Web Sites for Scottish Research

Compiled by Sandra Trapp, last updated September 5, 2014

LDS Resources FamilySearch.org - https://familysearch.org- Historical records, many with images; family trees, photographs, research wiki and videos and more.

British Isles Vital Records Index Breakdown by Location - http://www.genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ - This web site provides a breakdown of the records appearing in the 2nd edition of the British Isles Vital Records Index CDs from LDS. They have put these extractions on their pilot site (URL is listed above) in two databases: Great Britain Births & Baptism 1571-1977 and Great Britain Marriages 1571-1988. The numbers in the tables indicate the number of records for that county. Clicking on the numbers will retrieve a PDF file with a breakdown showing individual parishes and the periods covered. Family History Library Catalog - https://familysearch.org/catalog-search - Online catalog to the resources at the Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Library in Salt Lake City and other locations. FamilySearch Books - https://books.familysearch.org/ - Digitized books To Find a Local LDS Family History Center - http://tinyurl.com/uq11

Scotland Batch Numbers Used in the IGI - http://tinyurl.com/Scotland-BatchNos - The LDS have done extractions for churches in Scotland and each set of extractions have been given a batch number. If you want to see multiple extractions for a particular batch, you can just enter the batch number and the region. However, there is a limit to the number of extractions a search will do. FamilySearch Wiki - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page - Enter Scotland in the search box.

FamilySearch Learning Center - https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html - Videos for how to do research for various topics.

CLANS, TARTANS AND SURNAMES Scottish Clans - http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/clanmenu.htm - Provides some information about clans.

Clans Map - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3145/scotmap.html - You will probably need a magnifying glass to see the names of the clans.

- 1 - Scottish Tartans Finder - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3145/scotmap.html

100 Most Popular Scottish Names - http://tinyurl.com/Scots-Names Scottish Surnames - http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page127.htm - Helps finding where you ancestors came from. List of Scottish Surname Variants - http://www.scotsfind.org/surnames_access/surnames.pdf - This is a downloadable PDF file.

Chiefs of Clans - http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/chiefs.htm Septs of the Scottish Clans - http://tinyurl.com/Septs - Clan septs and dependents are those who are descended from the chieftain through a female line. Guild of One Name Studies - http://www.one-name.org/ - Barbara Whiteside, past president of the WFA, is the contact for the Whiteside name as well as Whitesides, Whitsett, Whitsetts, Whitside, and Whitsides. This web site offers limited information to non-members, but it does provide you with the name of the administrator and contact information for a particular surname.

CENSUS INFORMATION

1851 Strays - http://tinyurl.com/1851Strays - Individuals enumerated in the 1851 census for England but were born in Scotland. Miscellaneous 1841 Scotland Census Information - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~relys4u/list_ae.html Census Records for Scotland - http://www.censusfinder.com/scotland.htm

GOVERNMENT AND RELATED WEBSITES

National Library of Scotland - http://www.nls.uk/ - Offers an online catalog and a free advisory service to personal callers. Various images include WWI photos and Walter MacFarlane's collection of genealogies of ancient Scottish Families. These were compiled about 1750.

Church of Scotland - http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ Scottish Archive Network - http://www.scan.org.uk - Holds the catalogs of 52 Scottish archives. Probate Service - http://www.hmcourts- service.gov.uk/infoabout/civil/probate/index.hrm

- 2 - Scottish Documents - http://www.scottishdocuments.com/opWills.asp - National Archives of Scotland and LDS have begun digitizing Scottish historical records. An index can be searched for free online on the ScotlandsPeople website at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk , where copy images can also be purchased. Scottish National War Memorial - http://www.snwm.org/website/main.html - Includes individuals from WWI, WWII, and the campaigns since 1945.

General Register Office for Scotland - http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/partners/gros.htm - Indexes to digital images of births (1855-1905), marriages (1855-1930) and deaths (1855-1955) for Scotland, the 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901 Scottish censuses, and indexes to the 1881 census and Old Parish Registers of baptisms and marriages.

Scotland's People - http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - You have to register to do a search. Their databases include civil registration, parish registers, censuses, wills and coats of arms. A charge is made for detailed search results.

Familia - http://tinyurl.com/ScotLibraries - Public libraries in Scotland with family history resources. Record Offices and Archives on the Web - http://www.oz.net/~markhow/scotsros.htm ARCHDON Directory - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/ - Contact information for record repositories in the UK.

Scottish Collections Network - http://scone.strath.ac.uk/service - Descriptions of collections in Scottish libraries, museums archives, and collections about Scottish topics in places outside of Scotland. Wills from the Comissariot Courts - http://www.scottap.com/family/Lanark/Commis/index.html - Volunteer submissions.

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives - http://tinyurl.com/AberdeenArchives - A work in progress that offers school records, parochial board, and poor relief

BIRTH, BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, DEATH, BURIAL AND RELATED INFORMATION

Parish List for Scotland - http://www.scotsfamily.com/parish.htm - Names of parishes used in the 16th to 20th centuries. Provides county the parish was situated in, and the year of initial recording of births and marriages. Scottish Strays Marriage Index - www.mlfhs.org.uk - Index of marriages that took place outside of Scotland where at least one person was born in Scotland. Scroll down the page to see the index.

- 3 - Complete Parish List - http://www.ktb.net/~dwills/scotref/13301-parishnumberlist.htm

Fife, Dysart Parochial Registers - http://www.scotsfind.org/dysart_access/dysart.pdf Scotland and LDS - http://www.ktb.net/~dwills/scotref/13300-scottishreference.htm - Provides film and fiche numbers for Scottish information found at the LDS Library and Family History Centers. Ross & Cromarty Burial Grounds - http://www.rosscromartyroots.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=63476 - Includes transcriptions and photographs

Deceased Online - http://www.deceasedonline.com/ - This is a fee-based service. Currently, 9/18/09, Angus Council in Scotland is the first authority to put its burial record on this web site. Eventually, they hope to burial records for all of the United Kingdom and Ireland

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen Burial 1776 - 1857 - http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/cemetery_records/snow_churchyard_aberdeen_scotla nd.shtml Kincardineshire Graveyards - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nescotland/graveyards/grkincd.htm

Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City Graveyards & Cemeteries - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nescotland/graveyards/grabdncty.htm

Aberdeenshire Graveyards - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nescotland/graveyards/grabdnshr.htm Perthshire, Callander ‘Tom Na Chessaig’ Burial Ground - http://www.incallander.co.uk/stkessogs/stkessogs.html - Index of inscriptions and photographs at St. Kessog’s graveyard. Perthshire, Callander, Little Leny Monumental Inscriptions - http://www.incallander.co.uk/lit_len.htm Births, Marriages & Deaths Exchange - http://www.sctbdm.com/index.php - Volunteers submitting BMD information they are willing to share.

Angus, Barry Parish Burial Records 1746-1812 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parishregisters/scotland/angus/bar ry.htm - A work in progress. Dundee Death Records Index from 1990 to 1993 - http://www.monikie.org.uk/dundee- deaths-010490-190393.txt

- 4 - Angus, Dunnichen Parish Interments 1856 - 1876 - http://www.monikie.org.uk/ah- dunnichen1856-76.htm

Angus, Monikie Burial Records 1612-1854 - http://www.monikie.org.uk/ah- monburtext.htm Ayrshire, Carrick Monumental Inscriptions Index - http://www.maybole.org/history/Books/monumentinscriptions/carrick.htm Ayrshire, Maybole, Kirwynd Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions - http://www.maybole.org/history/Archives/kirkwynd/kirkwynd.htm

Ayrshire, Ochiltree Parish Church Monumental Inscriptions Index - http://ochiltreechurch.homestead.com/headstones.html

Ayrshire, Stevenston High Kirk Monumental Inscriptions Name Index - http://www.threetowners.com/Stevenston/burials.htm Dumfries & Galloway Graveyard Inscriptions - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scottish/D-GInscriptions.html?

Glasgow, Clydebank List of Civilian War Dead - http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/wardead1.txt Dunbartonshire, Rosneath Old Graveyard Index - http://members.madasafish.com/~fairenough/

East Lothian, Prestonkirk Cemetery Inscriptions Index - http://www.ejclark.force9.co.uk/survey/names.htm

East Lothian, Haddington, St. Mary’s Graveyard Index and Plan - http://www.stmaryskirk.com/6_graveyard_index_plan.htm East Lothian, Whittingehame Burial Ground Inscriptions Index - http://www.ejclark.force9.co.uk/surveyw/names.htm Fife, Anstruther Burials Index 1836-1854 - http://www.fifefhs.org/Records/Burials/aneastburials.htm

Fife, Dysart, St. Serf’s Burial Register Transcriptions 1795-1899 - http://www.fifefhs.org/Records/Burials/dysartstserf.htm Lanarkshire, Glasgow Southern Necropolis Burials List - http://www.southernnec.20m.com/page23.html Lanarkshire, Strathaven Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barrie/?

- 5 - Edinburgh Greyfriars Burying Ground Register of Interments 1658-1700 - http://www.scotsfind.org/greyfriars_access/greyfriars.pdf

Edinburgh, Pilrig Street, Rosebank Cemetery Inscriptions - http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Cemeteries/Rosebank%20Cemetery.htm Edinburgh, St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions - http://www.scotsfind.org/st.cuthbert's_access/St.Cuthbert's.pdf Scotland’s People - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - Births, baptisms, banns, marriages, deaths and burials starting in 1855. Fees involved.

Scots Origins - http://www.scotsorigins.com/ - This is a free part of the Origins Network and includes marriage, birth and christening records.

Gravestone Photographic Resource - http://gravestonephotos.com/ - Currently, there is a limited amount of photos for each place. They are looking for people to send their photos.

Free British Isles birth Records information - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-bri.html - Guide to free online birth and baptismal records, indexes, and transcription sites for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

SOCIETIES

Scottish Association of Family History Societies - http://www.safhs.org.uk - Includes links to societies in Scotland and others worldwide. National Archives of Scotland - http://www.nas.gov.uk Genealogical Societies in Scotland - http://www.censusfinder.com/scotland-family- history-society.htm

Society of Genealogists - http://tinyurl.com/SOGScotland - List of information held at the Society of Genealogists for Scotland. Scottish Heritage USA - http://www.scottishheritageusa.org - U.S. society for Scottish Heritage

MAPS AND GAZETTEERS

Scotland Gazetteer - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/ Map of Scotland - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/scotland/ Maps of Scotland - http://www.nls.uk/maps/ - Includes historic maps from the National Library of Scotland

- 6 - Map of Scotland - http://www.incallander.co.uk/map1.htm - Can zoom in for detail.

Scottish Maps, Regions and Places - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/maps.html

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk - Offers photos, drawings and manuscripts and lets you look for information on buildings, monuments and archaeological sites. The National Gazetteer of Gaelic Place Names - http://www.ainmean-aite.org/ Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - http://www.ainmean- aite.org/ - Database that provides information on Gaelic forms of place-names.

WEB SITES WITH VARIOUS RESOURCES History of Scotland - http://www.authenticireland.com/History+of+Scotland - This web site provides information about Scotland from ancient to modern times, wars, the influence of the church and more.

Scottish Ancestry - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/genealogy.html - A web page with links to multiple resources for Scottish research. GENUKI for Scotland - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ - Gateway to web sites with information for individual counties and towns in Scotland. Resources vary for each location.

GENUKI Search Engine - http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents World GenWeb Project for Scotland - http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/news.php - Volunteer submitted information for counties and towns in Scotland. Resources vary for each location. Cyndislist for Scotland- http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm - Gateway to links for English research.

Genealogy Links for Scotland - http://www.genealogylinks.net.uk/scotland/index.htm - Multiple links to various databases including mining accident victims, names directory, cricket players and officials, wills and testaments. Information varies for each county.

RootsWeb.com - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com - At this web site you can find family trees submitted by researchers, mailing list for surnames, localities and more, message boards, people willing to do look-up in resources they have, blank charts and forms for your research, and more. UKISEARCH - http://www.ukisearch.com/scotland.html - Multiple links to many genealogy websites for Scottish research.

- 7 - Scottish Family Heritage - http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk - Family and local history sources from original documents. There are fees for copies

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/genealogy.html - Web site with multiple links for researchers of Scotland ancestors Some Research Links for Scotland and Other Places in the UK - http://www.ancestorhunt.com/united_kingdom_genealogy_search.htm

Linkpendium for Scotland - http://genealogy-uki.linkpendium.com/scot/ - Links to multiple resources. Blah Blah Blah - http://howdiie.com - Scottish transcripts and indexes of BDMs, sasines, and more Dumfriesshire Valuation Roll (1896-97) - http://www.maxwellancestry.com/ancestry/resources/dumfriesshirevaluationroll.htm

Scottish Directories - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Ascottishdirectories

NEWSPAPERS British Newspapers 1800-1900 - http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ - Provides a full run of 48 British newspapers. Some of the content is free, but other searches will only provide you with a snippet. However, Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Centers with internet access should have full free access to this database. Edinburgh Gazette Archives - http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/

CALCULATORS

Day of the Week Calculator - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9714/zeller.htm - Have you ever wondered what day of the week an ancestor was born, married or died? Gary Bastian's calculator will help you with this.

Perpetual Calendars - http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/easter/ - Calendars for Great Britain and the Colonies from 1550 to 2049, but excludes Scotland for 1600 to 1752. A Calculator for Figuring the Purchasing Power of the British Pound from 1264 to 2007 - http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/

Birth Date Calculator - http://www.progenealogists.com/birthfromdeath.htm - If you

- 8 - have a death date and the age the person died at in years, months, and days; this calculator will help you find the birth date for the deceased.

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS Ancestry.com Free Databases - http://www.searchforancestors.com/ancestryfreebies.htm - Searchable copy of "A history and lineage of descendents of a Scottish family by the name of Sinclair" and The Scotch-Irish: The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America. Vol. 1, by Charles Hanna , Family Facts (name meaning and history, surname distribution), public member family trees, geographic reference library.

Statistical Accounts of Scotland - http://edina.ac.uk/statacc - Provides access to digitized copies of descriptions of life in the parishes of Scotland 1790s to about 1840. Old Kirkcudbright - http://www.old-kirkcudbright.net/index.asp - Provides some information about the parish and burg and individuals who lived there. Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services - http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php - This web site has images of Edinburgh and other areas of Scotland. Images are available for purchase. Occupations Found in Old Scotland Records - http://www.scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm List of Scottish Victoria Cross Recipients - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Victoria_Cross_recipients?nat=10

Scottish Emigration Database - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/ - Passengers who left from Glasgow and Greenock for non-European destinations between January 1 and April 30, 1923 and from other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960. Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Dependents - http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/index.htm

Scots Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652 - http://tinyurl.com/1652Passengers Scotland Pipers Killed and Missing - http://membres.lycos.fr/pipersmemorial/piperslost2bis.htm Builders, Owners, Masters of Clyde River Steamers - http://cookfmly.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cps_list/ 1852-1857 Highlands and Islands Emigration Society Passenger Lists - http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/emigration.htm

- 9 - Poor Houses in Scotland - http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Scotland/UnionsScotland.shtml

Peter Garwood’s Archaic Words & Phrases for Scotland - http://pagespro- orange.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/glossary.htm The Scots in Ulster - http://ancestryireland.com/scotsinulster/ - Various database indexes including hearth rolls, muster rolls, householders, etc. Border Reivers - http://www.borderreivers.co.uk - Lists names of border families and locations.

Dumfriesshire Directories and Sasines - http://www.genhound.co.uk/dumfries.php - Free search of sasine registers recorded details of contracts involving land and property in Scotland. Also a selection of directories for 1811 to 1852. Random Act of Genealogical Kindness - http://www.raogk.org/scotland.htm - Volunteers willing to do look-ups and/or take photos for places in Scotland

City of Aberdeen Burgh Records - http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/archivecataloge - Starts in 1398 Mediaeval Scots Documents - http://www.poms.ac.uk - Database contains information on all individuals mentioned in 6000+ documents between 1093 and 1286. History of Bagpipes - http://www.theaterseatstore.com/history-of-bagpipes-in-theater

Reformatted by Arliss Whiteside, May 2018

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