| With 5 million people in Scotland, and over 30 million of Scottish descent scattered over the globe, it is not surprising that research into Scottish family history is so popular - especially now that huge amounts of information on family origins are available online. If you are one of those whose roots lie in Scotland, this major new edition of the 'Official Guide' is for you.
If you are of Scottish extraction you are fortunate, because Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research. Those who can visit the National Archives of Scotland and the ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh are free to explore the vast collection of documents in person. Now, with the launch of the ScotlandsPeople online resource, many of them are at your fingertips no matter where you are in the world.
Written by the keepers of the records themselves, this official handbook is written in a friendly and accessible style for the family researcher. It shows you how to find, whether in person or online, records of births, marriages and deaths, wills, church registers, taxation lists, censuses, military records, property records and much more. Using this book, you can hold the pages of the past in your hand and shine a light on who your ancestors really were.
Contents: List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. First Steps in Family Research 3. Tracing Scottish Ancestors on the Internet 4. The ScotlandsPeople Centre 5. Statutory Registers, Old Parish Registers and Censuses 6. The Court of the Lord Lyon 7. At the National Archives of Scotland 8. Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 9. Inheritance: Wills and Executries 10. Inheriting Houses and Land in Scotland 11. Owners of Land and Houses 12. Tenants and Crofters 13. Other Legal Transactions 14. Litigants 15. Criminals 16. Taxpayers 17. Officials 18. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen 19. Clergymen and Church Members 20. Schoolteachers, Pupils and Students 21. Medical Professions 22. Lawyers 23. Architects and Surveyors 24. Artists and Musicians 25. Railwaymen 26. Coal Miners 27. Lighthouse Keepers 28. Labourers 29. Trade and Business 30. Electors and Elected 31. The Sick and Insane 32. The Poor 33. Emigrants and Migrants 34. Genealogies Appendix A. Useful Addresses Appendix B. Useful Books Index to Classes and Types of Records Index to Categories of Individuals Review: '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' - [relates to the 3rd edition], Books in Scotland |