Find Your Scottish Ancestors through Professional Research

If you’ve hit a brick wall in tracing your ancestors, you may need professional genealogical services. That’s where the Highland Archive and Registration Centre can help!

Based in Inverness, Scotland, the Centre includes a Family History Room with a variety of resources useful to the family historian who is researching Highland roots. The staff in the family history room are experts in the field of Highland and Scottish genealogy. The staff offers Family History Classes over Zoom for both beginners and advanced researchers. Classes cover various core records of Family History research, such as Old Parish Records, Census Records, Statutory Records and a brief introduction to Archival Records.

The Centre has experts on staff who can help you create and expand your family tree, track down relatives and descendants of a known ancestor, and provide contextual research. Family historians Alasdair MacDonald and Anne Fraser can offer you one-to-one consultations, in-person and remotely online. The remote consultations may be conducted over Microsoft Teams or Zoom. They can arrange a time that suits whatever time zone difference. They usually last for one hour and cost £40.00.

Members of the Clan Forbes Society Scotland Tour at the Centre in August 2022

Members of the 2022 Clan Forbes Scotland Tour were fortunate enough to visit the Centre and take advantage of this expertise. The participants were treated to a display of Forbes artifacts in the archive, explored the latest preservation techniques, and received personal consultation on their family history.

To take advantage of this professional genealogical service, please contact the Centre at genealogy@highlifehighland.com with details of your search request. The minimum fee to produce a family tree is £80.00, with £40.00 increments for additional hours. The staff can discuss your goals before agreeing on a fee.

Learn more here: https://www.highlifehighland.com/archives-service/family-history/