Scotland
Use Historical Directories to find your Ancestors
If your ancestors were involved in trade, or were reasonably well off financially, then historical directories can be useful [...]
Where to find British & Commonwealth Military Records
November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It’s probably a good [...]
20 Totally Free UK Genealogy Sites
This post follows on from an earlier one; 50 Useful English & Welsh Genealogy Sites which had both free [...]
An Amazing Free British Genealogy Resource: The Gazette
In this post I’m going to look at an amazing free British genealogy resource (as well as Irish records) [...]
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 [...]