Tracing Tips for expert advice
WE KNOW how much you enjoy finding out about your Scottish ancestral history. More people than ever are searching for their roots and finding out about their past. But it isn't always an easy journey, so Heritage & Culture have decided to offer you all a helping hand.
Tracing Tips gives you the help you need in the form of a family historian expert.
Alwyn James is the author of the book Scottish Roots: From gravestone to website published by Luath Press.
Over the next few months he will cover many topics that can flummox the amateur roots-tracer and provides an invaluable service to everyone on the hunt for their history.
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Weather for Edinburgh
Monday 20 February 2012
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Light rain
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