Genealogy

Gene- alogy:

Tracing

Sinclair Family

Database
Pass- enger Lists

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We are nothing without our roots.
—Niven Sinclair

Genealogy

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General

Genealogy in general is one of the most popular subjects on the web.

John Fuller and Christine Gaunt's very extensive and constantly updated listings of Genealogy Resources on the Internet.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet.
Chance's Genealogy (aka Vicki Lindsay), which is a listing of mailing lists, newsgroups, and homepages located on the Internet that may be of interest to genealogists.
The Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library in Moultrie, Georgia. Many Scottish Clan organizations have made the Library their official repository. Sinclairs will remember it as the place that held the first event in 1998 celebrating Prince Henry's voyage.
The Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana has long been a hotbed of genealogy.
The online home of genealogical data collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), is useful for leads; be sure to check data you find there against other sources.
Passenger lists from the sources compiled by Sinclair de la Behottiere.

Scottish

There are many resources about Scottish genealogy on the Internet:

The Family Tree, the newspaper of the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library in Moultrie, Georgia. It is not limited to Scottish genealogy, but that is one of its most popular topics.
General Record Office for Scotland noted by Antonia Sinclair.
Scots Origins
Scots Ancestry Research Society.
For Orkney ancestry, write to: the Archivist, Council Chambers, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
Clan Sinclair Scotland.
An article about tracing your ancestors that Pete Cummings, the late Clan Sinclair Genealogist, posted on the Sinclair discussion list, 22 March 1998.
Robert Cooper remarked on the Sinclair discussion list, that ``If you have reason to believe that your ancestors were Freemasons you should think about writing to:''
Grand Secretary
The Grand Lodge of Scotland
96 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3DH
Scotland

Sinclair

Much Sinclair genealogy is available on the web.

The new Clan Sinclair Study Centre at Noss Head Lighthouse.
Paul Sinclair's history and genealogy pages.
Gary M. Sinclair's moderated Sinclair Genealogy List.
The more general and unmoderated Sinclair Discussion List.
There is also a ROOTS-L list, SINCLAIR-L, but it has very little traffic and the above two lists are preferred.
The writeup on Sinclair lineage by Ian Sinclair.
See below about books, and see the books page.
The well-known Sinclair genealogist Jean Grigsby, jgrigsby@bcni.net, +1-361-362-0422.
Lena A Löfström is collecting GEDCOM for as many Sinclair genealogies as possible, to produce a Sinclair Genealogical Database, in an attempt to tie together family trees for more of the many Sinclairs around the world.
Clan Sinclair Australia has a Clan Genealogist, Ian Sinclair, sinclrig@netspace.net.au.
Illinois State Archives online index to Illinois marriages.

Sinclair Genealogy Books

Question: Where can I get information on the Sinclairs extant in Caithness, the Isles, Fife and Midlothian in the very early years, say before 1800?

Answer: The following writings have been identified and most are available, though the originals have in most cases are only in the hands of a few individuals, and copies may be obtained from several sources. —Richard Lower

The Sinclair Family in Europe and America for Eleven Hundred Years, by Leonard Allison Morrison
Saint-Clairs of the Isles, by Roland W. St Claire
Caithness Family History, by John Henderson
The Scots Peerage, Lord Lyon King of Arms
Burkes Peerage
Many Tender Ties, by Sylvia Van Kirk (recommended by Laurel).

There are other books by various Sinclair researchers and chroniclers, especially in the past few decades. Many of them are listed in the books page.

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