Have you visited... TalkingScot?

In April my next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, will be published. To pave the way, every week from now until publication I will flag up a key site that you may not be aware of if you are new to genealogy, or which you may have overlooked if researching for a while, which might just help with your Scottish research!

First up, Talking Scot, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in December 2019:

TalkingScot offers a free to access dedicated Scottish based discussion platform at www.talkingscot.com. The home page of the site is well worth bookmarking, as it offers a range of useful resources, including lists of family history societies active in Scotland, libraries, and a useful section on Scotland's censuses. The main forum itself has four main discussion areas, the key sections being the 'TalkingScot Forum' and 'Scots Abroad'.

Have fun!

* Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet is available for pre-order now at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Scottish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/17717.

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.