Discover Your Scottish Ancestry: Internet and Traditional Resources

by Graham Holton (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $18.04

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.32

  The perfect guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors. Combining the traditional methods of researching family history with new methods offered by information technology and the internet, this book is an essential resource. Examples of family history research, lists of useful web sites and names and addresses of relevant offices, organisations and societies are provided. And a detailed bibliography is included for those who want to take their research further. The most up-to-date book on the subject, Discover Your Scottish Ancestry is the ideal tool both for those starting out and for the more experienced family history researcher, whether living in Scotland or overseas. Key Features: *Integrates traditional approaches with new technology including the web *Stresses importance of rigorous traditional methods of family history research *Includes illustrative case studies *Covers Scottish primary and secondary sources of information

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $24.71

  This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science. Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies. Highlights of this new edition: *An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information *New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records *An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist *A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research even further.