Gathering the Clans

Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line.

All the main records are already on-line and include: - Births, marriages and deaths (from 1855) - Old parish registers (some as far back as 1553) - Wills and inventories (from 1500) - Ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901)

Whether new to family history, or to Scottish research, or to the Internet, everyone will find this book a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide. As well as dealing with the records of those who left Scotland for a better life in North America, Australasia, or even England and Wales, the author explains the sources for ancestors who joined the forces, how DNA can help research, and the benefits of joining a family history society.

Alan Stewart has spent 20 years tracing his ancestry to many parts of Scotland. He now writes regularly about computers and the Internet for the Financial Times and contributes to other publications, including Encyclopaedia Britannica.