Part I - Musings on Things Scottish Part II - Researching your Scottish ancestry from America, with Family History sources, musings on aspects of Scottishness, history, heritage, inheritance, heraldry, migration, land and maps, DNA, hints and tips, and more. by Bruce Durie, considered worldwide one of the top Scottish genealogists and heraldists. ""In this idiosyncratic, informed, entertaining and always educational book, Bruce Durie takes the reader through the minefield of researching your Scottish ancestry from the American perspective. This is the book no aspiring American Scot can afford to miss!""