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Searchable Online Data
Scotland & Scottish
Genealogy & History
The following websites contain online searchable databases that are of value to those researching their Scottish roots. Some sites are free to use and others charge a fee. We indicate fee based sittes by tagging them " ($) ". Free sites are tagged ' (free) '.
Census
- 1901 Census of Scotland ( $ ) Scotland's People & Public Record Office (government)
Completeley searchable database of persons who appear in the 1901 Scotland census. Includes transcription of all details for all family members and links to images of the original census records. There are many transcription errors in this database. We recommend that you take the extra step of viewing the original document online, to confirm the transcription.
- Scotland's People (UK) ( $ ) General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Court of the Lord Lyon, Scotland Online.
Contains over 50 million online records of birth, baptism, banns, marriage, death, census and more.
Birth, Marriage and Death Records
- Scotland's People (UK) ( $ ) General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Court of the Lord Lyon, Scotland Online. Contains over 50 million online records of birth, baptism, banns, marriage, death, census and more.
- The Births, Deaths, and Marriages Exchange for Scotland ( free ) BMD Exchange Scotland. A free resource for Scotland genealogy and Scottish family history. For anyone researching their family history in Scotland [46,996 records on 23 June 2006].
- General Record Office of Scotland ( $ ) General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Court of the Lord Lyon, Scotland's People. General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is part of the devolved Scottish Administration, responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces, and adoptions. They are the main source of family history records.
Misc Genealogical Records
- Society of Genealogists Searchable Records ( $ ) Origins.net
- Scotland's People (UK) ( $ ) General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland, Court of the Lord Lyon, Scotland Online. Contains over 50 million online records of birth, baptism, banns, marriage, death, census and more.
- Genuki - Scotland (a Gateway Site)( free ) Genuki - Scotland
This site is the Scottish section of the larger Genuki UK and Ireland gateway site. Provides data and links to additional non-Genuki generated resources.
- Gazetteer for Scotland ( free ) Bruce Gittings, University of Edinburgh & Dr. David Munro, Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
A vast
geographical encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the
Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. It includes tourist attractions, industries and historical sites, together with histories of family names, biographies of famous people
and descriptions of historical events associated with Scotland. With approximately 13620
detailed entries, the Gazetteer is already the largest Scottish resource
available on the web, and is growing constantly
- Statistical Accounts of Scotland ( free ) EDINA & Edinburgh University Data Library .
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland are essential sources for the study of Scotland's past. The 'Old' Statistical Account (1791-99), under the direction of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, and the 'New' Statistical Account (1834-45) offer uniquely rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs.
- Scottish Handwriting ( free ) The Scottish Archive Network Ltd. The website offers online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The emphasis of the website is on practical help to improve the palaeographical skills, rather than on the academic study of Scottish handwriting.
- LDS Family History Library
- Scottish Archive Network
- National Archives of Scotland
Scotland's Newspapers
- Scottish Newspapers, Historic & Contemporary This is a list of Scotland's newspapers, historic and contemporary. Links have been provided to those newspapers that have internet versions or digitized historic papers online. Newspapers without an online presence are also listed.
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Featured Titles
The History of Celtic Place-Names of Scotland
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