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from: Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh
Source: Tartan Silk PR
Published: March, 2006

ABOVE: A family photo of genealogy expert Sheila Duffy's ancestors.

Sheraton launches Scotland's first hotel 'genealogy concierge' service

The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh has teamed up with Genealogy expert Sheila Duffy to introduce Scotland’s first ever hotel Genealogy Concierge service for visitors to Scotland.

It is estimated that 50 million people world-wide are of Scottish descent, and this service provides a unique opportunity for guests from America and other Scottish 'hotspots' to explore their heritage.

The Scottish records go back to 1553 and are widely recognised to be the most accessible in the world but few know how to fully harness this ancestral information. The Genealogy Concierge will enable guests to trace their family roots, by discovering where they lived, where they might be buried, what sort of lives they led or what further documentation may have survived.

As a first step, a questionnaire form will be provided prior to check-in, which will give the Genealogy Concierge a starting reference from which she can base her initial research.

Sheila will then sit down with guests for a one-to-one, hour-long consultation for a fee of £70.00. She will establish what the guest already knows about their Scottish connections, and give practical advice about how to develop their search for their Scottish forebears.

Rather than giving all the answers, the aim of consultation is to provide the knowledge and skills on how and where to look for information.

About the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh:

The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh is a five-star, 260-bedroom 16-suite hotel located in the centre of Edinburgh and at the heart of The Exchange, Edinburgh's new Financial District off Lothian Road. The hotel's award-winning fine dining Grill Room Restaurant offers the best of Scottish cuisine. The Terrace is a relaxed and informal brasserie-style restaurant, featuring 'live cooking' and an extensive buffet. Internationally acclaimed Santini restaurant offers authentic Italian regional cooking, enhanced by some of Italy's most celebrated wines and has been awarded two-AA rosettes.

Europe's most advanced city spa, 'ONE,' opened in September 2001. The six-storey building, with three split levels of spa, the first of its kind in Scotland, houses a wide range of facilities and treatments, many unique to the spa and currently not available within the UK. For more information, please visit www.one-spa.com.

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