Trace your Scottish ancestry through Moray and Speyside — home of the Grants, Gordons, and Inneses. Discover the records, heritage sites and emigration stories that connect you to this fertile corner of Scotland.
Trace your Scottish ancestry in Dumfries and Galloway. Discover clan histories, Covenanter stories, key archives, and heritage sites across the south of Scotland.
Make a traditional Scottish venison casserole recipe with red wine, juniper berries, and root vegetables. A Highland classic, slow-braised to perfection.
For millions of people with Scottish roots, one question never goes away: where exactly did my family come from? Old parish records and emigration lists help. But DNA testing opens a completely different door. A simple saliva test can connect you to living relatives in Scotland. It can pinpoint the region your ancestors came from. […]
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 […]
Most people picture misty Highland glens when they think of Scottish heritage. But millions of Scottish descendants trace their roots to somewhere quite different — the Lowlands. Image: Shutterstock The Scottish Borders, Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire. These are the lands that shaped Border Reivers, coal miners, weavers and farmers who packed everything they […]
Your grandmother spoke Gaelic. Your grandfather kept a photograph of a Highland glen on his mantelpiece. And somewhere in your family’s past, someone left Scotland and never came back. If you grew up in Nova Scotia or Cape Breton, reconnecting with your Scottish roots starts here. Scotland shaped your food, your music, your place names, […]
If your surname is Cumming, Cummings, Comyn, or Cumine, you carry one of the oldest names in Scotland. Clan Cumming has roots stretching back nearly 900 years. Their story involves royal courts, battlefield betrayal, and the birth of a nation. It is the kind of history that changes how you see your own surname. Duffus […]
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. Lossiemouth East Beach, Moray, Scotland – Shutterstock What […]