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Christine Woodcock reveals a number of resources you should include in your online toolkit for Scottish research page 7 University of Glasgow’s Digital 15 Archive of Scottish Gaelic Christine Woodcock looks at an initiative to transform living memories into a recorded audio archive Discoveries Between 16 the Cracks Sue Lisk suggests strategies for locating ancestors who appear to have dropped off the genealogy radar REVIEW: Photopea Tony Bandy looks at quick online image editing 21 page 12 for your family research Missing Archival Documents 25 and Artifacts Diane L. Richard looks at the problem of locating and retrieving lost documents Ancestral Ferry Tales Sue Lisk looks at online resources to assist in 31 learning more about ferries and their importance to your ancestors page 21 Cover: Stunning sunset at the Neist point lighthouse, Scotland. 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Norris gives an update on available files relating to War of 1812 Pensions OR GENEALOGISTS, MILITARY PENSION RECORDS CAN BATTER The pension record project down “brick walls” and shed light into hidden pathways of dates back to 2008, when the family history. The War of 1812 Pensions Project offers a new National Archives and the Feder- window into family military experiences in what was once a ation of Genealogical Societies shadowy period between the eras of the Revolutionary War and first discussed digitizing the War Fthe Civil War. of 1812 pension files in Washing- ton, DC. At the time, the 1812 pensions were the most often-