Tracing your Roots

…records. Subscription Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com) – Access to official records for UK burials and cremations. Free to search, then Paid-For Family Search/IGI (www.familysearch.org) – the largest genealogy organization in the…

Why is Scotland so… Google Reveals All

Internet search giant Google has revealed questions the world wants to know about Scotland, unfortunately showing rather unflattering results. The auto-complete feature imbedded in the search engine suggests common search

Flodden Battlefield Grave Search Begins

A memorial to the fallen at Flodden Archaeologists and volunteers are set to begin the search for body pits from Scotland’s worst ever battlefield defeat. Beginning work in early September,…

June in Scottish History

search of the north-west passage, and commanded an expedition to search for Franklin after he went missing in 1845. During these voyages Richardson surveyed more of the Canadian Arctic than…

The Selkie Bride

…the dawn light with a blanket, and took her home for a hot drink and a warm by the fire. And she was impressed at his commitment to search for…