Go to the home page of Electric Scotland Read about our terms and conditions for using the site and out privacy policy Gte our contact information here Find accommodation in Scotland Get information on Scottish agriculture and wildlife Find hundreds of historical articles about Scotland Beth's monthly publication about the Scots diaspora and genealogy Hundreds of online books for you to read Learn something about business in Scotland We have some 800 children's stories for you to read This is where you'll learn all about Scottish clans and families and their history Learn about Scottish culture and also our old Scots language A collection of material from a native Indian writer on Indian lore, poems, recipes and lots more This is Alastair's personal site with his travel journals and loads of pictures taken on his travels in Scotland and abroad Hundreds of biographies of famous Scots A weekly publication from the Scots Independent Newspaper on matters to do with Scottish independence This is where you can message with others on any topic you wish and interact in a social network Great place to get those great Scottish recipes We do need some relaxation from time to time so enjoy some of our online games This is our six volume gazetteer of Scotland Get advice and resources to help with your genealogy research Learn all about Scotland's famous Haggis Learn about prevntative health care from old Scottish texts This is where we've profiled some Highland Games in Scotland and around the world Explore historic places and castles in Scotland Tons of information on the history of Scotland and the Scots Looing for a wee humour or humor story then enjoy our great collection here Poems and stories from the pen of John Henderson and also many of his own dorric poems Lots of interesting material for kids and children of all ages A bit of a catch all for things that don't have there own menu Some music and radio programs for you to listen to and lots of great sheet music Get up to date Scottish news and find all the local newspaper and television stations This is where you can read Electric Scotland's weekly newsletter and read back copies We have thousands of pictures of Scotland and this page will lead you to them We have lots of poetry and stories sent in by visitors to the site Send a postcard to friends, family or colleagues Yes the Bible but so much more Learn about Scotland's famous bard Robert Burns Learn about the Scots who moved to Ulster and onto the world Scotland's official langiuage for several centuries wasn't gaelic but Scots! Learn about the famous Scottish and Highland regiments Some useful services like a roman numeral calculator and personal worth Here you will find our own shopping malls Looking for those old Scots songs then this is where you'll find them History of sports in Scotland Learn about tartan and use the tartan search engines Travel and Tourism in Scotland Some interesting Scottish trivia to baffle your friends with Fun videos that we've taken over the years A Scottish wedding guide Find out the last 100 items we've added to the site Learn about what Scots did in the world Learn about Scots in the USA Learn about Scots in Canada Learn about Scots in Australia Learn about Scots in India Learn about Scots in Germany Learn about Scots in France Learn about Scots in New Zealand

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Alastair McIntyre sitting outside an hotel in Aberfeldy in ScotlandI'm Alastair McIntyre and the site was created in Scotland in 1996 and has been hosted in Kentucky in the USA since 1998 and now operated from Canada where I moved to from Scotland in 2004.Our operation moved from Kentucky to Michigan in 2008.

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Most of our material comes from antiquarian books which we publish onto the site. Most of these books can be hard to find as they are no longer in print and so can usually only be found in rare book rooms of libraries or second hand book shops. Not only will you find a lot of history about Scotland but also social history and history of agriculture, medicine, law, education, etc. You will also find a lot of histories on individual clans and families, Scots-Irish history and also histories of Scottish people that emigrated and worked in virtually every country in the world and the role they played in their new home lands.

As well as all the history we've added material on travelling to Scotland with lots of suggested tours and hundreds of pictures. For the young ones we've added some 800 children's stories as well as some wee games which all ages will enjoy. To help you find content on the site we have a site search engine in our header and so you can be assured that all links will have something to do with Scotland making it easier to find what you are looking for. As well as that we also point to a Tartan search engine in our Tartans section.

To be frank if I were to sit with you and take you through all the sections of the site it would take at least 2 hours just to give you an overview and so you can see that the site is very large. We add chapters of books every day to the site so if you catch us at the start of a new book you can read it with us as we publish it chapter by chapter.  I essentially lay the book on my flat bed scanner then use my OCR program to scan the pages.  Once done I proof the scan and then post it on the site.

When I first started Electric Scotland is was to play a role in my own personal life in that I have always enjoyed History but at school we got very little Scottish history. And so when I decided to build a web site Scottish History was the obvious choice. It meant I could learn about Scottish History myself and as I learned I'd publish the books onto the web site to share with you all.  One part I didn't think about back then was the part played by Scots and their descendants all over the world and this has become a large part of the site.  In 2008 our Scottish schools will at last teach Scottish History to our children and I very much welcome this move.

We do get many contributions from our regular visitors be they articles, family biographies or pictures. We welcome all such contributions and we see ourselves as serving the world wide Scottish community to help them understand better the history of Scotland and the role played by Scots around the world.  The site is being left to the Scottish Studies Foundation of Toronto and so through them it will eventually reside at the McLaughlin Library computers at the University of Guelph and run by the Centre for Scottish Studies at that University. This will ensure that all our content is preserved for future generations to enjoy and learn from.

The story of the Scots at home and abroad is truly amazing as you'll learn as you read through some of our content.  We have helped so many countries around the world to develop and been very involved in all aspects from Government, Education, Industry and the Church.  The only gap in our learning is currently about Scottish business at home and abroad and we continue to work on trying to tell you that story but the Scots of today are really very shy about telling us their stories.

Alastair McIntyre, KCTJ, FSA Scot.

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