Scotland
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Edinburgh from Calton Hill [Picturesque
Europe; Vol. 1 The British Isles; page 158]
There are many useful resources for researching your Scottish ancestors in the Genealogy Centre on the 1st floor. The key to finding them is our catalogue which you can explore by searching under keyword. Try searching under the name of a location plus the type of source. These are just a few examples of the types of searches you can do:
- Scotland directories
- Shetland census
- Edinburgh almanacs
Key Resources
The following guides to researching your Scottish ancestry are available in the Genealogy Centre on the 1st floor:
Tracing your Scottish ancestors: a guide for family historians
Tracing your Scottish ancestors : a guide to ancestry research in the National Archives of Scotland
Gathering the clans : tracing Scottish ancestry on the internet
Scottish ancestry : research methods for family historians
Discover your Scottish ancestry : internet and traditional resources
A genealogist's guide to discovering your Scottish ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage
Scottish roots : the step-by-step guide to tracing your Scottish ancestors
Scotland’s People
This is the official government website for Scottish genealogy with births, marriages and deaths, census records, parish registers, wills and more. Initial searching is free and documents can be downloaded for a fee.
Archives and Libraries
National Library of Scotland
There is a Family History section with advice for those researching Scottish ancestry. The Digital gallery includes the following content:
Maps of Scotland
Over 20,000 maps of Scotland have been digitised at high resolution
The Word on the Street
An online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides or single-sheet newspapers 1650-1910
National Archives of Scotland
This website includes guides on particular collections of records and an online catalogue.
Scottish Archive Network
This site has a combined online catalogue for more than 50 archives in Scotland. For other online content go to the Digital Archive which includes a database of passengers who emigrated from western Scotland to Australia 1852-1857.
Gateways
Use our SLWA Family History Bookmarks
to find websites for Scotland recommended by the Family History
Subject Specialists. Simply click on any heading of interest e.g. scotland-maps to see a list of websites relating to this topic. The larger the tag, the more websites appear on the list.
GENUKI Scotland
This is the Scotland section of the GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy website. It has pages for each county as well as information for the whole of Scotland.
ScotlandGenWeb Project
This is the Scotland section of the WorldGenWeb site. It has pages for each county, links to other websites, message boards and mailing lists.
Cyndi’s List - Scotland
This is the Scotland section of Cyndi’s list with an extensive collection of links.
Societies
Scottish Association of Family History Societies
This website has contact details for family history societies throughout Scotland.
Page last updated: Friday 16 March 2012