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The following excerpt is from an article in the November 11, 2012 edition of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail: A RETIRING registrar has been accused of deliberately destroying adoption records detailing the birth parents of babies born over 30 Continue reading Retired Scots Council Clerk Accused of Destroying Adoption Records
The following news release was received from Grant Millar at Brightsolid: · From inmates of poorhouses to owners of mansions – a fascinating portrait of Scottish life during the early 20th Century and a major new family history resource A Continue reading Scottish Wills & Testaments from 1902 to 1925 Go Online
Many early Scottish immigrants were enterprising individuals. In fact, many were engaged in such economic endeavors like the tobacco trade, which prior to the Revolution was controlled by Glasgow-based merchants and their factors. As is always the case, where there Continue reading Scottish-American Court Records: 1733-1783
The family history website, ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, celebrates its tenth birthday in September 2012. Officially launched in mid-September 2002, ScotlandsPeople was one of the first genealogy sites to arrive on the web. The site now contains over 90 million digital records and Continue reading The ScotlandsPeople Website is Ten Years Old
Dwight Radford has posted a lot of GREAT STUFF since I last posted a blog about his The Journey Home Genealogy website. His last 5 blogs alone dealt with the following topics: Presbyterian Identity Prince Edward Island Archives Scots-Irish and Continue reading It’s Time to Check Out Dwight Radford’s “The Journey Home Genealogy” Irish Blog Again
The following Teaser is from an extensive article published in the August 14, 2012 edition of The Scotsman. A project aiming to discover the origins of Scots through the use of DNA, has come up with some startling findings – Continue reading Finding Scottish Origins Through DNA
As I’ve noted before, I highly recommend Dwight Radford’s The Journey Home Genealogy blog. I’ve been keeping a running chronological list of links to his blog topics ever since he started. If you have Irish or Scots research, you should Continue reading Check out “The Journey Home Genealogy” for Tips on Irish and Scots Research
The following article was written by my friend, William Dollarhide: Note: Any old wagon roads identified here in bold type are shown graphically on the map below. If you had ancestors who went from the Chesapeake to the interior of Continue reading Get On Board the Great Valley Road
The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: FamilySearch published new, free records online for Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, England, Georgia, Indonesia, Italy, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. The Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Millions of Records for Belgium, China, Philippines, and the U.S. – 20 States Now Completed for the 1940 Census
Dictionary.com defines gazetteer as simply: “a geographical dictionary.” I have seen, and even reviewed on this site, many books titled Gazetteer. However, The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, may be the first book I have ever seen that Continue reading The Gazetteer of Scotland
Dwight Radford’s new “The Journey Home Genealogy” Blog continues to grow with all kinds of Irish topics of interest to millions of Americans being posted on a daily basis. Since posting my intitial blog about the site, I’ve continued to Continue reading The Journey Home Genealogy Irish Blog Continues to Grow
Scottish blood running through your veins? If so, Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family History is one of the more pleasurable reads you will find on the topic. Sherry Irvine writes as though the topic were a person. She adds Continue reading Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family Historians
My friend, and professional genealogist, Dwight Radford, recently started a terrific blog dealing Irish research. Dwight is adept at finding Irish ancestors – so much so that he’s been making a living at it for the last 25 years. Dwight Continue reading Dwight Radford’s New “The Journey Home Genealogy” Blog
Several weeks ago, my friend, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, sent me a copy of her new book. It’s titled “Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing.” I finally got the chance to sit down and read it cover to cover. Megan knows Continue reading A Review of “Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing“
The following news release was received from FamilyRelatives.com: How are Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde and the Regent Bridge connected? Familyrelatives.com adds Scottish Trade Directories dating back 185 years. Having released over 40 volumes of Scottish Trade Directories in 2009, Continue reading Familyrelatives.com Adds Scottish Trade Directories Dating Back 185 Years