Before hosting your first Robert Burns party, purchasing that tartan or kilt, or planning some Highland games at your next family reunion, learn how to navigate the amazing record collections available for researching your Scottish roots. This lecture will demonstrate strategies to help discover your Scottish ancestors. Learn about some of the key record collections available through various online repositories including Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, along with others that are based in the United Kingdom such as Scotland’s People. The handout provides some “getting started” research books and links for all the websites included in this lecture, and tips to help connect your family to Scotland.
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Debbie Large is an experienced genealogist and family history lecturer with a passion for Irish, Scottish, and Colonial American research. She has previously served as Co-Chair for the Warren County (OH) Genealogical Society’s Lineage Societies and is a current adjunct instructor for Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Her lineage society membership include National Daughters of the American Revolution, First Families of Ohio, and First Families of Stark County, Ohio. Debbie offers virtual and in-person genealogy presentations, classes and workshops, as well as client services for family history research and linage society applications. She loves helping people discover their connections to their ancestors. “No one should ever be forgotten.”
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