January 2014 -

Thousands of Scottish Records Released

Genealogy
Scottish News

Family history website ScotlandsPeople has uploaded a tranche of birth, marriage and death records from across the country, dating from 1913, 1938 and 1963 respectively. The records are available to view on the web for the very first time. The documents – which consist of over 220,000 separate scans – were released on New Year’s […]

10 Jan

A Beginners Guide to Burns Night

By Amanda Moffet

Scottish Events
Scottish Food and Drink

Thank goodness Burns Night is just around the corner. With Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations all over for another year, I’ve been suffering from post-festive-season-depression this past week. Touted as Scotland’s unofficial national day, Burns Night is a celebration of the birthday of Scotland’s most loved bard, Rabbie Burns. It’s also the perfect excuse to get […]