About us

Thistle Ancestry is a professional genealogy research company based in Lanarkshire in Scotland.

We conduct both online and offline research and consult a vast range of relevant information resources to trace our client's Scottish roots.  We track down authentic birth, death and marriage records, census returns, service records, wills and testaments, war grave records, gravestone inscriptions, capture photographs of places of interest and much more.  We maintain the highest standards of research at all times to ensure that our customers' ancestors are traced carefully and accurately, and all our cases are treated as confidential. As our name suggests, we specialise in Scottish ancestral and family history research.

Laura Hughes BA(Hons) MEnvS is Thistle Ancestry's genealogist.  Before establishing Thistle Ancestry Laura worked as a Senior Researcher for a leading UK information company.  It is her continuing passion for and expertise in ancestral investigation work that led her to establish Thistle Ancestry, and now she is able to help other people learn more about their own unique family history.  Laura is a member of Scottish Genealogy Society as well as the UK Society of Genealogists.

Please contact us if you have any questions you would like to ask Laura directly.