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Want to trace ancestors in the Angus & Dundee area and walk in their footsteps? Our new 'Roots' package will help you do just that!
Prior to your visit, our professional genealogist, Caroline Makein from Fife Rootsearch, will trace back one line of your family tree as far as she can* and draw up a suggested itinerary.
When you arrive at your hotel a fascinating report will be waiting for you in your Welcome Pack, which will also contain a suggested itinerary taking in the key sites associated with your ancestors. If you wish, Caroline will personally meet with you to go over her findings and discuss your tour.
A specialist Blue Badge Guide, fully briefed on your personal family history by Caroline, will then take you on a one-day guided tour on foot or by car, as appropriate, to see as many as possible of the actual places where your ancestors lived, worked,worshipped and were buried.
Learn long-forgotten facts about your family. Discover more about their occupations and how they supported their families. See the kind of homes where they lived with their children and the places where they worked. Were they rich or poor? Were they connected to a clan? Did they own land or were they working the land? Did they live in a castle or a cottage?
We will try to answer these questions for you.
This promises to be a 'once in a lifetime' experience, letting you walk the land and breathe the air of your ancestors.
*Caroline would hope to be able to go back to the end of the 18th century from a start date in the 20th century, though of course for various reasons this is not always possible.
What's included:
* Tours will be for a maximum of 8 hours and include unlimited mileage in the Angus & Dundee area.
Because each piece of family history research is unique, this package is only bookable a minimum of five weeks prior to arrival. Please email known details about the line you wish to trace, such as names, dates, places of birth in Scotland, at time of booking. A non-refundable deposit of £40 is payable before starting the research. This covers the cost of an initial exploratory search, which should establish whether information is available to allow further research to commence.
An additional non-refundable deposit of £50 is required to reserve the chosen day for your tour.
Caroline has been researching ancestry for over 25 years.
A member of the Scottish Genealogy Society, Fife Family History Society and Tay Valley Family History Society, she has the Certificate in Scottish Family History Studies from Stirling University.
With her help, numerous clients from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere have learned more about their Scottish ancestors.
About Scotland's Blue Badge Guides
Scotland's Blue Badge Guides are fully insured and are the only tour guides recognised by VisitScotland, Scotland's national tourism agency. They aim to give visitors a memorable, entertaining experience of Scotland.
All the guides we use for our tours have a strong personal interest in family history and ancestral roots, and are accredited under VisitScotland's 'Ancestral Tourists Welcome ' Scheme.
Elma McMenemy
Elma McMenemy, a native Scot, has been a Blue Badge Guide for more than 20 years. She really enjoys meeting visitors, seeking out interesting and special places for them, and finds it fascinating to take people to places their ancestors lived and experience how these places "speak" to the visitors.
Elma offers tours for 1-4 people by car (Volvo) and larger groups by coach. Her interests include whisky, folk music and song, and agriculture and country living.
Barbara Millarmoved to Scotland in 1997 with her husband, a native Glaswegian, and fell in love with the country, becoming a Blue Badge guide in 2002 in order to share her passion with visitors from across the world, and from all walks of life.
Working with visitors who want to discover their Scottish ancestry is exciting and challenging, and Barbara, who operates a comfortable 6-seat People Carrier, is looking forward to helping you uncover the lives of your forebears.
Toni McPherson is a friendly Blue Badge Guide who is always delighted to
meet up with ex-pats and Scots descendants interested in renewing their links with
their ancestral home.
A proud Dundonian, Toni offers walking tours in Dundee (including Broughty Ferry and Lochee), plus the Angus towns of Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Brechin, Montrose, Forfar and Carnoustie, as well as St Andrews and the East Neuk of Fife. She also guides on coach tours throughout Scotland.
To book your 'Roots' package, telephone our central reservations office (Scotia Travel) on 0141 305 5050 (if calling from outside the UK - +44 (0) 141 305 5050), or email Bill Tinto at bill@scotiatravel.com