Scottish Roots

Professional Scottish Ancestry Research.
View our sample genealogy report
Find your Scottish ancestors

Use our online order form
Order a report online

We trace your Scottish Family Tree

View a sample report

Do you have Scottish Ancestors? Let us trace your Scottish family tree

Do you have Scottish Ancestors? Let us find your ancestors and trace your Scottish family tree. Scottish Roots Ancestral Research Service has been in business since 1984 - longer than any other genealogy company in Scotland. Since then Scottish Roots has undertaken over 25,000 investigations for Scots all over the world, including the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson. Our experienced Scottish genealogy researchers provide you with fascinating detail by searching through records at Scotland's main record office, New Register House. Here, Scottish Roots search for birth, marriage and death certificates, as well as census returns, parish registers and tombstone inscriptions.

Experienced genealogists provide you with detailed ancestral research. Merely "names and dates" can be a little boring, but records in Scotland can also unearth fascinating detail such as occupations, addresses, religion and cause of death. Let us unlock the mysteries of your family history and learn more about your Scottish ancestry and your Scottish family tree..

Our Services

Services and Fees

We have three levels of search - standard, comprehensive and deluxe.

Our services
View a sample genealogy report

We have presented a sample comprehensive report in PDF format.

Sample genealogy report
Make an enquiry

Get in touch to find out more via our online form.

Contact Us

What our customer say about their experience

Hello Stuart, I received your 2nd report on my ancestral family this wk. I couldn't have asked for a better Xmas present through you; "to have found my sister". I thank you so much and will always be indebted to you for your efforts in tracing my family line.
Richard Haggart
Many thanks for the information forwarded to me in connection with the above. I am truly delighted with the amount of information you have provided.
Sir Alex Ferguson
My family and I were delighted with the research you did into the Hunter side of the forebears. It was beautifully presented and we appreciated your comments.
Mrs L Logie

Famous Scots

Andy Murray

Andy Murray

Find out more

Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond

Find out more

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Find out more

Find out about the ancestry of more famous Scots

This Month in History

What was happening this month in history?

January

Jan 22 (1777) Birth of Joseph Hume, Scottish politician and social reformer.
Jan 23(2000) MP and advocate of Scottish independence, Willie Hamilton, died.
Jan 24 (1890) The first train went across the Forth Road Bridge.
Jan 25 (1759) Robert Burns born at Alloway.
Jan 25(1915) Birth of Ewan MacColl, protest folk singer and songwriter.
Jan 26(1861) One O�Clock gun fired for the first time from Edinburgh Castle.
Jan 27 (1926) First public demonstration of John Logie Baird�s TV.
Jan 28(1829) Murderer and body-snatcher, William Burke, executed.