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Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide

Current price: $24.95
Publication Date: January 1st, 2012
Publisher:
Birlinn Ltd
ISBN:
9781780270227
Pages:
256

Description

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.

About the Author

The National Archives of Scotland is the government department responsible for the custody and preservation of the records of the government of Scotland.