Books by Dr Bruce Durie

The story of how Stirling and its surroundings, by a mixture of geography, history, fate and planning, became what it is today. Illustrated with 120 pictures, the book explores the familiar and unfamiliar sides of central Scotland's premier town and includes some interesting and quirky facts.

Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland.

Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at unsing the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is reading and understanding older documents.

Glasgow has one of the bloodiest and most tumultuous histories on record, riddled with plagues and pirate attacks, religious divides and reconciliations, bombs, executions, fires and floods.

Welsh genealogy is usually included with its English cousin, but there are significant differences between the two, and anyone wishing to trace their Welsh ancestry will encounter peculiarities that are not covered by books on English family history. Welsh Genealogy covers all of this as well as the basic Welsh needed by family historians;

A history of Dunfermline

A Century of Glasgow