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Discover your Scottish ancestry : Internet and traditional resources /
This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed., fully rev. and updated. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional methods of family history research while also embracing the exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and developments in genetic science. Indispensable to both the fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to the very latest resources available to assist with research. Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail, this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history organisations and societies. Highlights of this new edition: An updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and storing information New insight into accessing English, Irish, emigrant and immigrant records An update on developments in DNA genetics of relevance to the genealogist A substantial and broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take their research further. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 214 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780748641789 0748641785 0748639195 9780748639199 0748639209 9780748639205 |