With the surname Ambrose it will not surprise some of you that I have Italian blood in me! Our family name use to be D'Ambrosio before my grandfather anglisised it in the 1940's when it really was not a good time to be Italian in the UK. Last December when out in the US I was able to trace my relatives entering the States through Ellis Island in 1910. It was a deeply satisfying experience on a number of levels.
Great then that Inverness has it's own wonderful Highland Archive Centre which the records for the former county councils of Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire and Nairnshire dating from 1890 and the eleven burghs within those counties, the earliest of which dates from 1455. Archives are available to study on everything from Localauthority archives,School and Education Records, Estate and family Archives, to Business and Solicitors Records, Sasine Registers and Will registers. In short everything you could ask for in order to trace your family history. So, if you have Scottish ancestry in you (unlike me!), you are on holiday in the area and the weather is not so good, I throughly recommend this centre to you!