SOME USEFUL RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHERS
There are a great many resources already available to those researchers wishing to trace their family tree or to find genealogical information on the web. The main ones for Porteous families are listed below.
As mentioned already, Porteous Associates – a family research group set up in 1976 with the aim of helping all researching the name – are extremely helpful. Their website details the history and background of the family, as well as providing contact details for representatives in different parts of the world. They act as a "clearing house" for researchers, seeking to find connections between "new" families and those on an existing database of over 10,000 individuals.
Their site contains information about how to obtain the book The Porteous Story by Barry Porteous, published by the Associates, as well as details of the five-yearly Porteous Reunion, the next of which will be held in September 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is also strongly recommended that new researchers with access to email subscribe to the Porteous lists at Rootsweb and GenForum, where information and requests for help are regularly being posted.
The Rootsweb mailing list is particularly useful for those seeking information regarding Porteous or Porteus family members in any place and at any time, as well as more general discussion about the history of the family.
The following links to general Porteous sites and those of family historians and researchers around the world may be of use to those searching specifically for more information about their own family, or the history of the Porteous name in general. More links leading to sites about well-known Porteous and Porteus family members, and other related Scottish clans and families, are provided on the next page.
- The Porteous Associates homepage
- Rootsweb Porteous Family resources
- GenForum Porteous Family Genealogy Forum
- FamilySearch Collaboration Email List
- Ancestry.com Surname Registry
- The Genealogy Homepage
- ElectricScotland Clans
- Porteous IGI Searchable Database
- Rootsweb Surname Helper
- Rootsweb index
- Porteus family page
- Porteous Genealogy Resources on the Internet
- The family line of William Porteous
- Genealogy of Doug Porteous
- Ken Porteous' Family No 525
- Marcel Safier's Porteous ancestors
- Archibald Porteous' descendants
- Descendants of James Porteous
- Saban-Thompson webpage
- The Missing Charles Porteous
- Neil and Viv Porteus Family Genealogy and Family History
- The Porteous Associates – Australia
- Porteous Web of Doug Porteous
- Lincolnshire Porteous family of Karen Porteous Glass
Depending on how many details of your Porteous ancestors you already have, it may also be worth conducting a search on the Porteous IGI Searchable Database, developed by Doug Porteous. This contains a listing of nearly 10,000 Porteous-specific records extracted from the LDS International Genealogical Index (Great Britain and Wales).
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