Mrs. B. Thomson, neadteacher of Strathkinness School is thanked for

having arranged for me to read the school log books in the school, where

Miss Anquetil, Mrs. Coutts, Mrs. Farmer and the pupils are all thanked for

making it such an enjoyable time.

Also thanked are Miss Judith King and Miss Irene Griffiths of the Regional

Council Offices in Glenrothes for their kindness and help in making the St.

Andrews District Council and School Board minutes available and then sending

them to the University Library in St. Andrews for study there.

Craigtoun Hospital is thanked for allowing the print of the old Mount

Melville Hall to be photographed and then copied, and also Mrs. F. Topping

who arranged it. Mrs. Topping, Mr. R. Batchelor and Miss E. Douglas are

thanked for allowing their photographs to be copied for inclusion in the book.

Mr. Peter Adamson of the University Photographic Unit is thanked for all the

work his department did.

The contributions of June Riches in doing the calligraphy and Keith

Robson, who spent many hours on the illustrations, are greatly appreciated.

Experts in many fields are thanked for their assistance: Dr. John

Thompson, Dr. A. Werritty, Dr. G. Whittington, Dr. Owen Silver, Mr. R.

Batchelor, Mr. D. Dorward, Mr. lan Fraser, Dr.A. Tricker, Professor S.J. Jones,

Dr. Margaret McDowall, Dr. A. Dune, Mrs. B. Wilisher, Mr. J Kenworthy,

Mr. G. Pride, Dr. G. Stell, Professor J. Cameron, Professor R. Wilson and special

thanks to Dr. Barbara Crawford, Dr. Marinell Ash and Dr. Ronald Cant. Also

special thanks are given to Dr. Julian Duncan of the University of the West

Indies, Trinidad, who has shown a great interest in the project and has provided

information about General Melville’s career in the West Indies.

In addition to the Rev. A. Strickland (Strathkinness) many ministers

gave additional help in answering a multitude of questions: Rev. C. Nicoll

(Dundee and formerly Strathkinness), Rev. C. Armour (St. Andrews), Rev. R.

Halliday (St. Andrews), Rev. W. Learmonth (Ceres), Rev. E. Collington

(Newport), Rev. F. Cougan (Tayport) Rev.J.Patterson (St. Andrews) andthe

Rev. J. Weatherhead (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly).

Members of the staff at the Scottish Record Office were all willing to

assist in every way possible to help in finding the material I needed, and I

would like to especially thank Mr. David Brown.

Mr. Hainey, at the District Council Offices in Cupar is thanked for his

help in getting information about housing in Strathkinness, and also the

officials who searched out information on water and drainage in Strathkinness.

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