When I've found two or three people with similar names, I've found that creating a very detailed timeline is the best tool for untangling them. To be the most useful, note the exact names/spellings in

The moderators are unable to change anyone's email, display name or any of each member's personal information. However, each of you have this power! Login to https://scotland-genealogy.groups.io/g/Sco

I found this Wikitreers discussion via Twitter. So much information, shared in a very useful way. Names used by married Scottish women: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/813388/names-used-by-married-scotti

From the latest Lost Cousins newsletter, https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr21news.htm Scottish Kirk Sessions now available on the Scotland's People website: http://email.scotlandspeople.gov.

This is part of the NYG&B eNews; the Scottish bits. I've already signed up for both of the programs. Enjoy, Valorie ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NYG&B eNews <webmaster@...> Date:

The FamilySearch Wiki is a wiki, and should be corrected and improved by those who can correct and improve it. Please!

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/St._Ninians,_Stirlingshire,_Scotland_Genealogy has a lot of detail. HTH, Valorie

Dearest fellow genealogists, As I write, it's a quiet Christmas night, in a quiet, distant holiday season. I miss the noise and fun of being with family, but I'm so thankful to you, each of you, for j

Happy holidays and best of health to you too, Lauraine! And to us all. All the best, Valorie PS: Keep wearing your masks, keeping your distance, and washing your hands!

Just a clarification - all children of a woman have her mtDNA, no matter the sex of the child. So XY people can do 3 tests; XX people can do two. Unless there is specific interest in the paternal line

Hi Diane -- the Islay group is a "subgroup" of this one. If you login to the main site at https://scotland-genealogy.groups.io/g/Scots you can see all the subgroups on the menu on the left. Everyone i

Hi Bob, What exactly do you mean by "trying again"? The most important thing you can do with Y dna results is to join a project or two, and share your data with the group admins. Since Y dna is very s

Dee, can you tell us what advantage CGI offers? That test has no value for genealogy research. Ancestry + 23andMe is a great idea, since you can upload results elsewhere with either of those (Family T

FamilySearch hosted four webinars about Scottish research a few days back. The recordings are now available on their Facebook page: Using the Wiki and ScotlandsPeople for Scottish Research https://www

I do use the FamilySearch Family Tree for a couple of reasons -- first, it is the most widely-used free site, and many people trust it, therefor I try to make the sourcing and information for my famil

Hi Claude, I can't seem to reply to your message because it is an image rather than text! I usually snip the Groups.io message footer in replies, but leave it so that you see that there are links abov

Hi Lynne, When you have found all you can about a person or family, then it's time to investigate their FAN club. What's that? Family, Associates, and Neighbors. I'm sure we've all heard (and usually

Right, I've joined the Facebook group and will see when they schedule everything. I'm running a meeting for my Genealogy Society in the afternoon, so... we'll see how it all pans out. Thanks for the s

From Twitter today: Are you tracing your Scottish ancestors in Canada? Christine Woodcock will present “Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Canada” at the Scottish Indexes Conference on Monday 8 June 2

I came across this story in a Geneanet blog: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-52563761 The actual gallery: https://canmore.org.uk/gallery/1096464 Having only been in Scotland for 10 days, I'm not