| ScotlandsPeople
Online indexes & records of births, marriages, deaths, census, testaments (wills, inventories) and some valuation rolls |
| National Records of Scotland
Public records, such as testaments, tax records, sasines and deeds, and also many donated collections of private records. (Unlike the National Archives in London, the National Records of Scotland hold more than just official records.) Also: the government department responsible for registering births, marriages, deaths, divorces & adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out Scottish censuses. Also: information about how to access records of births, marriages, deaths, censuses & testaments by visiting Edinburgh |
| https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrasregister/">National Register of Archives for Scotland |
| Scottish GENUKI pages |
| Poorhouses in Scotland (NOT called workhouses) |
| 19th century plans of Scottish towns |
| Scotland Census Records
Links to free Scottish census records |
| Visit Scotland: Research your Scottish ancestry
Scottish Genealogical Tourism |
Scottish Family History Societies
| Society Web site | Area covered | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Genealogy Society | All Scotland | 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL | |
| Aberdeen & North-East Scotland FHS | Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Morayshire | 164 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5BD | |
| Alloway & Southern Ayrshire FHS - closed 31.3.2015 | Ballantrae, Colmonell, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Maybole, etc. | ||
| Anglo-Scottish FHS | For Scots emigrants to England; an offshoot of Manchester and Lancashire FHS, based in Manchester | ||
| East Ayrshire FHS | Parishes of Auchinleck, Craigie, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dunlop, Fenwick, Galston, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Loudoun, Mauchline, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, Sorn, Stair, Stewarton | ||
| Borders FHS | Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire | ||
| Central Scotland FHS | Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, west Perthshire | ||
| Dumfries & Galloway FHS | Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire | 9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries DG2 9AF | |
| Fife FHS | Fife | ||
| Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS | City of Glasgow, Ayrshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, northern Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire | Unit 13, 22 Mansfield Street, Glasgow G11 5QP | |
| Highland FHS | Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland | ||
| Lanarkshire FHS Formerly Hamilton & District FHS | south & central Lanarkshire | ||
| North Ayrshire FHS | north Ayrshire | ||
| The Lothians FHS
Formerly Midlothian FHS | East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian | Lasswade High School Centre, Eskdale Drive, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian EH19 2LA | |
| Renfrewshire FHS | Renfrewshire | ||
| Troon @ Ayrshire FHS | West Ayrshire |
Scottish Local History Societies
| Society | Area covered | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay Historical Society | In Dundee | ||
| Leith Local History Society | Leith in Midlothian | ||
| Montrose Natural History & Antiquarian Society | Montrose in Angus |
Librarians and archivists seem to have a problem with the idea that a fixed web address would make life easier!
| Europe | National Archives of Ireland |
| National Library of Ireland | |
| National Library of Wales | |
| Links to German Archives | |
| National Archives of England & Wales | |
| Office for National Statistics, Southport, England | |
| Australia | National Archives of Australia |
| National Library of Australia | |
| State Library of New South Wales, Australia
Family History Service at the State Library of New South Wales | |
| State Library of South Australia | |
| Tasmanian Archives, Australia | |
| Tasmania Libraries, Australia | |
| State Library of Victoria, Australia
Family history resources at the State Library of Victoria | |
| Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia
Includes Family & Local History | |
| Canada | Library and Archives Canada
Genealogy and Family History in Library and Archives Canada |
| Archives of British Columbia, Canada | |
| New Zealand | Archives New Zealand |
| National Library of New Zealand |
| National Museums of Scotland
Umbrella site for Scotland's seven national museums |
| Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow |
| Biggar Museum Trust - Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum |
| Museums in Aberdeenshire |
| University of Dundee Museums |
| Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum in Stirling |
| Black Watch Museum in Perth |
| Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen |
| East Lothian Museums |
| Museums & Galleries in Fife |
| Shetland Museum & Archives |
| National Mining Museum at Newtongrange, Midlothian |
| Aberdeen |
| Abetay (in Dundee) |
| Dundee |
| Edinburgh |
| Glasgow |
| Heriot-Watt (in Edinburgh) |
| St Andrews |
| Stirling |
| Strathclyde (in Glasgow) |
Local government councils
Some have archives/library information
| City of Aberdeen |
| Aberdeenshire |
| Angus |
| Argyll & Bute |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
| City of Dundee |
| East Ayrshire |
| East Lothian |
| East Renfrewshire |
| City of Edinburgh |
| Fife |
| City of Glasgow |
| Highland
(Caithness, Sutherland, Ross & Cromarty, |
| Inverclyde |
| Midlothian |
| Morayshire |
| North Lanarkshire |
| Orkney Islands |
| Perth & Kinross |
| Renfrewshire |
| Shetland Islands |
| South Ayrshire |
| South Lanarkshire |
| Stirling |
| West Dunbartonshire |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
(Western Isles / Outer Hebrides) |
| West Lothian |
Tourist board ("Visit Scotland")
| Visit Scotland |
| Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire - includes Kincardineshire |
| Ayrshire & Arran |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
| Dundee & Angus |
| Edinburgh & Lothians |
| Fife |
| Glasgow & Strathclyde |
| The Highlands |
| The Highlands |
| Orkney and Orkney |
| Perthshire |
| Scottish Borders |
| Shetland |
| Western Isles (Outer Hebrides) |
| Gazetteer for Scotland
A project under development by Edinburgh University's School of Geosciences |
| Alan Godfrey Maps
Old large-scale Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland |
| Ordnance Survey |
| TSO Scotland
(formerly, The Stationery Office) - Official publications: information & bookshop |
| The Scottish Government |
| The Scottish Parliament |
| Registers of Scotland Executive Agency
Scotland's Land Registry |
| The National Trust for Scotland
Properties in the care of the National Trust for Scotland |
| Scottish Natural Heritage |
| Historic Environment Scotland
Information about prehistoric and historic sites in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, including abbeys, castles, churches, houses and industrial sites A merger of the former Historic Scotland with the Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) |
| SCRAN: Scottish Cultural Resource Access Network
Scotland's history & culture - part of Historic Environment Scotland |
| Historic Places to Go in Scotland
(Part of electric scotland) |
| George Washington Wilson Photographic Archive, Aberdeen |
| Creative Scotland - The Arts in Scotland |
| Scotland Travel Guide |
| The Cockburn Association
The Edinburgh Civic Trust |
| Edinburgh International Festival |
| Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| Edinburgh International Film Festival |
| Edinburgh International Book Festival |
| The Scottish Wildlife Trust |
| The John Muir Trust |
| The National - newspaper |
| GENUKI
The main GENUKI site for genealogy-related information for the whole of the British Isles. |
| British Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| British Newspaper Archive at Genes Reunited |
| Cyndi Howells's index
An index of thousands of links to genealogy sites on the internet |
| United Kingdom Census Finder |
| Family History Federation |
| Guild of One-Name Studies |
| LDS Family Search (GB and Ireland) - including the International Genealogical Index (IGI) |
| The National |
| The New European |
| The Guardian |