There are several good guides to tracing your Scottish ancestry and many serious historical studies of emigration. Rooted in Scotland takes a different perspective. Its starting point is that your sense of connection with Scotland has meaning and legitimacy, and that your journey of discovery of ancestral research helps you understand who you really are.
Wherever you are in the world, your Scottish ancestry is worth exploring and celebrating. This book will help you do both.

The best places to start, tips on exploring your ancestry and a guide to the best websites;
Includes one man's emigration diary - a 100-year-old first-hand account of what your own ancestors may have gone through;
Written by an ancestral research expert.