Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 7 of 12: Using ScotlandsPlaces for People in Land and Tax Records

Dr. Bruce Durie
Jun 6, 2019
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About this webinar

ScotlandsPlaces sounds like it is only about geography, right? In fact there is a great deal of information about people in this large, comprehensive and completely free-to-use resource. Tax and Land Records, Ordnance Survey Name Books, Reports, Publications and Burgh Records, Archaeological Records, Maps, Surveys, Plans, Drawings and Photographs and more.

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About the speaker

Dr. Bruce Durie is considered one of Scotland’s top genealogists, with an international reputation. He is perhaps best known for his eight-year BBC radio series, “Digging Up Your Roots” and “A House w...
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    Legacy Family Tree
    6 years ago

    Enjoyed it very much - thanks so much!\n\nAbsolutely Brilliant, Brilliant Speaker, Brilliant Resources, and always a bit of humour. Thank you so much for this series. BRILLIANT\n\nAlways so many resources and lots of information.\n\nAlways thorough and clear. \n\nanother excellent webinar, a lot of interesting points.\n\nAWESOME webinar! So much valuable knowledge. Love his accent! Love his sense of humor! This is so helpful! 18-20-ish % Scottish with Irish here. One surname is McBridge. Thanks to all.\n\nBest series ever!\n\nBruce is a great resource. Very informative and useful.\n\nBruce's webinars are some of the best.\n\nCould listen to Bruce all day! Wonderful material,logically presented (with humor),and LOVE his accent.\n\nDr. Durie has a wonderful way of simplifying the topic without talking down to people. I found so much guidance in so little time. Thank you.\n\nEnjoyable, understandable and informative.\n\nExcellent\n\nexcellent resources!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent.\n\nExcellent. Looking forward to finding the place the Meek/Meeks family lived prior to 1777 in Scotland.\n\nExceptional presenter\n\nFabulous Webinar with Dr. Bruce Durie\n\nFantastic webinar with lots of very useful tips and resources.\n\nGreat to find on line sites I did not know existed\n\nGreat! I am researching both lines for my husband, his parents are both Scottish and German. Learning a lot! Thanks :)\n\nI was called away by an important long distance call so I missed almost all of it. Will have to view it later\n\nInspiring, lots of ideas to further research, which I'd never know about!\n\nit is interesting to find so many free sites to get started with in Scottish research. Thanks Bruce and also to you Geoff for organizing all of these webinars. This is awesome!\n\nIt's my first one, and I found it understandable, enjoyable, and useful.\n\nLots of great info!\n\nOne of the best webinars you have had! Bruce is so interesting and fun to talk to. I felt I was there in person and he was talking directly to me. Thank you!\n\nScotland is soooo difficult. My ancestors were ones who seem to have bounced between there and Ireland, making it difficult to track them down.\n\nSince my Scottish Ancestry is prior to the American Revolution, I have never attempted to search records in Scotland. Now I know how to get started.\n\nSo much great info about searching in Scotland!\n\nThe best ever! The entire series by this presenter is just wonderful!\n\nVery interesting - lots of helpful information - thank you\n\nVery interesting and informative.\n\nVery motivating. Being from Brittany, in France, It gives me a lot of clues to search for my Scottish ancestors. Thanks to Dr. Bruce Durie!\n\nVery nice\n\nwonderful links\n\nWonderful series on Scotland! Thanks so much to Bruce, Geoff, Marian & Legacy for providing these. I've done some Scottish research, but am realizing there's so much more I could do!\n\nWonderful set of resources, just what I needed! Thanks!\n\nWonderful speaker, so much great information - Thank you!

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