Includes birth information abstracted by county from World War I civilian registration cards during 1873-1900 for their draft boards. The data abstracted from these cards shows name, date of birth, ethnic group, birth location or other information, county or city and state of draft aboard where the person registered.

St. Leonards is a parish within the burgh of St. Andrews, and forming practically part of the parish of St. Andrews.

Nichol Forest is a chapelry in the parish of Kirk-Andrew-upon-Esk.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Willard (Villard, Williard) families who came mainly from England, Italy, and Germany. Focus is on (but not limited to) three children of Benjamin Willard: Simon Willard (1604-1676), George Willard, and Margery Willard who married Dolard Davis. In 1634, they left Horsmonden, Kent County, England, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and in nearby New England ares. Simon...

"During the 17th and 18th centuries, and into the early 19th century, it was customary to cover the coffin or bier with a black cloth, often tasselled, called a mortcloth ... in most cases the date of the Mortcloth dues is the date of the funeral, which will obviously be a few days after the actual death date. In some cases the entry in the Kirk Session minutes may have been made weeks after the actual death" -- Introd.