Great Scots! Find Your Scottish Ancestors

Great Scots! Find Your Scottish Ancestors - March 2025

Learn how to research and find records of your Scottish family history.

1. Meet Your Instructor and Introduce Yourself
2. Course Access: March 3- 30, 2025
3. Course Objectives and Outline
4. Learn To Use the Course Player
5. Before we begin ...
6. Contact Us
1. Identifying Immigrant Ancestors
2. Tracing Your Scottish Immigrant Ancestors
3. Key Points and Put it into Practice
4. Your Scottish Immigrant Ancestors Discussion
1. Your Ancestor's History and Culture
2. Emigration from the Highlands
3. Emigration from the Lowlands
4. Scottish Migration Patterns
5. Important Emigration Dates and Put it into Practice
1. Where to Search for Your Ancestor's Records
2. Know Your Parishes
3. Key Points and Put it into Practice
1. Major Collections Online
2. Using ScotlandsPeople
3. Findmypast
4. Online Search Tips
5. Key Points and Put it into Practice
1. Additional Scottish Records (Offline and in-Person)
2. Scottish Research Museums
3. Key Points and Put it into Practice
1. Offline Resources for Scottish Research
2. Key Points and Put it into Practice
1. Overcome Roadblocks in Your Scottish Research
2. Summary and Put it into Practice
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Courses

Our courses consist of four or more written lessons that may also contain videos, slide shows, and other elements. There are self-directed quizzes and/or exercises to help you apply your knowledge. In addition, you'll have access to discussion boards where you can ask your instructor, questions about the materials during the course dates.
Instructor

Instructor access for the duration of the four weeks, so you can ask questions about what you've learned.
Access

Our courses are designed to be easily accessible! Once you've registered for the course, you'll be able to log in on the start date to see all the lessons. Each lesson is available within your browser. You can work at your own pace.
Materials

All the materials will be available for download, and you'll have access to the course materials online for about a year after the start date. After the course end date, it will go into read-only mode, so you'll still be able to reach the materials, but you'll no longer have access to the instructor or message boards.
What You’ll Need

Please ensure that you have internet access and that your browsers and computer system are fairly up-to-date. The course materials are designed to be compatible with most devices.

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