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Course Description

Finding your ancestors in Scotland is often difficult if they arrived in the United States before 1840. This course is not only designed to help you locate your ancestors in Scotland, but to also become familiar with the different records that available once you locate your family within a particular county or 'shire'. We will learn to read records and do research in them from the late 1800's all the way back to the early 6th century and learn how the history of Scotland affected the people who inhabited it. 

Instructor:

Diana Muir, Ph.D. Education, Professional Genealogist.

Required Books

• None
  
• All sources will be online.
  

Recommended On-Line Reading and Reference:

• See Bibliography

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Grading Policy:
There is no grade given as this is a special interest course and is a non-credit course. This course can be taken free and is open to the public.

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Course Outline:

1. "Getting Your Family Across the Ocean!"
   

2. "A Brief Outline of Scottish History and How It Affects Your Families History"
   

3. "Vital Records - Civil Registration"
   

4. "Census Records"
   

5. "Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland and Non-Conformist Records"
   

6. "Land Records - Deeds - Sasines - Services of Heirs
   

7. "Probate Records (Testaments) and the Court System"
   

8. "Scottish Handwriting and Common Terms"
   

9. "Military Records"
   

10. "Heraldry and the Clan System of Scotland"

11. "Monumenal Inscriptions and Cemetery Records"

12. "Manorial Court Rolls"

13. "Doomsday Book"

14. "Records of the Medieval Period

15. Records Before 1100 A.D."
    

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