KinHelp offers expert genealogical assistance with Scottish resources, at a reasonable cost. All periods can be researched, including historical backgrounds, provided you can give adequate starting details, particularly a named person known to be born in Scotland in a known period and an approximate location.The more you can help with the start, the more you can expect to be found.Help is also available with the origins of Scottish surnames and where the earliest people of that surname are to be found in the country.A number of free items are available on the KinHelp website, including genealogical indexes to historical source books, and snippets of intriguing information about ordinary people from periods throughout Scottish history.Our website was down for a few days, due to a server fault, but should be up and running 13 or 14 March 2009. New Scottish book index due late march.