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Ten reasons you can't find your Scottish ancestors

03 February 2020

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

20 January 2020

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'Vast archive' of Scottish records released by FindMyPast

29 November 2019

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Will and testament index of 164,000 records added to FindMyPast genealogy…

21 October 2019

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Newly-released records shed life on Scotland in World War Two

22 May 2019

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Did your Scottish ancestors become masters of their trade? 64,000 records added…

07 May 2019

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Did your ancestor sign the Declaration of Arbroath? New project aims to discover…

24 April 2019

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Most popular forenames and most common surnames registered in Scotland in 2018 -…

19 March 2019

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Highland and Island Emigration Society records released by ScotlandsPeople

07 March 2019

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