If you want to research your Scottish ancestry, Edinburgh is where you go. The city holds Scotland’s most important genealogy records in one central location. You can walk through birth, marriage, and death records spanning four centuries. You can find the exact parish where your great-great-grandmother was baptised. This guide tells you exactly what to […]
Walk the Scottish Lowlands ancestry trail from Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders and Ayrshire. A 5-day heritage guide for diaspora visitors.
If your family came from Nova Scotia or Cape Breton, your Scottish roots run deep. This guide helps you trace your ancestors, understand the Highland Clearances, and plan your homecoming trip.
Discover the Scottish surnames of Clan Cumming — from Comyn to Cummings. Explore clan origins in Moray, the dramatic story of the Red Comyn, tartans, and how to trace your Cumming ancestry.
If you have a grandparent born in Scotland or the UK, the Ancestry Visa could be your route to living in Scotland. Here is everything Americans with Scottish heritage need to know in 2026.
If your surname is Innes, Milne, Mitchell, or Maver, you may carry the blood of one of Moray’s oldest clans. The Scottish surnames of Clan Innes stretch across northeast Scotland, and today they appear at Highland Games from Nova Scotia to New Zealand. This is their story. What clan does your name belong to? 🏴 […]
Discover Clan Campbell history: the origins of the surname, Campbell tartans, Inveraray Castle, and how to trace your Scottish Campbell ancestry today.
Discover the story of the Highland Clearances — why up to 150,000 Scots were forced from their homes between 1750 and 1886, and where they settled around the world.
Discover 10 traditional Scottish recipes to make at home, from classic shortbread and Cullen Skink to haggis and cranachan. Step-by-step instructions included.
The Scottish surnames of Clan MacRae carry the story of one of the Highlands’ most loyal and fiercely independent families. The parish of Kintail in Wester Ross was once almost entirely MacRae. In 1793, the Old Statistical Account recorded that the people of Kintail were “all MacRaes, except two or three families.” That tells you […]
