Family History

Scottish Family History

BBC: Scottish Roots
Helpful information for the beginner.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ scotland/ history/ scottishroots

Genuki: Scotland
Gateway to many resources.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ big/ sct/

National Library of Scotland - Maps of Scotland
High-resolution zoomable images of over 44,000 maps of Scotland. You can order the maps, or study them online. Site includes maps of the whole of Scotland, county maps and town plans/views
http://maps.nls.uk/

National Library of Scotland - Scottish Post Office Directories
Annual directories that include an alphabetical list of a town's or county's inhabitants. Online access to 694 directories for the period 1773 to 1911, covering 28 of Scotland's towns and counties
http://www.nls.uk/ family-history/ directories/ post-office

Scotland GenWeb
Gateway to many resources
http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/

Scotlands People
The official online source of parish register, civil registration and census records for Scotland, from the General Register Office for Scotland.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Scotlands Places
Find information about Scottish places past and present, by searching across different national databases using geographic locations. Includes digital copies of maps and plans, photographs, loch surveys, archaeological reports, and manuscript records and printed books from millions of pages of government and private records, including tax rolls, owners of land and heritages, and the annual reports of county Medical Officers of Health
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ content/ index.php?action=view&id=1

Scots Family - Old Occupations in Scotland
A list and description of about 500 unusual occupations, jobs and work found on 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century records, Census returns, and gravestone inscriptions in Scotland
http://www.scotsfamily.com/ occupations.htm

Scots Origins
Includes "free IGI search, access to Origins Experts research of authentic Scottish records from 1700 to 1990, a free Scottish Place search, and expert articles and discussion on Scottish history."
http://www.scotsorigins.com/

Scottish Archive Network
Aims to provide a single electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than fifty Scottish archives. Includes digital resources. For the site's 'Family History Guide' click 'Research Tools'.
http://www.scan.org.uk/

Scottish Documents.com
Free access to a fully searchable index of over 520,000 Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1500 to 1901. Documents may be purchased for a small fee.
http://www.scottishdocuments.com

Scottish Highlander Photo Archive
A growing database of portraits accessible online, along with the basic information identifying the individuals. Images may be purchased in print or electronic form. There is a photo library service for publishers and a forum for family genealogists to comment on or to identify people in the photographs of the collection. Visitors can submit photographs of their own for comment or research purposes
http://www.scottishhighlanderphotoarchive.co.uk/ index.html

Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial commemorates nearly 150,000 Scottish casualties in the First World War, 1914 - 1918; over 50,000 in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945; and the campaigns since 1945, including the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and the Gulf War
http://www.snwm.org/ website/ frames.html

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