What readers are saying about the Tales from the Courthouse:   “You are a gifted story teller, which you combine with first-rate      research.”    "You give us an inside look at day-to-day life in colonial days...and    I find it fascinating."   "I have to compliment you on your writing style.  I love it!  Just the    right mixture of information and humor."   "What a fun article.  Who knew that court records could be so    entertaining!"

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• “The Case of the ‘Witching Rogue’” (Summer 2008).

• “Drinking with the Drummer” (Winter 2008).

• “The Case of the ‘Stone-Throwing Devil’” (Holiday 2007).

• “The Case of the Terrible Tenants” (Fall 2007).

• "Breaking the King’s Peace" (Summer 2007).

• "The Case of the Irish Rebels” (Spring 2007).

• “The Case of the Harvard Heretic” (Holiday 2006).

• “The Sale of Silvanus Warro” (Fall 2006).

• “The Witch at the Top of the Stairs” (Summer 2006).

• “The Case of the Rhode Island Runaway” (Spring 2006).
  WINNER OF 2007 “EXCELLENCE IN WRITING” AWARD from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

• "The Case of the Swindling Scoundrel" (Winter 2006).

• “The Strange Case of Mary Rosse and her 'Enthusiastical Power'” (Holiday 2005).
  WINNER OF 2006 “EXCELLENCE IN WRITING” AWARD from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

• “The Case of the Outspoken Advocate” (Fall 2005).

• “The Case of the Captured Fortune” (Summer 2005).

• “Coe’s Case: Indians in Colonial Courts” (Spring 2005).

• “Captain Barefoot Goes to Court” (Winter 2005).

• “The Case of the Scottish Rogue” (Holiday 2004).
  WINNER OF 2005 “EXCELLENCE IN WRITING” AWARD from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

• “The Case of the Naked Quaker” (Fall 2004).

•  “Offshore Antics: The Case of the Smuttynose Sailor Who Became a Judge” (Summer 2004).

• “The Case of the Wandering Wife” (Spring 2004).

• “The Case of the Purloined Pigs” (Winter 2004).

Praise from a reader of Diane’s Scottish Genealogy column:   "Thank you for your wonderful articles in the Highlander.  They     contain a wealth of information for all of us 'armchair genealogists'    of Scottish persuasion."

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 “Scottish Genealogy” column, The Highlander:

• “Did Your Ancestors Ride with the Border Reivers?” (July/August 2008).

• “Searching for Stirlingshire Ancestors” (May/June 2008).

• “Rooted in Scotland: A Book Review” (March/April 2008).

• “Tracing Your Ancestors in Robert Burns Country”
  (January/February 2008).

• “Genealogy in Glasgow, ‘Workshop of the British Empire’” (September/October 2007).

• “Searching for Ancestors in Argyll, ‘The Boundary of the Gaels’” (July/August 2007).

• “Do You Have Scottish Genes?” (May/June 2007).

• “Finding Your Ancestors in the Kingdom of Fife” (March/April 2007).

• “Searching for Ancestors in Central Scotland, the Crowning Place of Kings” (November/December 2006).

• “Discover Your Dundee and Angus Roots” (September/October 2006).

• "Searching for Ancestors in the Northeast – Scotland’s Castle Country" (July/August 2006).

• “Finding Ancestors at the ‘Gateway to the Highlands'" (May/June 2006).

• “Researching Ross and Cromarty” (March/April 2006).

• "The 'Lowlands Beyond the Highlands'" (January/February 2006).

• “Focus on the Far Northwest” (November/December 2005).

• “Mapping Your Scottish Heritage” (July/August 2005).

• “Adventurers and Exiles” (May/June 2005).

• “Discover the Scottish Archive Network” (March/April 2005).

• "Was Your 17th-Century Ancestor a Scottish War Prisoner?"  (January/February 2005).

“New England Court Records: Finding Your Ancestors in Justice of the Peace Files,” New England Ancestors (Holiday 2005), with excerpt from forthcoming book.

“Scottish Slavery in Seventeenth-Century New England,” History Scotland (January/February 2005). See www.historyscotland.com.

“Scottish Slaves in Colonial New England,” two-part feature in The Highlander (September/October and November/December 2004).
See www.highlandermagazine.com.

“The Child Chief and the Gaelic Bard: Tales from Balnakeil,” Munro Eagle (Clan Munro Assoc. USA 2001). See www.clanmunrousa.org.