| Author | : Graham S. Holton |
| Publisher | : Roberts Rinehart |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2004-01-23 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1461712009 |
An ideal guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors combining the traditional methods of researching family history with new methods offered by information technology and the internet.
| Author | : Linda Jonas |
| Publisher | : Betterway Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002-05-25 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9781558705999 |
More than ten million Americans claim Scottish as their primary ethnicity. This book provides easy, step-by-step instruction that enables readers to research Scottish records more easily and efficiently, and discover their Scottish ancestors. Linda Jonas and Paul Milner cover a broad range of topics including getting started in Scottish research, accessing resources on the Internet, retrieving published records available at university and public libraries, and examining microfilmed original records through the Family History Library. They also feature the records of an actual family to illustrate how to use the wealth of resources available to genealogists. Linda Jonas has been a professional genealogist for 20 years and is president of the British Isles Family History Society-U.S.A. She is a frequent lecturer at national and regional conferences. Paul Milner is a British native who grew up in the borderlands of England and Scotland. He is a professional genealogical researcher and has specialized in British Isles research for the past 20 years. They are the co-authors of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors.
| Author | : Alwyn James |
| Publisher | : Dundurn |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781842820070 |
This new and updated edition of the guide includes information on how to access family data utilising electronic resources and the Internet - a must if conducting research from an overseas base - and is a very welcome addition to the family library.
| Author | : Sherry Irvine |
| Publisher | : Ancestry.com |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : North America |
| ISBN | : 9780916489656 |
The world of genealogical research has changed dramatically in the years since this book debuted. In this revised second edition, Sherry Irvine mixes her award-winning methodology with up-to-date instruction on how to utilize the latest computer and internet sources for Scottish research. She also broadens the scope from a guide for North Americans to a useful resource for researchers from all over the globe. For family historians researching Scottish roots, this book continues to be indispensable.
| Author | : Graham Holton |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2009-11-04 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0748641785 |
This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science.Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies.Highlights of this new edition:*An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information*New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records*An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist*A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research even further.
| Author | : Amanda Epperson |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2018-11-06 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1440354154 |
Discover your Scottish roots! You take the high road, and I'll take the low--and your family tree will be in Scotland before you know it. This book will help you uncover your Scottish heritage, from identifying your immigrant ancestor to tracking down records in the old country. With help from Scottish genealogy expert Amanda Epperson, you'll learn about church records, civil registrations, censuses, and more, plus how to find them in online databases and in archives. Inside, you'll find: • Basic information on how to start family history research, including identifying and tracing immigrant ancestors • Step-by-steps for finding and using records from both the United States and Scotland • Crash-course guides to Scottish history, geography, surnames, and naming conventions Whether your ancestors hail from the Highlands or the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, this book will help you grow your family tree in Scotland.
| Author | : Chris Paton |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword Family History |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2020-04-30 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1526768399 |
From search engines and databases to DNA platforms, discover how to easily learn more about your Scottish ancestry online with this helpful guide. Scotland is a land with a proud and centuries long history that far predates its membership of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Today in the 21st century it is also a land that has done much to make its historical records accessible, to help those with Caledonian ancestry trace their roots back to earlier times and a world long past. In Tracing Scottish Family History on the Internet, Chris Paton expertly guides the family historian through the many Scottish records offerings available, but also cautions the reader that not every record is online, providing detailed advice on how to use web based finding aids to locate further material across the country and beyond. He also examines social networking and the many DNA platforms that are currently further revolutionizing online Scottish research. From the Scottish Government websites offering access to our most important national records, to the holdings of local archives, libraries, family history societies, and online vendors, Chris Paton takes the reader across Scotland, from the Highlands and Islands, through the Central Belt and the Lowlands, and across the diaspora, to explore the various flavors of Scottishness that have bound us together as a nation for so long.
| Author | : Anthony Adolph |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Scotland |
| ISBN | : 9781554074570 |
"Whether you have some idea of how and where your ancestors lived or are at a total loss about how to start your search, renowned genealogist Anthony Adolph shows you how to unravel your family history, generation by generation, and how to unlock your search when the trail goes cold. Peppering his text are compelling, humorous and often moving stories that illustrate what others have discoved on their journey"--Back cover.
| Author | : Alan Stewart |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Clans |
| ISBN | : 9781860772917 |
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, taxation and heraldry records are expected to become available too. Whether new to family history, or to Scottish research, or to the use of the Internet for either, everyone will find this book a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide. As well as dealing with the records of those who left Scotland for a better life in North America, Australasia, or even England and Wales, the author explains the sources for ancestors who joined the forces, how DNA can help research, and the benefits of joining a family history society. Appendices provide lists of useful websites, details of charges for access to on-line records and much information unavailable elsewhere. This book will be welcomed wherever Scottish ancestry is traced, and as much by professional genealogists as by amateurs and beginners!
