The questions

Answer as many of the questions as you would like to. Then click on submit when ready to send.

Your name:
Email address:

Current Place of Residence

Place of Birth

Age

20 or under
21 to 40
41 to 60
Over 61
Rather not say

 

Why are you studying your family history?

What does your genealogical research mean to you?

When did you start researching your family history? Was there an event which sparked off your interest?

Where did you get your first advice about how to carry out genealogy?

Do you have a computer and access to the Internet at home? Was genealogical research a reason to get it? If not, what methods have you used for research?

Has the availability of material online affected the way in which you have been able to research your genealogy?

Have you used searchable databases of information such as Scotland's People/Scots Origins (from the General Register Office in Scotland), Family search (Latter Day Saints)? What do you think of them?

What about other resources such as:

Official Sites from libraries such as the General Register Office
Mailing lists
Newsgroups
Messageboards/ Web Forums

Have you used email to get in contact with other people (or been contacted yourself) because you share an interest in what you are researching?

Where have you found support for using the Internet?

How do you manage the information you have gathered?

Do you think the Internet has affected the number of times you have had to make visits to research places such as the New Register House in Edinburgh?

Are you interested in going to the places where your ancestors were from? If you are from overseas, was the genealogical connection a reason for making a visit to Scotland?

If you have been to places connected to your ancestors, was it how you expected? How did it make you feel? And what did you get out of your visit?

Have you used the internet to research these places?

 

In addition are you interested in finding any of the following:

(please tick as many as you wish)

Photographs of the area
Photographs of Churches
Inscriptions of Graves
Looking at Parish records
Finding houses your ancestors may have lived in
Descriptions of places
Living relatives
None of these

Other Place specific information you are interested in:

Do you feel attached to a particular clan or a particular area? Do clans make Scottish ancestry different to that in other countries?

Are you involved with a clan society or family history society? How?

Has your genealogical research changed how you feel about who you are, where you are from and how you define yourself?

Do you feel affinity with your ancestors?

Have you chosen to concentrate on a particular part of your family history or has the availability of information dictated your research? Why?

And finally...How did you come across my site, and is there anything more you would like to add that you think would be helpful?