Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide

by National Archives of Scotland

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 Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. "Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors" is the National Archives' 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.

Genres: Scotland, Nonfiction, History

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Susan in Perthshire · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone with Scottish ancestors, who is keen to access all available records, this guide is an absolute must. Well written and easy to navigate - it helps sort out what steps you can take in researching your genealogy. I have found it enormously helpful.