| Scottish Holidays | Visit the Hebrides for Scottish Islands Holidays
|
|
|
| Scotland Maps & More | Interactive Maps on Scotland
|
|
|
|
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide (National Archives of Scotland): The Official Guide (National Archives of Scotland) | 
 enlarge | Author: National Archives Of Scotland
Publisher: Mercat Press
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
Buy New: £9.49
You Save: £0.50 (5%)
New (20) from £4.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4Rev Ed
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1841831174
Dewey Decimal Number: 929.10720411
EAN: 9781841831176
ASIN: 1841831174
Publication Date: August 30, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
|
| Customer Reviews:
A comprehensive guide, but not entirely up to date for resources outside the National Archives of Scotland January 19, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The title of this book is perhaps slightly misleading, as it does very much concentrate on the resources of the National Archives of Scotland. Although the subtitle does explain this - "a guide to ancestry research in the National Archives of Scotland" - this does not appear on the cover.
The book is written by staff of the NAS, and its resources are described in detail. However, resources elsewhere receive rather minimal treatment, and the information is not entirely up to date. For example:
The address of Shetland Archives has changed, but this has not been updated. The relocation has been in progress for some time, and the archives reopened in early 2007, having been closed during the relocation. This information was available long before the 4th edition of the book was published, and should have been picked up.
It is stated that the Family Records Centre in London does not offer Internet searching of its indexes, which is true. However, these can be searched online through a variety of commercial services, such as Ancestry, Findmypast and several others, and this should have been mentioned. In fact, the Family Records Centre is already partially closed and will be closing for good in a few months, but this may not have been known at the time that the book was published.
In the list of useful books, the book Tracing your Ancestors at the Public Record Office (which became the National Archives in 2003) is listed, but this was published in its 5th edition (with authors Cox and Padfield, as stated) in 1999, and the book is now in its 7th edition (2006) entitled Tracing your Ancestors at the National Archives, by Amanda Bevan. This should have been checked and updated.
Overall an excellent book, but more attention could have been paid to the currency of information relating to sources outside the National Archives of Scotland.
|
Welcome to our Scottish Bookstore. We are proud to work with Amazon.co.uk to bring you a wide range of books at great prices. You are transferred to Amazon to complete your purchase and payment, this makes sure your personal details are kept secure.
|
|
|
|
|
Holidays in the
| |
