by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa More Info
As Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the internet information they acquire. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has been left out and what is still to come? More Info
Product Code: BK6335
A practical guide to researching Scottish ancestry using the Internet. Contains chapters on many classes of records and online offerings sourced nationally and from every Scottish county; covers national institutions, commercial sites and sources generated by local Family History Societies and individuals; explains how these sources can be understood and related to individual research projects; examines many uniquely Scottish collections not replicated elsewhere. An essential work of reference for anyone studying Scottish family history or national history More Info
Product Code: BK6771
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Transcripts of Baptisms from the churches most associated with the military in the towns of Chatham, Brompton, Gillingham and Rochester. Also included is a transcript of burials 1869-1997 for Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Kent The transcripts of baptisms include:- Chatham Dockyard Church 1867 – 1974 (TNA ADM-338/17 & 18) Gillingham: Brompton Garrison Church 1847 – 1966 ATS Fort...More Info
50Picturesque and historic Cramond is the site of the earliest recorded settlement in Scotland, and several millennia later was occupied by Romans.
The Pentlands cover an area of approximately 75 square miles and are some of the best loved hills in Scotland. Admired by Sir Walter Scott and beloved of Robert Louis Stevenson they house many archaeological treasures among their peaks including iron-age hill forts and stone with cup and ring markings. The photographs in this volume from the nineteenth and early 20th century evoke a gentler age wh...More Info
This is a 84 page book of Memorial Inscriptions for Kirkandrews on Esk Churchyard in Cumberland. It is mid-way between Canonbie in Dumfriesshire and Longtown in England. It is only 1 mile from Canonbie Parish border and contains many references to people from Scotland. It was published in 2007 and consists of 57 pages of inscriptions from 465 headstones. It is indexed by Surname and Forename. T...More Info
A One-Name Study and Compilation of Historical Family Records. This is a 140 page book by Thomas H. Garmory (1926-2018). With name variations of Garmery, Garmorie, Germary, Germerie, Girmerie, Gomery, MakGarmory, McGarmorie, McGarmurrie, Montgomery and distribution around Scotland (including Kirkcudbrightshire, the epicentre of Garmory family history), England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands,...More Info