SGS NEWS UPDATE

 

SGS genealogist Chris Paton has joined Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Limited as an instructor to teach the popular Scottish Research Online course. The course provides a detailed introduction to the key online databases used in Scottish family history research, as well as instruction on the most effective techniques to help you structure your research. The next five week course commences on April 14th 2010 and costs £42.99.

 

 

 

The 12th edition of the popular Family and Local History Handbook from Robert Blatchford Publishing Ltd is soon to be published, but pre-orders are already being taken at www.genealogical.co.uk. The book contains three articles by Chris - Weave Truth with Trust (the story of Perth's handloom weavers), The Ruhleben Prison Camp 1914-1918 and The Mount Stewart Murder. Only £9.99!

 

 

 

In this month's Your Family Tree (issue 81, September 2009) SGS genealogist Chris Paton looks at Scottish land records, the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-19, and essential resources for Welsh research.

 

In Discover my Past Scotland magazine (11, September 2009), he looks at the role of the Scottish Fencible regiments in the late 1790s, and provides a beginner's guide to Scottish research.

 

And as ever, keep an eye out for Chris's monthly genealogy news reports in Practical Family History, the latest family history internet news in Ancestors magazine, and the latest books and news affecting Scottish genealogy at Discover my Past Scotland!

 

PROFESSIONAL FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
& Genealogical Problem Solving Service
 
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Scotland's Greatest Story is your very own family history. Led by professional genealogist Chris Paton BA (Hons), HND, PgDip Genealogical Studies, the service can help to bring your ancestral story back to life in a variety of ways:

 

 

Basic family tree research - using many private records in Scotland not available online.

 

Overcoming brick walls - including the use of Scottish church records not available online (non-established churches) land records, DNA testing, etc.

 

Site visits to photograph ancestral homes and relevant gravestones

 

Heraldry - identifying the Scottish coats of arms and heraldic devices used by your ancestors

 

Contextual research - tracing articles and publications written by or about your ancestors, providing an understanding of the times in which they lived

 

Surname research - explaining the origins of your surname

 

Relatives tracing - searching for historic descendants in Scotland, or current relatives within the country as well as the rest of the United Kingdom

 

Palaeography - transcribing 17th and 18th century documents or relevance to your family history written in the old form of Secretary Hand 

 

 

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Simon Fowler, Ancestors magazine editor