Robert Burns' Life & Family
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| Burns Life and Times |
A substantial chronology, from David Sibbald, plus sections on Facts and the Stories behind the Songs |
| From Local Hero To Legend |
A biography from Scotland Online |
| Robert Burns Family Tree |
John Burness's remarkable research - an invaluable resource for anyone looking into their own family connections |
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Robert Burns in Atholl
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John Robertson's piece on Burns' time in this area |
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A Celebration of Burns Life and Works
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Brief biography with pictures and an article about social history |
| Burns DNA Project |
An astonishing idea which could end those 'are we related' arguments |
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| The Complete Works of Robert Burns online |
Our own archive |
| Analysis of Burns Poems |
Excellent resource with insights into many works |
| Familiar Burns Quotes |
From Barleby.com's Great Books Online |
| Hear a few works being read live |
Courtesy of the Gaelic homepage |
| The Poetry of Robert Burns |
Lady Nancy A. MacCorkill's celebration |
| John Lapraik - a friend of Burns |
A labour of love by his namesake - the complete works of a contemporary poet |
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| The Vocabulary of Robert Burns |
If you find the language hard to understand, you'll find this very helpful indeed |
| Robert Burns in Russian |
We haven't a clue what it's about! |
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| Burns Suppers |
Our own site with most of what you'll need to know, kindly edited by Bennet Fischer |
| My Supper with Rabbie |
Bennet's own site with much the same information |
| A Toast to the Lassies |
If you've been asked to deliver one this year, here's an example! |
| The Burns Supper |
David Sibbald's section with extensive info |
| Sequence of Events |
Tom Kreitberg's quick list, with recipes |
| The Making of a Haggis |
Anecdotal stuff from Scotland Online - basically an advertisement for Macsweens butchers |
| A Burns Supper |
Also from Scotland Online. |
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| The Burns Encyclopedia |
This is of course the single most useful Burns resource online! |
| Essays on Robert Burns |
Thought-provoking essays by David Sibbald |
| Scotland's Cultural Resources Access Network |
A major national project assembling Burns artifacts. (If that link goes dead, try the SCRAN homepage.) |
| Scotch College Library |
...in Melbourne Australia has an extensive collection of Burns material, but the link we had is dead so if you're interested you'll have to email them. |
| Alloway Publishing |
Publishers of Burns books published in 'Burns Country' |
| A print of the lower fall of Foyers |
See print 7 - included here just because it's nice! |
| The World of Robert Burns CD ROM |
This won the British Education Training and Technology Gold Award for 1996. |
| Burns CD |
They may have an information site too if it's back again |
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| The Burns National Heritage Park |
All the major sites in and around Alloway |
| Ellisland Farm
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Robert Burns museum and visitor attraction, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland |
| Ayrshire Online |
Badly designed site for the local area |
| Maybole |
It was in Maybole that the parents of Robert Burns met, courted and married. |
| Travel-Scotland |
Local tours of Burns Country |
| Thistlestop Travel |
Custom tours of Burns Country |
Speakers & Performers
Note: listing here does not indicate any form of recommendation as we have no direct experience of the work. If you contact them and receive no response, please let us know so that we may remove dead links!
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| David Sibbald |
Expert Burnsian and after-dinner speaker |
| The Ayres |
Scottish based singer and guitar accompanist |
| Rantin' Rovin' Robin' |
A play available for Burns Nights |
| David Skipper |
US storyteller & actor specialising in Burns |
| Robbie Robertson |
Performs speeches and recitations for Burns Suppers in North America |
| David Arditti |
Musical settings of Burns songs |
| Richard Kennedy-Moffat |
New Zealand: written and performed a one hour long dramatisation on the life and works of Robert Burns |
| Andy M Stewart sings Burns |
A fine example of Burns songs, with well-researched background notes on all the songs |
| Elspeth Smellie |
Scottish Harp Player, Singer & Composer with an impressive CV |
| Chris Robinson |
Outreach Officer for Scottish Language Dictionaries, available to visit groups and societiesÊthroughout Scotland to discuss the Dictionaries and Scots Language in general |
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| The Burns Federation |
The Burns Federation at last has a catchy new email address: 'robertburnsfederation@kilmarnock26.freeserve.co.uk' (so now we only need to get them to accept the free web site we have been offering for years!) |
| Burns Howff Club |
The Burns Howff Club is a society celebrating his life, works and contribution to Scottish heritage. |
| Scottish World |
Regretfully, we have had to remove our old index of Scottish clubs worldwide due to the costs of upkeep; we are exploring alternatives and seeking sponsors for a replacement. |
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| Clarinda - the film |
The status of this project is currently, erm... unclear |
