Find your Scottish ancestors

Research your Scottish ancestors with the help of our guides, updates and articles.

8 billion searchable names now on FamilySearch historical record

25 September 2020

5 ways to find your criminal ancestors

30 August 2020

What wildlife would our ancestors have seen in their garden 500, 100 and 50…

31 July 2020

Do you have Scottish military ancestors? Explore 250,000+ GB War Office…

02 June 2020

Seven reasons you can't find your ancestor on the census

11 May 2020

Poll tax records for Aberdeenshire, and death & burial records for Edinburgh and…

04 May 2020

Find your Kilmarnock ancestors with new Scottish records on FindMyPast

28 March 2020

Ten reasons you can't find your Scottish ancestors

03 February 2020

2,000 new Scots Guards service records added to FindMyPast database

20 January 2020

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