Hundreds of people have taken advantage of a free chance to research their family history at Dundee Science Festival.
Experts from brightsolid were on hand to give guidance at DC Thomson’s Meadowside building on Sunday.
Throughout the afternoon the brightsolid team gave advice on how to research family roots and build a family tree.
Chief executive Chris van der Kuyl said: ”It was a great day there were queues built up before the start and it went really well all day.
”We were showing people how to find their Scottish roots and there are a lot of people really interested in it.”
As part of the science festival, brightsolid had opened its doors to the public on Thursday, offering advice to those interested in a career in IT.
Mr Van der Kuyl added: ”We were delighted to be involved in this year’s Dundee Science Festival. As a company at the cutting edge of online innovation and science, it’s a fantastic opportunity to give the wider community an insight into what we do and share some of our latest developments.
”Whether it’s visiting our new state-of-the-art data centre at the Technology Park or taking part in our genealogy technology day at DC Thomson in Meadowside, the public had a chance to see how, yet again, Dundee leads the way in new areas of global science and technology.”
A taste of France was brought to the festival with a cultural event at Bon Appetit in Exchange Street.
Cafe Philosophie de Science was opened by Dundee University philosophy lecturer Dr Beth Lord, who explored the topic God and Science.
Cafe owner John Batchelor said: ”We are delighted to be taking part in the festival as science is such a major part of the city’s thriving economy and our modest contribution recognises this.
”Many Dundee scientists and their visitors from all around the world dine in Bon Appetit so we are doubly pleased to be participating and bringing a taste of the continent to our fabulous city.”The science festival continues until Sunday with events throughout the week. Find out more at www.dundeesciencefestival.org