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Tracing Tips
Ship to shore
ANCESTOR-HUNTING may be about to become a little easier thanks to a new online service. Ancestry.co.uk has launched the set of passenger lists of those who sailed from the UK and Ireland to the United States between 1820 and 1960.
Treasures you won't always find on the web
SOMEONE once described the internet as the world's greatest library. It is, and it will continue to expand. But there are millions of books not on its shelves – and they include many gems for the ancestor hunter. They can be found not on your personal computer but in the reference library or at your local branch.
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Tracing the ones who went away
IT IS an unusual family tree indeed in which some of the branches don't stray over the fences marking the borders of Scotland or whose roots don't, in places, grow from beyond them. Immigrants and emigrants or even temporary strays – how do you track them down?
Using the web to track your ancestors
BY ITS very nature the internet has an incalculable number of sites which may help the ancestor hunter put flesh and blood onto the bones of that skeletal scaffolding which you are slowly building up. Here are a few sites that are definitely worth getting to know.
Making the most of relatives' memories
THE ETERNAL message to family historians - and the eternal regret from them - is a simple one. Find out what your relatives know NOW. Important though documents may be, just remember: Aunt Bessie's birth certificate will be here in a few years time, but she may not!
The name game
ALL THE players around the Genealogy table are dealt a hand in advance. You may have a very common name. You may have a very exotic name. There's nothing you can do about it. You each have to play the hand you've been given.
Genealogy on the road
FAMILY history is not only about poring over sheets of notes and staring at computer screens. The most rewarding aspect can often be the excuse or motivation to get out and about. Tracing your ancestors enables you to have fun visiting relatives, old haunts, museums and graveyards.
Essential filing keeps control of those ancestors
YOUR first steps – jotting down your parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles – will soon alert you to one unavoidable fact of family history - you are going to have to cope with enormous quantities of data. Some of you will be used to such challenges from your workplace. Others will find it daunting.
Negotiating Births, Marriages and Deaths
From 1855 onwards, the Government undertook the registering, indexing and storage of all births, marriages and deaths in Scotland. The Registrar General looks after these at New Register House in Edinburgh and you can get to see them.
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