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The History of a World Wide Family

Historical Texts & Resources

Below are several texts and resources for researching the history of the Clan Maclean. Most of the historical information on this site has been extrapolated and compiled from these books. All the items below are in the Public Domain and may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes. If anyone has a text they would like to add, please email us.

 

A Brief History of the Ancestry and Posterity of Allan Maclean - 1715-1786 - Vernon, Colony of Connecticut, New England, U.S.A.
by Mary McLean Hardy, 1905
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

A History of the Clan Maclean
by John Patterson Maclean, 1889
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

An Account of the Surname of Maclean
by John Patterson Maclean, 1751
PDF - TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783
by John Patterson Maclean, 1900
PDF - TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

History of the Island of Mull
by John Patterson Maclean, 1923
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland From A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625
by Donald Gregory, 1836
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

Renaissance of the Clan MacLean
by John Patterson Maclean, 1913
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

The Clan Gillean
by Alexander Maclean Sinclair, 1899
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

The Clan MacLean. Instituted 1892
by the Clan Maclean, Glasgow, 1893
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

The First Annual Gathering of the Clan Maclean Association of North America
by John Patterson Maclean, 1893
PDF - TEXT - ARCHIVE.org

 

The Gaelic Bards from 1411 to 1517
by Axexander Maclean Sinclair, 1890
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- TEXT - ARCHIVE.org


Online Resources

Dictionary of the Scots Language

Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)

National Archives (UK)

Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Scottish Archive Network