Rooted in Scotland

About the Book: 

The idea of home can be associated with the notion of an ancestral homeland, a place where something greather than any one individual began. It is difficult to underestimate just how powerful an experience visiting an ancestral homeland can be. CAMERON TAYLOR

There are several guides to tracing your Scottish ancestry and many serious historical studies of emigration. Rooted in Scotland takes a different perspective from most ancestry guides. Its starting point is that your sense of connection with Scotland has meaning and legitimacy, and that your journey of discovery helps you understand who you really are.

The best places to start, tips on exploring ancestry and a guide to the best websites; Includes one man's emigration diary - a one-hundred-year-old first-hand account of what your own ancestors have gone through; - Written by an ancestral research expert. Wherever you are in the world, your Scottish ancestry is worth exploring and celebrating. This book will help you do both.

Reviews: 

Perhaps that strong sense of Scottishness makes it easier, but fundamentally this book is a plea for restoring the role of emotion and imagination into all out dusty enquiries, and its warmth is inspiring. YOUR FAMILY TREE

About the Author:

CAMERON TAYLOR was born in Orkney and grew up in Orkney and Aberdeen. He studied History at the University of Aberdeen, and embarked on a career in the Civil Service. In 1984 Cameron returned to Orkney to become Chief Executive of the Orkney Tourist Board. In 1999 Cameron set up Seabridge Consultants, a heritage and tourism consultancy business specialising in ancestral tourism development. He was co-founder of the Orkney Homecoming in 1999, bringing 250 people of Orcadian descent back to their homeland for a series of reunions. Cameron is also a consultant to AncestralScotland. He has written and lectured on Scottish ancestral heritage throughout Britain, the US and Canada.