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[Links last checked: 19 Aug 2007]

Check the Scotland Research Outline at FamilySearch.org

XFamily History Links

  • Family Search – Searchable indexes of many UK parish records, also the 1881 Canada census, and more. International Genealogical Index (IGI). Wonderful online Search Research Guidance and Research Help, such as the Scotland Research Outline. All free!
  • Scotlands People – Fully-indexed old parish records, statutory (from 1855) Birth, Marriage and Death records, census records, and wills and testaments from the General Register Office for Scotland. Also general information – for their list of Scottish parishes and registration districts, click here. Online access and searches are free; search results and images cost, but they may be kept in your online account on the website. Excellent value.
  • Court of the Lord Lyon – Heraldic authority for Scotland. Family history links.
  • GENUKI – UK and Ireland genealogy. Huge non-commercial collection for family history researchers, including parish-by-parish records and maps. Many links. Locate your ancestors' parish, and you may find photos of their churches.
  • Statistical Account of Scotland – Comprehensive parish–by–parish accounts first compiled by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1791–1799, then again in 1845. Free to read — use the non–subscribers Browse link. Hosted by the University of Edinburgh. Fascinating reading!
  • FamilyRecords.gov.uk – Official UK government source for family records.
  • National Archives of Scotland (NAS) – Wills, deeds, and valuation rolls, as well as pre–1855 baptismal records of churches other than the Church of Scotland.
  • ScottishHandwriting.com – "Online tuition in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents 1500–1750". Includes a weekly tip and a weekly poser.
  • ScotsFind.org – A variety of Scottish genealogy databases. Access is free.
  • Origins Network – Pay site for British, Irish and Scottish Origins. Free IGI search, free Place search.
  • Scottish Archive Network – Project to digitize Scottish historical documents.
  • ArchiveGrid – Index to historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. "Open the door to history."
  • Cyndi's List – Huge, legendary list of genealogy sites on the Internet, by Cyndi Howells, author of Planting Your Family Tree Online.
  • Ellis Island – Free access to indexed Port of New York (USA) passenger lists.
  • UK Census Online – The ongoing FreeCEN project is working to provide six UK census returns, 1841 to 1891, in a free searchable online database. As of August 2007, the Caithness 1841 census is 100% complete, 1851, 92.3%.
  • Census Records Online – Mark Reed's links to Canadian, US, and UK census records. Useful pre–1974 map on the Scotland links page.
  • Census Finder – Brenda Hay's directory of free online census records.
  • General Register Office (GRO) – The office in charge of statutory birth, marriage and death registrations in England and Wales since 1837. Order certificates online.
  • FindMyPast.com (formerly 1837online.com) – Pay site offers the GRO indexes to England and Wales BMD records, also new transcriptions of the 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses. Military records, and more.
  • Surname Profiler – University College of London project showing British surname frequency and distributions in 1881 and 1998, also social demographics.
  • GenClass.com – Month-long online genealogy courses include a class website and regular chats. Scottish Genealogy class highly recommended.
  • The Scottish Association of Family History Societies – Patron is Robin Blair, LVO, WS, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Online newsletter.
  • Federation of Family History Societies – How to contact a family history society (FHS) that may help with your genealogical research.
  • Caithness Family History Society – FHS for those with family origins in the county of Caithness in north-east Scotland. Sells 1841 census returns for some parishes.
  • Tracing Your Islay Ancestors - Islay in Argyll, an Inner Hebrides island.
  • Ancestral Orkney - Find your Orkney ancestors. Excellent links list.
  • Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA) – Online presence of "one of Canada's national treasures", at the Archives of Manitoba.
  • BuyOrkney.com – Includes Orkney webcams, biographies of Dunkirk hero James Campbell Clouston (1900–1940), James Sinclair (1805–1856) of the HBC, and others with Orkney roots.
  • Sinclair Family History page – Paul Sinclair's history and genealogy site.

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