Welcome to your Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors hub

We’re delighted to have you with us and hope you enjoy studying the course. Thank you for learning with Family Tree.

Supported by National Records Scotland and Scotland's People

📅 Course dates & times

Recordings: All videos are available to watch as many times as you like until 30 March 2026.

Watch the recording of the discussion panel below…

Online Resources webinar

Download the handout from Chris Paton's 'Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: Online Resources' webinar (opens in new window)

Research Skills webinar

Download Tahitia's slides here (PDF, 5MB, opens in new window)

Research Skills challenge

These two documents are detailed in the Research Skills webinar and Tahitia challenged us to answer the questions. Just click on the image to open a larger version.

  

Q1: Looking at the 1920 marriage record for Charles A Hepburn and Annie McLee Campbell, what is the bride’s father’s occupation?
Answer choices: cabinet maker, coal miner, wine merchant, horse dealer

Q2: Looking at the 1901 census record for Annie McN Campbell (it’s schedule number 198), what is her father’s occupation?
Answer choices: iron moulder, spirit salesman, watchmaker, cabinet maker

Q3: Based on Annie’s ages in the marriage and census records, when was she born?
Answer choices: 1892-1893, 1893-1894, 1890-1893, 1892
 
The documents and questions are discussed in the video!

Searching the records webinar

Your Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors free guide
Click on the image below to download your free download, featuring quick guides and family tree charts.
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