Scotland’s Music and Dance: Education, Religion and Attitudes This is the third, and last, post on Scotland’s music and dance. This time we look at musical education, music in religious contexts and changes in the attitudes to music. …Continue reading →

Scotland’s Music and Dance: Songs and Musicians This is the second post about music and dance in Scotland. Here, we look at some examples of Scottish songs, as well as eminent musicians, especially musical families, and people …Continue reading →

Scotland’s Music and Dance: Amusement, Traditions and Work If someone was to say to you “music and dance in Scotland” you would automatically think of bagpipes and ceilidh dances. But, looking at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, you …Continue reading →

Influence of Scotland in the World: Trade, Work and Travel This is the second post looking at the influence of Scotland on the world. This time we are focusing on trade between Scotland and other countries, as well as Scots …Continue reading →

Influence of Scotland on the World: Emigration The ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Statistical Accounts of Scotland are a record of what life was like in the parishes throughout Scotland, but reading through them you can see that it …Continue reading →

Family history and the Statistical Accounts We’re always interested to hear how you use the Statistical Accounts. Family historians are one of the key groups who make use of our service so we were delighted to see Jane Harris recently publish a blog …Continue reading →

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online – My statacc This is the last in a series of blog posts about some of the functionality you may have come across (or may not have yet discovered!) in the new Statistical …Continue reading →

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online – Images and Words This is the second in a series of blog posts about some of the functionality you may have come across (or may not have yet discovered!) in the new Statistical …Continue reading →

Welcome to the new and improved Statistical Accounts of Scotland online! As you may have already noticed, the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service now has a new look as well as new and improved features. We hope you have been exploring …Continue reading →

Wicked Witches In our last post we revealed some of the Halloween customs detailed in the Statistical Accounts, including some spooky ghost stories.  Although superstitious beliefs seem to have been receding during …Continue reading →