Issue Detail
Issue 184
July 2010
Trace your Scottish Roots
- A beginner’s guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors
If you are just starting out in research north of the border, this article should be of help! Ian Maxwell investigates what records and resources are available to anyone investigating their Scottish roots
- Clan connections/The legend (culture) of the clans
Clan society is an important aspect of Scottish history and one which has been dramatised and romanticised in countless books and films. Alistair Moffatt explores the real story of an ancient culture
- Top ten websites for Scottish research
With an increasing number of genealogy websites going live all the time, Ian Maxwell recommends the ten best places to get started
ALSO:
Scottish research directory
A comprehensive directory of contact details of over 30 organisations which could help you in your research
A day at Hawick Heritage Hub
Penny Law visits an impressive new resource for family historians with roots in the Scottish borders
The Few
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Dilip Sarkar remembers some of his fondest interviews with veterans of the battle
Rolling in the aisles
Keith Gregson sets out on a journey to discover what might have made our 19th-century ancestors laugh
Silken secrets
Do you have an ancestor who worked in the textile industry? Sue and Nigel Wilkes find out more about life in the mills
Bath’s special bun
Nicola Lisle discovers the history of the Sally Lunn bun
Living history
Sharon Brookshaw investigates how visiting open-air museums can help you gain a greater appreciation of the lives of your ancestors
Products that changed the world
Karen Foy celebrates the history of a cooking essential – salt
Local Focus
This month Ben Palfreyman visits the Central Scotland FHS
Website tutorial
This month we find out what the ScotlandsPlaces website has to offer
Competition
Win British Newspaper Archive Subscriptions
Discover the genealogical goldmine that is the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) with an online subscription. This recently launched digitisation project has four million pages of searchable family notices, advertisements, obituaries, letters and illustrations from over 200 historic local and national newspapers.
We have a one-year subscription (worth £79.95) to give away as well as two 30-day subscriptions (worth £29.95 each) and four 2-day subscriptions (worth £6.95 each). To be in with a chance of winning one, simply answer the following question. Send answers to fhm@metropolis.co.uk or write to the usual address on page three, by the 15th March.
Q: Who invented the printing press in the Holy Roman Empire in 1440?