clan Macpherson, 1215 - 1550, How the Macphersons acquired their Clan Lands and Independence  by Reynold MacPherson, 20 January 2011

From Academia.edu (you can get an account for free)

• The Genealogy of the Morrison Origins in Scotland: A critical evaluation of the historical evidence for the origins of the Morrisons in Scotland
• Sinclairs of Roslin, Caithness, and Goshen
• Warfare in the West Highlands and Isles of Scotland, c. 1544-1615
• Rebellions in Gaelic Scotland, c. 1500-1745
• A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE HIGHLAND AND BORDER CLANS OF SCOTLAND
• Border Disputes: Gaelic Cultural Identity and Interaction in the Lennox and Menteith
• Survival and success: the Kennedys of Dunure
• The Gaelic clans of Galloway
• MacPherson Country: Genealogical Identities, Spatial Histories, and the Scottish Diasporic Clanscape  By Paul Basu

Books From Amazon.com (affiliate links). Some of these titles were mentioned above but I know some of you prefer to have a hard copy in your hands when you study, so here you go.

• Warriors of the Word by Michael Newton
• The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands by Michael Newton
• The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers by George MacDonald Fraser
• The Kingdom of the Isles by R. Andrew McDonald
• The Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia by George Way and Romilly Squire
• The Campbells 1250-1513 by Stephen Boardman
• Kinship and Clientage: Highland Clanship 1451-1609 by Alison Cathcart
• The Highland Clans by Allistair Moffat
• From Pictland to Alba: 789-1070 by Alex Woolf
• Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era by EJ Cowan and R. Andrew McDonald
• Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings 1058-1266 by R. Andrew McDonald
• The Borders: A History of the Borders from the Earliest Times by Allistair Moffat
• Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland from its origin to the year 1630 by Robert Gordon
• Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript by James Fraser
• Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne : an account of the MacSweeney families in Ireland, with pedigrees
• A history of Moray and Nairn
• The Book of Mackay
• Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families
• A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland 
• The Clan Cameron: A Brief Sketch of Its History and Traditions, With Short Notices of Eminent Clansment by John Cameron