Dear All:
A useful tool has been posted on the Burkes web site.
It allows you to relate the family or Clan name to
specific areas of Scotland. The Area map then
has a connection to some brief history and bio's of
the family that are contained in the Burkes registry.
This then provides an incentive to join the various
mailing lists here at Rootsweb for those specific
areas as well. The Scottish districts are listed
under the International section on the mailing list
index. There is also Clan mailing lists and the
Clan Message boards here at Rootsweb for
more information as well.
Thanks go to Alastair McIntyre for his posting of this
useful hint in his weekly newsletter and to Burkes for
their work to assemble this integrated map, names and
genealogy information.
Best Regards
John A Hansen
From the Electric Newsletter:
NEW CLAN MAP
Ever wondered where the main Scottish Clans held their lands? Burke's
Peerage & Gentry have a new interactive Clan Map of Scotland, showing
principal areas occupied by the Highland Clans and Lowland families at the
time of James VI. Then click on the map to search for family records within
the Burke's database.
http://www.burkes-scotland.com/sites/scotland/sitepages/cmindex.asp
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