About the Author

Bruce Durie, a former neuroscientist, is Course Director for Genealogical Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Archivist & Historian to the Chief of the Durie Family and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He is the author of the acclaimed "Scottish Genealogy" (THP, 2009, 2010, 3rd edn forthcoming 2012) and is writing a guide to documents for family and local historians.