~Find it in Scotland~

"LAND OF MY HEART FOREVER... ...SCOTLAND THE BRAVE"   

...This Website is for Scots and Scotophiles- where'er ye might be - by Scots, to Scots, from Scots. It's for Scots abroad to meet other Scots - abroad, or at home in Scotland. It's for Scots anywhere to glean a wee bit more about their own roots; to keep a finger on the pulse of Scotland and things Scottish; to learn a bit more about your Language, Heritage, Traditions...

   ...we've added this wee video, for those who like a visual and audio explanation, but if you prefer, just pass it by and browse; there's a lot to see...

   It's History and Current Affairs. It's Sports and Crafts, Art and literature, Business and Pleasure, and how & where to find them... AND it's one of the few sites to have it's own  ongoing  Magazine section, with regular updates about Scotland, Scots, and Things Scottish.

  ...It's also for Scots to talk to other Scots, home and abroad. Perhaps to try to find lost friends and relatives. We've set up our interactive social network section - "Scot-talk"   - where members (membership is free) can Blog; post events, photos, videos; set up their own groups (open AND by invitation only), talk in the Forums - just like Facebook, U-tube, and others - except that it's intended - as is the rest of this site - to help promote the Scots Heritage world-wide, and to encourage and stimulate Scots everywhere to talk to one another and find new friends.

    Scot-talk will also have up-to-date news feeds, with the latest national news, and local news from all around the country. And the What's New section tells you exactly that, on a month-by-month basis.

  Our Magazine is filling with many and varied items of interest and, like a paper-based magazine, will be ever-changing, as more items are added. Unlike a paper mag., though, ours will keep the old items, so that each section keeps getting bigger; we simply put the new items at the tops of each section's pages. And some of the magazine sections will have sub-sections, where the subject matter is well spread. We also have a section for readers to contribute their own thoughts, or articles; see yourself in print.

  We'll be building and improving our "find-it-in-scotland"  service. The main site will have categories of items and services commonly sought after - like Car Hire, Restaurants, Scottish Gifts - some items less well known, like Bagpipe tuition on Skype - and a means for you to ask us to help find specific commodities. The Scot-Talk section will have find-it Categories in the Blog section ; accessing this will allow you to do several things:- we will have sections to help find "lost friends"  and "lost relatives", where you'll be able to put in your own Blog - your request to the world for help, if you like - to find people...

STOP PRESS: SCOT-TALK ALREADY HAS A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR HELP TO FIND LOST FAMILY CONNECTIONS. ANY HOME-GROWN SCOTS FOLK READING THIS, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK, IN CASE YOU CAN HELP OUR NEIGHBOURS FIND THEIR RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS. THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SCOT-TALK SITE

...and Scot-Talk includes the "I'm looking for.." section, where you can ask for help to find any special or unusual items you  can't find- a walking stick with a golf-club head, a picture or photograph of the school your mother/ father/grandparent went to, an out-of-print book or a piece of lucky white heather, for example. Someone out there may be able to help you.

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  Around Scotland is The Section where the various and varied Scottish regions will be invited totell you why a trip to Scotland is not complete without a visit to see their beautiful area (we're still waiting for a response from them)...

    ...and Scots-at-Arms will cover the Fighting Scots in the UK Armed Forces, from the earliest Scottish Regiments, to the present-day Land, Sea and Air Forces. There'll also be the facility for current and past serving members to set up their own groups - to keep up-to-date and renew auld acquaintance - in Scot Talk.

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           ??  WANT TO ADVERTISE YOUR SCOTTISH SOCIETY - FOR FREE!

  MILLIONS of Scots across the world belong to Scottish Societies; Burns Clubs, Caledonian Societies, Scottish Country Country Dance Societies, Highland Games Associations, Pipes and Drums Societies - thousands and thousands of groups of like-minded people, promoting their Scots Heritage.  

A lot of these groups are known only to their own members, in their  own local area.  We believe the effort each puts in to further the Spirit of Scotland could be recognised much further afield. Think of Alex and Morag, members of the Auchenshoogle Burns Society, on their way to Canada - or USA, or New Zealand, or Oz, or Bahrain, etc.etc. Wouldn't it be just grand if they knew where to contact a local Burns Society, in  advance, to make new contacts and friends? And for those coming to us from overseas to have local contacts. 

 SO, we've set up a weblinks section to help make this happen.  We will offer site space for any properly-established Scots Societies, Associations, Groups, to advertise their existence. Go to the Web site Links page to let YOUR society tell the world you're out there.  find it in scotland will be very happy to help.

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 ...And of course we'll be reintroducing our   "Scottish Heartbeat" ... the Scottish-based Free Newsletter for Scots throughout the world ...

~~~ National News... Local Affairs & items of interest from across the Nation... the Gunn Family diaries... entries from Scots overseas... updated on a regular basis... and now including any special offers from our suppliers.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE SCOTTISH HEARTBEAT PAGE 

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