Previous edition: 2011

Introduction -- First steps: the internet and other resources -- ScotlandsPeople: the Centre and online -- Statutory registers: births, marriages and deaths since 1855 -- Old parish registers -- Census registers -- At the National Records of Scotland -- Births, baptisms, marriages and burials -- Roman Catholic records -- Inheritance: wills and testaments -- Inheriting houses and land in Scotland -- Owners of houses and land: sasines, crown grants and other records -- Owners of houses and land: valuation rolls and other records -- Tenants and crofters -- Other legal transactions -- Litigants -- Criminals -- Taxpayers -- Officials -- Soldiers, sailors, airmen and others -- Clergy and church members -- Schoolteachers, pupils and students -- Medical professions -- Lawyers -- Architects and surveyors -- Artists, photographers and musicians -- Railway staff -- Coal miners -- Lighthouse keepers -- Labourers -- Trade and business -- Electors and elected -- The sick and insane -- The poor -- Emigrants and migrants -- Slaves -- Genealogies -- Coats of arms: the Court and Office of the Lord Lyon

This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Archives' official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills