A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors (Genealogist's Guides to Discovering Your Ancestor...) [Paperback]

Linda Jonas (Author)

Book Description

Series: Genealogist's Guides to Discovering Your Ancestor... | Publication Date: May 25, 2002

This book provides easy, step-by-step instruction that enables readers to research Scottish records more easily and efficiently, and discover their Scottish ancestors. Linda Jonas and Paul Milner cover a broad range of topics including getting started in Scottish research, accessing resources on the internet, retrieving published records available at university and public libraries, and examining microfilmed original records through the Family History Library. They also feature the records of an actual family to illustrate how to use the wealth of resources available to genealogists.

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Milner and Jonas, the authors of A Genealogist's Guide toDiscovering Your English Ancestors (2000), now turn their attentionto exploring one's Scottish roots. Citing the fact that more than 10million Americans claim Scottish as their primary ethnicity, theyprovide tips explicitly tailored to Scottish genealogicalinquiries. After reviewing library and Internet research basics thatcan be applied to any search or ethnicity, they zero in on retrievingexclusively Scottish data. Strategies for accessing and analyzingScottish civil registration, census, church, and land and probaterecords are included. A particularly effective device is theincorporation of the authentic records of an actual Scottish family toillustrate how to interpret and employ historicaldocuments. Margaret Flanagan
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About the Author

Linda Jonas has been a professional genealogist for 20 years and is president of the British Isles Family History Society-U.S.A. She is a frequent lecturer at national and regional conferences. Paul Milner is a British native who grew up in the borderlands of England and Scotland. He is a professional genealogical researcher and has specialized in British Isles research for the past 20 years. They are the co-authors of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Betterway Books (May 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558705996
• ISBN-13: 978-1558705999
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,716,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Teaches beginning genealogists the basic guidelines, November 10, 2002

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This review is from: A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors (Genealogist's Guides to Discovering Your Ancestor...) (Paperback)

Collaboratively written by knowledgeable genealogists Linda Jonas (Director of the McLean Family History Center specializing in British Ancestry) and Paul Milner (a professional family historian specializing in British research), A Genealogist's Guide To Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors: How To Find And Record Your Unique Heritage is a useful and user friendly "how-to" manual that teaches beginning genealogists the basic guidelines they need to follow in the research process of tracking down their family history. From combing a database of Scottish origins, to extracting useful information from census and church records, to avoiding common genealogical research pitfalls, A Genealogist's Guide To Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors is a very highly recommended resource for anyone of Scottish descent interested in learning more about their family origins and genealogical linkages.