by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa More Info
This booklet is a guide to descendant searching - that is looking for living relatives who are also descendants of our ancestors. It can be fascinating, rewarding, and potentially life-changing. Research can lead you not to long-dead ancestors but living, breathing relatives who share your genetic heritage - members of your extended family. This book shows you how to get started, offers tips and guidance, includes instructions of how to conduct descendant searching, and uses real examples fr More Info
Product Code: BK5859
As Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the internet information they acquire. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has been left out and what is still to come? More Info
Product Code: BK6335
A practical guide to researching Scottish ancestry using the Internet. Contains chapters on many classes of records and online offerings sourced nationally and from every Scottish county; covers national institutions, commercial sites and sources generated by local Family History Societies and individuals; explains how these sources can be understood and related to individual research projects; examines many uniquely Scottish collections not replicated elsewhere. An essential work of reference for anyone studying Scottish family history or national history More Info
Product Code: BK6771
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This publication brings together five informative books that are as relevant today as when they were originally published. They are individually available on page 15, but are presented here on a single CD-ROM or pdf file through downloading. The Books of Trades - Three volumes: Volume 1 - Woolcomber, spinner, waterman, basket maker, hat maker,jeweller, bricklayer, carpenter, cooper, st...More Info
This Family History Record Book is an easy-to-use, usefully organised way to record the details of your ancestors as you progress your genealogy research. It provides generous, clear space for recording eight generations of your family – a whopping 255 individuals in total. Available in both paperback or hardback, this is the ideal way to store your family tree for the future. The book contai...More Info
The Family History Record Book 2 is a follow-up to the first Family History Record Book and enables you to record details of two further generations of your ancestors. Using the two books together, you can now record your research into more than 1,000 ancestors, across ten generations! This offers an easy-to-use, usefully organised way to record the details of your ancestors as you progress you...More Info
Paviour, turner, brush maker, taylor, shoemaker, trunkmaker, wheelwright, iron founder, copperplate printer, painter, engraver, statuary, brewer, cutler, merchant, brick maker, rope maker, weaver, stocking weaver, carpet weaver, ladies dress maker, pin maker, needle maker, wire drawer, paper-maker, printer, bookbinder, calico printer, tinplate worker, brazier, button maker, cabinet maker, sadler, ...More Info
This is a 24 page book of Border Annals (extracts with Scottish links from North of England Church Registers i.e. Cumberland). Most of the links relate to Border or nearby Scottish Parishes (e.g. Annan, Canonbie, Cummertrees, Ewes, Gretna, Half Morton, Hoddom, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Langholm, Lockerbie, Middlebie, Ruthwell with occasional entries from Farther afield such as Dumfries or Moffat). It w...More Info