Researching Scottish Family History

Researching Scottish Family History by Chris Paton and published by The Family History Partnership. This book is a guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors, it points out the various resources currently available both online and in archives across the country; and along the way offers some useful tips, as well as debunk many myths. It starts at the begging with ask the family, recording your research, places where to look; General Register House; Regional archives; Family History Centres; Birth, Marriages and Death Records, Burials and Cemetery’s; Kirk Session Records; Protestant Denominations. It includes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (IGIs); Censuses in Scotland from 1801 and every ten years to 1911; Wills & Inventories; Land & Estate Records; Military Research; Heraldry & Tartans, Emigration, etc. There is an A to Z list of Regional Archives across Scotland, with email addresses; and a list of Family History Societies in Scotland, with their email addresses, and covers various Scottish Islands. A5, 120pp.