Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4
BBC Radio Scotland's genealogy programme, packed with advice and stories
Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 1
Bill Whiteford presents new family histories and genealogy advice, plus genealogist Bruce Durie explores the lives of Scots who worked in iron foundries, mills and on canals.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 2
A Jacobite prisoner who married a Cherokee Indian and a Scottish Earl and his Italian musician. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie tell tales of Scottish migration.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 3
Pickling in rum, a mysterious death in the USA and inheritance battles - Bill Whiteford and Bruce Durie explore how death can shed light on an ancestor's life.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 4
From court papers to newspapers, criminal ancestors often leave a paper trail. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie advise on tracing those on the wrong side of the law.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 5
Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie discover a French cairn dedicated to Scottish soldiers and reveal unheard PoW stories in this programme about military ancestors.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 6
Migration from Eastern Europe to Scotland is not a recent phenomenon. Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie advise on tracing ancestors who made similar trips in the past.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 7
Family history becomes family her-story as Bill Whiteford and genealogist Bruce Durie focus on how to trace female ancestors.
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Digging Up Your Roots - Series 4 - Episode 8
Bill Whiteford and Bruce Durie get to know the colourful and unusual ancestors in listeners' family trees.
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