scottish forensic document catalog
work log — from edinburgh
12.05.2026|ronald
Glenfinnan Charter Set — extended review of the Glenfinnan three-charter set posted under case files. middle sheet read as a seventeenth-century reissue using period materials.
02.05.2026|ronald
open the case file — new case file added: Glenfinnan Charter Set (1641). three-charter set with overlapping later additions in the margins.
18.04.2026|ronald
Drummond Tack — Drummond Tack (1672) added under tacks. clean main hand with a later renewal clause inserted across the lower third.
05.04.2026|ronald
Munro Sasine — Munro Sasine (1623) posted under sasines. marginal annotation re-attributes the property to a second branch of the family.
22.03.2026|ronald
Mackenzie Marriage Contract — Mackenzie Marriage Contract (1657) added under estate papers. two signatures sit over an erased patch and the tocher clause shows substituted figures.
08.03.2026|ronald
Lochaber Tutor's Letter — Lochaber Tutor's Letter (1689) added under manuscripts. postscript in a second hand, small drawing in the lower margin.
25.02.2026|ronald
Argyll Land Grants — Argyll Land Grants (1698) reviewed as a pair: one with replaced wax, one with an apparently untouched seal tag.
11.02.2026|ronald
Skye Sasine Investigation — Skye Sasine (1612) investigation posted under sasines. brought in after the family produced two slightly different transcripts.
29.01.2026|ronald
Cromartie Forfeited Estate Files — Cromartie Forfeited Estate Files (1715) added. bundle had been reassembled in the wrong order at some later point.
14.01.2026|ronald
Dunbar Charter Reissue — Dunbar Charter Reissue (1583) added under charters. two erasure patches and a small replaced witness name in the lower right.
19.12.2025|ronald
Glengarry Land Charter — Glengarry Land Charter (1605) posted under charters. extensive marginal cross-references added later, in at least two hands.
04.12.2025|ronald
Sutherland Wadset Papers — Sutherland Wadset Papers (1664) posted under estate papers. clear substitution in the redemption clause on one sheet.
20.11.2025|ronald
Caithness Tack Forgery Check — Caithness Tack (1681) added under forgery checks. brought in after a private buyer questioned whether the document was a nineteenth-century assembly.
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go >>- Glenfinnan Charter Set (1641)
three-charter set with overlapping later additions in the margins and a probable seventeenth-century reissue of one parchment.
- Drummond Tack (1672)
single-sheet tack with a clean main hand and a later, slightly different hand inserting a renewal clause in the lower third.
- Munro Sasine (1623)
early seventeenth-century sasine with a later annotation that re-attributes the property to a second branch of the family.
- Mackenzie Marriage Contract (1657)
marriage contract with two signatures over an erased patch and a small set of substituted figures in the tocher clause.
- Lochaber Tutor's Letter (1689)
late seventeenth-century letter from a tutor, with a postscript in a second hand and a small drawing in the lower margin.
- Argyll Land Grants (1698)
two land grants tied to the same argyll estate, one with replaced wax and one with an apparently untouched seal tag.
- Skye Sasine Investigation (1612)
early sasine from skye, reviewed for re-dating after the family produced two slightly different transcripts.
- Cromartie Forfeited Estate Files (1715)
forfeited estate paperwork from 1715, with a bundle of rentals and tacks reassembled in the wrong order at some later point.
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Glenfinnan Charter Set — extended review2026-05-12
Extended review of the Glenfinnan three-charter set: a closer look at the middle sheet, which is read here as a seventeenth-century reissue using period materials but with slightly tighter line spacing. The full case notes are kept in the case file, with margin and ink notes held separately from the family narrative attached to the bundle.
open the case file →who is behind this
Ronald MacDonald — forensic analyser. edinburgh, scotland. active since 1991. mostly highland charters, estate papers and pre-1700 manuscripts. quiet work on small details that most people would skip over. notes on ink, margins, layout and small changes are kept separate from the story attached to the document.
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