More information about us

We are the oldest established professional genealogy research organisation in Scotland (established in 1945) and have undertaken over 70,000 searches for clients worldwide.

We are based in Edinburgh and use the original records in New Register House and the National Archives of Scotland to produce a report and family tree.

We also include in our report package digital images of certain birth, marriage, death and census entries and also of testaments. Our narrative report includes full transcripts of the entries found in the records.

The information we need before we start research is a date of birth, marriage or death of someone in Scotland. The more information you can give us of course makes the search easier, less time-consuming and less expensive.

We can trace back for you or we can trace forwards to try to find living relatives.

The charges for research are based on the time spent on research - which is always difficult to estimate in advance. There is a deposit of £20.00 for which we will do one hour's research.

We ask you to authorise further hours at £18.00 per hour and we will work up to your limit of time. On average a good search going back on one ancestral line costs between £60.00 and £120.00.

We can accept payment by UK Sterling Cheque, International Sterling Money Order (payable on a London bank), Canadian Postal Money Order in Sterling and US Dollar Cashier's Check. We are sorry we cannot accept payment by US Dollar personal check, credit or debit card.