Maxwell Ancestry

Graham Maxwell grew up in the Scottish Borders where he started his genealogy research. A few years ago he moved to Dumfriesshire and together he and his wife Emma have created a successful genealogy business.

Free quotes are always available and phone consultations. Their website gives more details and has an excellent photographic collection and resource section which is constantly expanding.

www.maxwellancestry.com

Graham and Emma stared transcribing and indexing census returns 7 years ago and the collection is now very vast covering Lanarkshire, Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Dumfriesshire, Midlothian and Peeblesshire (1841, 1851 and 1861).

http://www.maxwellancestry.com/ancestry/publishing/publishing.htm

Together with this vast census experience and many years of family and local history research, they are now able to offer a wide variety of services. From individual certificates to full family trees presented in a beautiful bound book. Whatever your circumstances or family they will have something for you.

http://www.maxwellancestry.com/ancestry/familytree.htm

Maxwell Ancestry also has great experience in researching the history of buildings so if you are interested in who used to live in your house or what your shop used to be Graham and Emma can help.

Graham and Emma have many resources at their fingertips to conduct their research these include: census, birth, marriage and death certificates, church records, newspapers, historical maps, photos, property records, family records (housed at the national archives of Scotland), wills and testaments, gravestone records and many more. They have regular access to the National archives, Edinburgh central library, The National Library of Scotland, Register house and many local libraries.