History Scotland

Family history at home

This article was written at the start of week four of the UK lockdown, an event unprecedented in UK history. So how has the family history community responded?

One of and you can also find specific Scottish Family History Podcasts through Scottish Ancestral Records which are run by the Scottish Genealogy Society and Lisa M Young. If you are interested in the Great War, try the Western Front Association’s podcast . The UK National Archives also runs Podcasts as does the National Library of Scotland and if you want to look at images try National Library of Scotland (formerly Scottish Screen Archive). National Records of Scotland has a small number of Podcasts on its site.

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