The Scottish Statistical Accounts are a rich source of historical context. Written by the ministers of each parish, they give details such as the number of parishioners, occupations, local traditions, and more. Come learn how to access them online and how they can help you understand what your ancestors' daily lives may have been like.
Overview of the website Scottish Indexes. This site includes indexes to poor records, asylum records, a paternity index, a criminal database, and more.
Learn about Scotland Sasines and how to access them.
Learn how to use the Scotland Services of Heirs by going through various case studies.
After finding your ancestor in the indexes to the Services of Heirs, learn how to find their original Services of Heirs record.
In addition to Services of Heirs indexes, learn about additional indexes associated with the Services of Heirs.
Learn about the Scotland Services of Heirs Indexes and how to access them.
Overview of Scotland Land Records including the Services of Heirs and Sasines Records.
This presentation walks learners through the Civil Registration process for Scotland. At the end, learners should be able to know how to use Civil Registration to find their Scottish ancestor's birth, marriage, or death certificate.
This Webinar provides key information about how to advance your ancestral research in Scotland's online Church of Scotland parish registers. The key government-sponsored website (Scotlandspeople) will be demonstrated and how you can search records there.
What are you next steps for finding elusive Scottish ancestry when they didn't belong to the Established church (Church of Scotland)? Did you know that over half of Scotland's population at any point in post-17th century never attended the Church of Scotland? Learn more about the most likely records that give you the best chances for success, and new avenues for approaching your Scots research.
This Webinar outlines events surrounding the plantation schemes and the settlement of Northern Ireland from the London Companies and the large landed Estates in Scotland. Craig will walk you through the key sources for tracing the Scots-Irish in Ireland and their specific origins in Scotland.