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This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Records of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country.

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Records' official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.



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'Includes the sort of online sources that have transformed the field since its first publication in 1990, this guide is indispensable for the serious investigator'

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'Excellent help with every phase of genealogical research ... This book will be a valuable finding aid for many people using the Scottish Record Office, and by no means only for the family historian'

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Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

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      Publisher Birlinn Ltd
      Published 6 August 2020
      ISBN-13 9781780276335
      978-1780276335
      ISBN-10 1780276338
      Also in:
      History Family history, tracing ancestors Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Records of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country.

      Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Records' official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.



      Trade Review

      'Includes the sort of online sources that have transformed the field since its first publication in 1990, this guide is indispensable for the serious investigator'

      * The Scotsman *

      'Excellent help with every phase of genealogical research ... This book will be a valuable finding aid for many people using the Scottish Record Office, and by no means only for the family historian'

      * Books in Scotland *

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