Find your Scottish ancestors

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

5 ways to find your criminal ancestors

30 August 2020

4 million Edinburgh Gazette records released

18 August 2020

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

31 July 2020

The Edinburgh Gazette added to British Newspaper Archive collections

24 July 2020

Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919: free new records on…

23 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

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