I recently had the great good fortune to attend a workshop on Scottish Genealogy. University of Guelph on Friday. The event was hosted by the Scottish Studies Foundation and the workshop leader was Dr Bruce Durie from Starthclyde University in Glasgow. Dr Durie runs a post graduate program of studies in genealogy at the university. His workshop was brilliant and there was so much to learn.
First off, there are so many new and exciting things coming soon to Scotland's People. While we are all eagerly awaiting the release of the 1911 census this coming Tuesday at 11 am, many more resources have been digitised and will be made available on the Scotland's People website in the next 12 - 18 months. These include: Valuation Rolls and Kirk Session records.
I also learned of a website belonging to Scotland's People called Scotlandsplaces. This is a free resource and includes old maps, gazetteers. The trick here is to search by PLACE, not by person.
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
Other great sites to assist in our quest to hunt down our Scottish Ancestors are:
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/
http://www.nls.uk/ (National Library of Scotland)
Happy Hunting!!
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