Scotland

The following is a list of sources for researching your Scottish ancestors

Scotland's People - The best source of Scottish records

National Records of Scotland - the National Records office of Scotland Searchable data base.

Memento-mori - Scottish death records, etc

The Scottish Association of Family History Societies - there are also similar groups – some affiliated, some not, in each of the counties of Scotland as well as the rest of Britain.

Scotland's Places - Maps, people and places of each of the areas of Scotland

National Library of Scotland - great source for everything from city directories to military rolls both navy and army.

Scottish Military Research - Scottish Military information

Scottish Mining - very comprehensive record of Scottish mining including names, fatalities, etc.

Electric Scotland - a wide variety of topics of interest on the history and culture of Scotland

Friends of Dundee City Archives - the same for Dundee and there are others for each of the Scottish and English Counties

Mitchell Library - Glasgow photos and history

Caithness History - Caithness history

The Gazetter Newspaper - The Gazette newspaper archives.

Genuki - info on all aspects of Britain and Ireland but especially place names useful

Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History - good source of obscure Scottish info. People who had no father, people in lunatic asylums, male heads of families.

Badbea Families - stories of the Clearances in Caithness

Electric Scotland Books - Reference books, directories, histories for various areas of Scotland

Renfrewshire Libraries Poor Law Records - searchable database

Directories - The Scottish Post office directories for Scotland are at National Library of Scotland they start in the 1700s

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