Tracing Your Scottish Family History

January 03, 2011

If you have Scottish ancestors, you will want to glance through Tracing Your Scottish Family History by Anthony Adolph. Published in 2009, an index of "Useful addresses" is included in this helpful research guide. A brief explanation of how to start to trace your Scottish family history hits the basics, and you are ready to dig into the other chapters which include:  PART 2: The main records  (General Registration, Censuses, Church registers, Religious denominations, Testaments, deeds and other useful records); PART 3:  How they lived (What people did, The burghs, Landholders, Farmers and crofters, Clan and tartans);  and PART 4: Comings and goings (Emigration, The origins of Scotland’s people, Genetic evidence).

Charlotte M.
Midwest Genealogy Center