"A do-it-yourself volume for the increasing number of people who long to go ancestor-hunting, but don't know how to start. . . . Mr. James guides his readers along avenues that with ordinary luck, will lead to the compilation of a quite impressive family tree. Scottish Roots will start many people on a stimulating new interest." Scots Magazine "This informative and entertaining book will lead you step by step, up, down and along the branches of the progenitorial tree." Life and Work More and more people today are tracing their roots, and a glance at the names in the telephone directory will attest to the huge number of Americans who are descended from the highlands and lowlands, the glens and lochs, the islands and mulls of Scotland. Scotland offers a vast array of facilities for genealogical research, and Scottish Roots: A Step-by-Step Guide for Ancestor Hunters by Alwyn James, tells you exactly how to tap into the wealth of services and information available to trace your Scottish forebears. Scottish Roots describes those resources in detail and explains how to make the best use of them. The author shows how two individuals, who initially had information only as far back as their grandparents, were each able to trace a substantial family tree using such resources as the New Registrar House, the Scottish Record Office, local libraries, Scottish folk museums, and field investigation. A special chapter on "Doing it from a Distance" explains how you can build your family tree even if you cannot go to Scotland. Alwyn James is a Welshman whose wife's Scottish ancestry encouraged him to look for their Highland roots. An editor of the business and political magazine Scotland for many years, James is now a freelance writer.
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A good book - now seriously out-dated,
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This rests an excellent basic book for those starting on their quest and has much good advice. It is also well written and easy to follow.
HOWEVER, it was written before most of the key Scottish documents (e.g. births, marriages, deaths, wills etc) became available for search on the internet. So it misses the new power of computer based research on these scottish document sites and advice on how best to do this. It also shows its pre-computer age in many other aspects. No longer a good buy - unless you don't use a computer .
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