Historical family document discovered: Brechin

[a-l]

Hello Martin I am not a Brechin or even from Scotland but I would love to read your book it sounds absolutely fascinating. Have been so intrigued just reading the posts. I wish you every success and do let us know how you fare,congratulations on such a tremendous find. Kindest regards sue

[AndyDoesWords]

It's a long time since there has been a post on this. I'm a writer looking for social documents that detail everyday life in Aberdeen mid 1800s. Did you ever publish Martin?

[Martin Guthrie]

I didn't as I couldn't justify the cost.  However, I'm now thinking of publishing an eBook version only and am actively looking into that.  Will update if this goes further.

[Forfarian]

Did you ever try the National Library of Scotland as a possibly repository/custodian of the original book?

[Martin Guthrie]

Not yet.  Perhaps once it's published I will but until then I might need to refer to it.

[Martin Guthrie]

Dear All,

After much time (almost 10 years!), I am please to be able to confirm that his journal is now live on Amazon.  Currently as a Kindle eBook only, I'm looking into getting a paperback version made available too - but that may take me a few more weeks...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0711BF17F/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1493750259&sr=1-1&keywords=my+schools+and+schooldays

Any questions; please shout.

[mitchell]

Thanks for letting us know Martin. I've spent the afternoon reading it and thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm so glad that you decided to go ahead with it in ebook form. I have ancestors who were living in Aberdeen at roughly the same time and it certainly brings to life what it was like then. It was also really interesting to hear of the streets and places that no longer exist.
Elaine

[Martin Guthrie]

Hi Elaine,

Glad you enjoyed it!   

I'm continuing to work on the paperback version (mostly formatting stuff) and will probably issue an update to the eBook around the same time (I think Amazon offers free updates to people that have already downloaded).

I'm also discussing with Aberdeen Archives about them holding the original journal there.  Would allow anyone that wants to view it for research purposes to do so.  Again, hope to have news on this in the next week or two.

Martin