Course Enrollment: SC-204 Scottish: Special Aspects of Scottish Research

Optional Print Course Material: Scottish: Special Aspects of Scottish Research

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This course introduces concepts and terms which a student of Scottish family history coming to the topic for the first time is unlikely to have encountered in research in other jurisdictions.

The topics in this course include: Scottish currency, weights, and measures; dates/calendars; languages; glossaries; handwriting; names and naming patterns; clans, septs, and tartans; clan and surname DNA projects; heraldry; and compiled genealogies.