The research desk
Follow the question.
Find the evidence.
Everything you need to investigate a Glasgow connection, from the first name search to the source behind a relationship.
Start with a person.
Search names, relatives, dates and locations. Each dossier brings identity, family relationships, evidence and outstanding leads together.
Open the catalogueGo back to the record.
Search record associations by name, date, place or type. Follow the original source citation and its stated evidence quality.
Search source recordsCheck the connection.
Compare two possible identities, or review potential parents and duplicates without turning a scored lead into an established link.
Compare two peopleA practical route through the archive
Locate the right person.
Begin with a name or WikiTree ID. Use relatives, places and dates to distinguish people with the same name.
Look at the family in context.
Open their place in the family tree, then check the mapped associations. Open the linked dossier to read its sources.
Read the source and the assessment.
The dossier’s research section holds the evidence, source notes and open questions. Record search gives another route into the same material.
Test the next possibility.
Use the candidate worklist to investigate missing connections. Compare the dates and records, then report a sourced correction.
Keep digging
More routes into the collection.
Unresolved parentage.
Review the supplied potential-parent and duplicate comparisons, with their signals and conflicts preserved.
Open candidate leadsA genetic connection.
Move from the narrative to tested lines, SNPs, STR distances and the research priorities.
Explore the DNAWork with the data.
Download the original catalogue exports, inspect a machine-readable dossier, or review data coverage.
Data & downloads