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Using the numerous repositories throughout Scotland and visiting your ancestral locations Scotland's Genealogy will endeavour to answer your enquiry. Whether a single event, family tree or social history we will offer a bespoke service.

Scotland was the first country to establish a national system of registration for land and property 700 years ago.

Petitions can be drawn up for eligible applicants to submit to The Lord Lyon King of Arms to matriculate new arms or existing arms.

Palaeography or the study of old handwriting is a skill family history researchers need to decipher Secretary hand, the common style of handwriting in Scottish documents.