Reverend Stephen Ree, Church of Scotland minister, antiquarian and genealogist: papers This small collection reflects the broad research interests of the Reverend Stephen Ree, pursued over a period of more then 40 years. It contains extensive notes on the origin and descent of the Gordon, Leslie, Innes, Forbes and Duff families, including an inventory of charters in Gordon Castle, 1802 - 1803; four volumes of notes on schools and schoolmasters in the Presbytery of Aberlour, including a report of the Schoolmasters' widows' fund, 1823; a series of transcripts and extracts from official records, including Aberdeenshire register of sasines, 1599 - 1606, the Register of Privy Council for Scotland, 1545 - 1632, the Exchequer Rolls, 1264 - 1579, and the Great Seal Register, 1424 - 1659; a further series of extracts from printed sources, including Burke's 'Landed Gentry' (1898), Lord Rosebery's 'List of Persons concerned in the Rebellion' (1890), and the 'Scots Magazine', 1732 - 1825; and 15 small notebooks containing miscellaneous extracts and notes on similar topics. late 19th - early 20th centuries