I've had a page on the website called "Settling under the Saltire - the Irish in Scotland" for a wee while as I gave a talk on this very subject in Dublin a few years ago. The page provides details of all the resources and useful websites that I highlight in the talk. However, I recently completed some Scottish research for a client and enjoyed exercising all my hard-won search skills solving people puzzles on the ScotlandsPeople website.
I give out a few of these tips in the talk but I realised that there were several more I could share, plus of course, I didn't want to forget them myself for my next foray into the records!
So I've created a new page - Search Tips for ScotlandsPeople - which you can find under Techniques accessed from the drop-down menu under Recipes or simply follow the green link above. I'll try to remember to add to them if I learn more tricks and of course, it would be great to hear your suggestions for getting the most from this website.
I'm now feeling inspired to do the same sort of thing for my favourite Irish websites and will let you know when they are published.
I give out a few of these tips in the talk but I realised that there were several more I could share, plus of course, I didn't want to forget them myself for my next foray into the records!
So I've created a new page - Search Tips for ScotlandsPeople - which you can find under Techniques accessed from the drop-down menu under Recipes or simply follow the green link above. I'll try to remember to add to them if I learn more tricks and of course, it would be great to hear your suggestions for getting the most from this website.
I'm now feeling inspired to do the same sort of thing for my favourite Irish websites and will let you know when they are published.
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