Professor Marjory Harper
As North America looks ahead to Tartan Week, a tool created by the 51cg is enabling the descendants of Scots who made the journey across the Atlantic to trace the route taken by their Ancestor.
Professor Marjory Harper, a historian from the Department of History at Aberdeen has spent years researching the stories of the emigrants who set sail for a new life on the other side of the world.
As part of her work, she has spearheaded the creation of a free online tool, The Scottish Emigration Database, which contains the records of 21,000 people who set sail from Scottish ports to cross the Atlantic.