Publications

Tracing your Scottish Ancestors
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: a guide to ancestry research in the National Records of Scotland and ScotlandsPeople

Edited by Tristram Clarke

My Scottish Ancestry:

Helps you trace your ancestors
Packed with useful tips and tricks
Space for Photos, clippings & Notes
Tracing your Scottish Ancestry can be fun and interesting.
From your first step back into the past, you will be on a continual journey of discovery, learning more and more about your family and its history through the generations that have lived before.

The Scots-A genetic Journey

In "The Scots: A Genetic Journey" Alistair Moffat and James F Wilson explore the history that is printed in our genes and in a remarkable new approach come to some fascinating conclusions about who we are and where we come from.

The Family and Local History Handbook 13

Full of information for the beginner as well as the experienced researcher. It is packed from cover to cover with facts, figures, help pages, where to look, how to look as well as other interesting topics.
Covering everything from beginning your family history to areas of specific research, advice on Welsh, Scottish and Irish research as well as using the internet, digital technology and military sources. Listing over five thousand useful addresses and contacts are at your fingertips at all times.

The Genealogist's Internet
The best selling guide 4th new expanded edition

Peter Christian

The best selling guide to Family History online, fully updated and expanded.
This accessible guide, now in its 4th edition, offers expert advice for researchers in the rapidly changing field of internet research. Designed both for those starting out and experienced family historians.

Tracing your family History on the INTERNET

Chris Paton

A practical guide to the do's and don'ts of Internet family history research.

The Scottish Family Tree Detective
Tracing your ancestors in Scotland

Rosemary Bigwood

This is a user friendly guide to discovering your Scottish ancestors-who they were, what they did and where they lived. Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced enthusiast, living in Scotland or far away, this book will provide key information on new opportunities for research on the internet as well as in archives and libraries around the world.

Researching Scottish Family History

Chris Paton

This book outlines the basic sources needed for tracing your Scottish Ancestors and suggests many other ways that you might not have thought of. It will tell you about resources both online and in archives as well as offering useful tips and debunking some myths. Above all it is a beginner's guide to discovering your very own family story.

Relatively Clear
A search guide for adopted people in Scotland

Birthlink

This search guide has been specifically prepared for adopted people in Scotland. It has been produced by Birthlink with assistance from people who have experienced adoption and those with extensive knowledge about searching for family members separated by adoption. It covers situations ranging form how to find your original birth name to getting in contact with birth parents or family members and supplements personal advice form experienced adoption workers and councillors.

Scottish Family History on the Web 3rd edition

Stuart A Raymond

Researching your Scottish Ancestors? There is a huge amount of information on the internet. This directory provides a comprehensive overview of websites for Scottish Researchers.

Tracing your Irish Roots

Christine Kinealy

The great emigration of the 19th and 20th centuries to Scotland, England and further a field has left many people keen to find out about their Irish family roots. This detailed and practical handbook gives you all the information you need to start researching your own family history.

Art Researchers' Guide to Edinburgh

Edited by Kerry Eldon & Rose Roberto

This handbook describes the major libraries and repositories in Edinburgh with art and design resources. It will allow you to more fully explore the city, and direct you to the most appropriate libraries and archives to suit your research needs.