Scots around the world are being encouraged to send in family photos as part of a new global album unveiled ahead of 2009's Homecoming Scotland celebrations.
VisitScotland and Forestry Commission Scotland want to create a gallery of old family pictures, highlighting the spread of people worldwide who claim Scottish ancestry.
The project will see the images exhibited as part of next year's wider celebrations, with the collection on display at David Marshall Lodge, near Aberfoyle, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
Organisers said that the millions of people with Scottish roots are an important part of the 2009 Homecoming programme, and the project, part-run by Forestry Commission Scotland, will have a particular focus on the many people who worked or lived in Scotland's forests.
Fiona Stewart, VisitScotland's consumer PR manager for North America and Asia Pacific, said: "We are encouraging people around the world to start thinking about their Scottish connections by having a rummage in the loft or attic for old family photos and sending them to us. We're especially interested in those who have connections to Scotland's many forests where whole communities of people once lived and worked."
People should send in their old photos at www.forestheritagescotland.com , which goes live on January 26.
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