Scotland
A Weekend at New Lanark Mills
My wife and I recently spent a weekend at New Lanark Mills, near Glasgow. New Lanark is an 18th Century Village containing beautifully restored houses, mills and other buildings and is now a UNESCO [...]
Find Your UK Ancestors with Electoral Rolls
Electoral registers, commonly known as electoral rolls can be very useful in helping you find where your UK ancestors lived, especially in the early 20th Century, between the 1911 census and the 1939 register. [...]
5 Reasons Why Stirling is the Perfect Base for Touring Scotland
Edinburgh is by far the post popular destination for people staying in Scotland. According to Visit Britain (the UK tourism agency), more people stay in Edinburgh than the rest of Scotland combined. This is [...]
Discover Britain’s Islands
Many people are surprised to learn that, as well as the two large Islands of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Isles consists of over six thousand smaller islands. Many of the islands are [...]
Scottish Genealogy: Making the Most of Scotland’s People
Those of us with roots in Scotland are really very lucky; availability of historic Scottish genealogy records is second to none. Many of these records are available online, with the Scotland’s People website holding [...]
Free British Industrial History for Genealogy Research
If your ancestors worked in industry in Britain or Ireland and you know who their employer was, then you may be able to find more information on the Grace’s Guide website. This amazing free [...]
10 Great Scottish Genealogy Research Books
Good Scottish genealogy research is much more than finding vital records and census returns at Scotland’s People. Scotland has a rich history and there are many sources of information to help the family historian [...]
Free Scottish Archive Directory and Parish Records Guide
St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle In the Resources section of this website are parish register guides for England and Wales containing archive and family history directories for every historic county in [...]
15 Useful Free Scottish Genealogy Resources
Here are 15 useful free Scottish genealogy resources for researchers with an interest in this Country. You may find some surprises. Scotland's Places Website This is a free Scottish Government site [...]
Top 10 Essential Free British Genealogy Sites
There is so much information online, both paid for and free, it is often difficult to know where to start to look. Following on from my top top 5 Irish sites article , I have put [...]
5 Tips For a Cheap Ancestral Trip to Scotland
If you live outside of the British Isles and are thinking of taking a trip to Scotland to soak up the landscapes, ancient castles or to do some ancestral research in the archives and [...]
How to find free historical UK maps online
This post shows you how to find free historical UK maps online using the  National Library of Scotland Map Images website. This is an amazing free resource and very useful for giving some context to researching [...]
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