This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryschacht Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5564.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Learning about the history of the regiments or trades gives the historic perspective that gives us the context of Scottish and World history that we need to put our ancestor's lives into. I had for forgotten when the records for military stopped being housed in the National Archives (NAS) to PRO (England's Archive) I thought it was THE UNION 1707....but I'm a Yank after all...(rats!no accent, stuck with Bush) so 1763 is date. learn every day and help someone, so you can count your life in friends not in days. Our ancestor's lives are not the "book-end" dates that bracket their lives but the book that lies between...so learning about their experiences and the times they lived through is as important as looking for records. I hate to be "judged" by my grandkids based on my driver's license photo and info! Abertay Historical is another gem. http://www.abertay.org.uk/ http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html uk public libraries on the web http://scurl.ac.uk/about/members.html confederation of Scottish research libraries http://www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/memarea.htm#scot university libraries Scotland http://www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/memarea.htm all uk university libraries http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ac/index.php?refs1065=(none) My Favorite an interactive map of the U.K. that takes you to that city university website. As an ex-software engineer..I'm impressed. http://www.scran.ac.uk/ Scottish Cultural Resources Network... see what the regiment uniform looked like, search by village or trade, by surname... Their CD's on the History of the Scottish people are excellent. Subscription helps Scottish teachers and an excellent site for us. Family History Societies have publication on ancestor's lives. I use the links page of the Association of Scottish Family History Societies to move easily between. Don't assume you will only find something in Perth. The Aberdeen FHS is the oldest in Scotland and did the entire country for a long time. I found a rare 1700 book on Fergus, Ontario there where my Perthshire born great grandfather had emigrated that was not available in the National library of Canada in Ottawa! Never assume. Try the Federation of British FHS....they have directories of Internet sites for shut ins like me. Mary in Oregon Ebertay has some neat publications. http://www.safhs.org.uk/ Scottish Family History Societies http://www.armymuseums.co.uk/regiment.htm Regimental museum list...I'd lost this full list of what museums have which regiments...if they don't have their own like Balhousie Castle, Blackwatch museum in Perth. There is a memorial on Powrie Brae to the Blackwatch.. just outside Dundee. http://www.cyndislist.com/miluk.htm#Libraries more ideas Genuki has them too Feel closer to them, buy a relica or antique regimental badge, the regimental music, books on the regimental history. hope you can find some help in all my chatter! Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.