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Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, 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.

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Foreword; Introduction; 1: Gathering Information from your Family; 2: Recording and Storing Information; 3: Basic Sources for Family History; 4: Supplementary Sources; 5: Family History and the Internet; 6: Historical Information; 7: Historical Sources Pre-1855; 8: Presenting your Family History; 9: Family Heritage; 10: DNA, Genetics, Health and Family Medical History; Appendices; 1: English, Welsh and Irish records; 2: Interpreting older forms of handwriting; List of Websites; List of Useful Addresses; Sample forms for Obtaining and Recording Information; Bibliography; Index

Discover Your Scottish Ancestry

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    A Hardback by Graham S. Holton, Jack Winch

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 31/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780748639205, 978-0748639205
      ISBN10: 0748639209
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      Family history, tracing ancestors

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, 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.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword; Introduction; 1: Gathering Information from your Family; 2: Recording and Storing Information; 3: Basic Sources for Family History; 4: Supplementary Sources; 5: Family History and the Internet; 6: Historical Information; 7: Historical Sources Pre-1855; 8: Presenting your Family History; 9: Family Heritage; 10: DNA, Genetics, Health and Family Medical History; Appendices; 1: English, Welsh and Irish records; 2: Interpreting older forms of handwriting; List of Websites; List of Useful Addresses; Sample forms for Obtaining and Recording Information; Bibliography; Index

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