Top Resources for Finding Your Scottish Ancestors

Where to Find Your Scottish Ancestors – Guest Article by Christine Woodcock, Director of Genealogy Tours of Scotland   Photo Credit: postaletrice via Compfight cc For those of us fortunate enough to have ancestors with Scottish heritage, researching is a fairly easy task. Knowing where to look is usually where we get tied up. Following these hints should help. Remember: If you ever…

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Finding Aids

Much has been said about the majority of historical and genealogical records being unavailable online. FamilySearch estimates that at least 90% of records are not available in a digital format. So how does a genealogist find and take advantage of the vast collections of paper records? One way is through the use of Genealogists.com to…

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Accessing Offline Records

As the world’s largest and fastest growing family history research firm,  Genealogists.com is often asked what is the key to our success. Our reply commonly includes one or both of the following facts: 1. Genealogists.com is not limited to the resources of any one archive, such as the Family History Library, but instead we can access most of the world’s…

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