About the blog

I am a graduate in History, currently studying for a postgraduate degree in Scottish history. Due to my range of experience, from assisting with private family history research to volunteering in local archives, I wanted to combine my interest in history with content that would help the public understand their own ancestry much better.

I give footnotes when referencing any academic article so that you, the reader, know exactly where I found the information. My aim is to summarise the key information from each article I read, and to provide a conclusion at the end for how you can use the information wisely to research your genealogy. For example,

I use academic articles primarily due to my ability to access the information and to read through the information quickly enough to produce regular posts. In time however, I will branch out into different source material.

I will be submitting a new post every one to two weeks.