Getting Started
In order to commence any research on your behalf we need some information from you
that will form the starting point of our research. Depending on what information you
seek we are likely to need a full name, date, and place of birth to get started. Any other
information is always helpful. Once we are sure that we have the correct information we
will commence work on your research.
For example, if you want to know about your fathers side of the family we would need his
full name and his exact or rough date and place of birth, or the date and location of his
parents marriage (on his birth certificate) or his own marriage, or details of where and
when he died. From this we should be able to work our way back into the 18th century
and depending on the condition of the records or migration patterns of your ancestors we
should be able to go back even further.
Example: John Hume Robertson, born 4th June 1874, at Glasgow. Parents: John Agnew
Robertson and Helen Smith married at Glasgow on 24th September 1873.
If you are concerned that you do not have enough information then please do not
hesitate to get in touch with us using the contact us page and we will discuss the matter
with you. We will assess whether or not it would be possible to make a connection before
commencing any research.
Once you have sent us enough details about the person whose ancestry you wish to
explore we will carry out a free preliminary search to assess whether or not the research
is viable. We will search the records and establish whether or not we can find anything
to work with. After a short period of time we will email you to inform you about the
results of the search. If we can find the person in the records we can commence work to
build your family tree after payment is received.
We use an extensive range of sources in researching your family history however
customers should generally expect to receive information from the following records:
Birth Certificates
1855 - Present
Marriage Certificates
1855 - Present
Death Certificates
1855 - Present
Census Records
1841 - 1901
Old Parish Registers
1553 - 1854
Birth, marriage and death certificates in Scotland
have been recorded since 1855. From these we can
learn when and where a person was born, who the
parents were and what they did for a living. Before
1855 we have surprisingly complete, Old Parish
Register entries of birth, marriage and death to aid
in building your Scottish family tree that on the most
part date from the early 18th century.
Detailed census records for the decades covering 1841-1901
exist that can really help to cast some light on where your
ancestors were from, who their children were, where they lived, etc. Census records are
not released until a period of 100 years has expired to protect the identities of the living.
The next census to be released will be the 1911 census in 2011.
A wealth of important information can be garnered from these important sources that
might help to solve that old family mystery or perhaps even give rise to a new family
mystery!
that will form the starting point of our research. Depending on what information you
seek we are likely to need a full name, date, and place of birth to get started. Any other
information is always helpful. Once we are sure that we have the correct information we
will commence work on your research.
For example, if you want to know about your fathers side of the family we would need his
full name and his exact or rough date and place of birth, or the date and location of his
parents marriage (on his birth certificate) or his own marriage, or details of where and
when he died. From this we should be able to work our way back into the 18th century
and depending on the condition of the records or migration patterns of your ancestors we
should be able to go back even further.
Example: John Hume Robertson, born 4th June 1874, at Glasgow. Parents: John Agnew
Robertson and Helen Smith married at Glasgow on 24th September 1873.
If you are concerned that you do not have enough information then please do not
hesitate to get in touch with us using the contact us page and we will discuss the matter
with you. We will assess whether or not it would be possible to make a connection before
commencing any research.
Once you have sent us enough details about the person whose ancestry you wish to
explore we will carry out a free preliminary search to assess whether or not the research
is viable. We will search the records and establish whether or not we can find anything
to work with. After a short period of time we will email you to inform you about the
results of the search. If we can find the person in the records we can commence work to
build your family tree after payment is received.
We use an extensive range of sources in researching your family history however
customers should generally expect to receive information from the following records:
Birth Certificates
1855 - Present
Marriage Certificates
1855 - Present
Death Certificates
1855 - Present
Census Records
1841 - 1901
Old Parish Registers
1553 - 1854
Birth, marriage and death certificates in Scotland
have been recorded since 1855. From these we can
learn when and where a person was born, who the
parents were and what they did for a living. Before
1855 we have surprisingly complete, Old Parish
Register entries of birth, marriage and death to aid
in building your Scottish family tree that on the most
part date from the early 18th century.
Detailed census records for the decades covering 1841-1901
exist that can really help to cast some light on where your
ancestors were from, who their children were, where they lived, etc. Census records are
not released until a period of 100 years has expired to protect the identities of the living.
The next census to be released will be the 1911 census in 2011.
A wealth of important information can be garnered from these important sources that
might help to solve that old family mystery or perhaps even give rise to a new family
mystery!
What we need to get started
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| Copyright Your Scottish Descent 2007-08 Unauthorised use or reproduction of copyright material is prohibited. |
| Mary Margaret Mercer McCallum in 1939 Copyright Your Scottish Descent 2007-08. |
| A typical 'Back close' of a Glasgow tenement in the 1940s with a WWII air raid shelter on the left hand side in the foreground. Copyright Your Scottish Descent 2007-08. |
| ___________ Recent Customer Comments “Thank you so much for all of your hard work and effort looking into our family tree. I will treat this work like a family heirloom and make sure it gets passed through the family so that everyone can know the trials and tribulations faced by our Scottish ancestors. ” Mrs M. Clinton, Ontario, Canada July 2008 ___________ |
