Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

by National Archives, Tristram Clarke (Editor), National Records of Scotland

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780276335
Publisher:	Birlinn, Limited
Publication date:	10/06/2020
Edition description:	7th Edition
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	503,025
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tristram Clarke works for National Records of Scotland and is Co-curator of the Admiral Cochrane, the Real Master and Commander exhibition.

The National Archives of Scotland is the government department responsible for the custody and preservation of the records of the government of Scotland.

The National Records of Scotland is the government department responsible for the custody and preservation of the records of the government of Scotland.

Editorial Reviews

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'

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