Friday, October 30, 2020

Are There Ancestors from Scotland in Your Tree?


Today I was wandering around online, looking to see if I could find information on a very distant grandfather of mine from Lesbury in the northern part of England. Since Scotland sits on top of England, I decided to look in that area. I found a great site to do some researching in and I wanted to share it with you.

The site is Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History. There, you will find transcripts of primary sources. Unfortunately I haven't found my ancestor. I am actually looking for his father. Several family trees pertaining to this family on Ancestry, have chosen the "wrong" father for him as I determined by searching primary sources that are available online.

I hope that this link is useful to those of you researching ancestry in Scotland. This is a great time to do some armchair genealogy research as we wait out the pandemic. 

Stay safe--

Sharon