Many South Australians have links with Scotland. The Scottish Group of the Society was created by members with particular interests in their Scottish ancestors and/or the descendants of those who came to Australia, especially South Australia. Group member's interest cover many regions of Scotland and we are always happy to improve the coverage! The Group has considerable experience and expertise in Scottish genealogical matters, but do not let that put you off coming along. We do not know it all by any means and we are always glad to improve our collective knowledge.

The Scottish Group is a small interest group within the Society and conducts an active program to support Scottish research. We sometimes have a speaker on a topic of interest. The talks, together with the opportunities the meetings provide for informal discussion with other members, ensure that the meetings are informative and friendly.

The Scottish group was instrumental in gaining affiliation with the Scottish Association of Family History Societies (SAFHS).

The group maintains a series of folders housed in the Society Library on the south wall to assist researchers with their Scottish research. The group also maintains a card index known as Scottish People which records all references to Scottish folk found in Australian records by members of the group during their researching.

We also assist the Library Committee by suggesting suitable purchases to add to the Scottish material in the Society's collection. At the request of the Library Committee we also comment on the suitability of material for inclusion in the library. The group also reviews the suitability of materials for inclusion in the Library as submitted by the Library Committee and others.

Obviously we are interested in our own family research but we also want to help others. Firstly we would like to encourage other members of the Society, with Scottish connections, to join us at our meetings. You will be made most welcome. If you are unable to come to the Society Library for some reason - be it distance, timing or whatever - then please let us know how we can help you further your Scottish family research. We cannot guarantee success but we will certainly try to help.

If you would like further information about the Group, or if you have some ideas on how we can help you or other members of the Society then please contact the convener of the Group.

Thanks.
Hope to see or hear from you soon.

Scottish Links Of Interest

National Archives of Scotland - www.nas.gov.uk
ScotlandsClans - linking Scottish clans worldwide from Scotland - www.scotlandsclans.com
Family Search - huge online resource in particular the IGI - www.familysearch.org
Register of Apprentices of the City of Edinburgh - www.scotsfind.org/apprentice_access/apprentice.pdf
- see also the home page www.scotsfind.org for a list of other resources
Scotlands People - The official Government source of genealogical data for Scotland - www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scottish Archives Network - www.scan.org.uk
Ancestry UK - user pays online service for census, BMD, wills and much more - www.ancestry.co.uk
Google Maps UK - a great online street map service inlcuding viewing satellite imaging - maps.google.co.uk
The Scottish Association of Family History Societies - a good link to all SCT Family History Societies - www.safhs.org.uk
The National Library of Scotland - www.nls.uk
The National Archives of Scotland Online Catalogue - www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Site20&dsqCmd=Index.tcl