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Scottish Ancestry: Internet and Traditional Resources ~A selective list of books you may find useful in your research~ Note: Some items shelved in Ready Reference, labeled “B” (British); check at the Genealogy Center Ask Desk Research Guides 941 H744d Discover Your Scottish Ancestry: Internet and Traditional Resources. (2004) 941 C462fa Finding Your Scottish Ancestors (Christensen). (2000) 929 W65f Finding Your Scottish Ancestors: Techniques for Solving Genealogy Problems. (2020). 929 G72f Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents. (1985) 941 St49g Gathering the Clans: Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet. 929 J684di Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors (Jonas & Milner). (2002) 941.1 B812g Guide to Genealogical Sources in the West of Scotland. 8 vols. in 1. (2006) 941 D54na North East Roots: A Guide to Sources. (1999) 929 Sco75 Scotland: A Genealogical Research Guide. (1987) 941 Ir19ya Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family Historians (Irvine). Rev. 2nd ed. (2003) 941 B488sc Scottish Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in Scotland (Bigwood). (2006) 941 D93sc Scottish Genealogy (Durie). 3rd ed. (2012) 941 Si58s Scottish Handwriting, 1150-1650: An Introduction to the Reading of Documents. 941 B933s Scottish Historian’s Glossary. 929 M77s Scottish Local History: An Introductory Guide. (1990) 941 D65s Scottish Maritime Records, 1600-1850: A Guide for Family Historians. (1997) 941 M78s Sources for Scottish Genealogy in the Library of the Society of Genealogists [London]. (1996) 941 M61s Strathclyde Sources: A Guide for Family Historians to the Genealogical Resources of Glasgow, Argyll & Bute, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Stirlingshire. 941 B488t Tracing Scottish Ancestors (Bigwood). 941.44502 St491tr Tracing Your Edinburgh Ancestors. 941 C55tr Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide (Clarke). 929 P2743tr Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians. (2011) 941 M451t Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians (Maxwell). (2009) 941 Si62ta Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in National Archives of Scotland (Sinclair). 3rd ed. (2003) 941 C819ta Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry (Cory). 3rd ed. (2004) 941 Ad72tr Tracing Your Scottish Family History (Adolph). (2009) 929 P2743tra Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet (Paton). (2020). 941 As78m Members & Publications, Association of Scottish Family History Society. Biographical 941 F381s Scottish Family Histories Held in Scottish Libraries (Ferguson). (1960) 016.929122 St9s Scottish Family History: A Guide to Works of Reference on the History and Genealogy of Scottish Families (Stuart). (1930) Census & Indexes 929 J631c Census Records for Scottish Families at Home and Abroad. (1994) 942 K582f Finding Answers in British Isles Census Records. (2007) 941.3102 D656pe People of Dundee: Part One, 1600-1699 and Part Two, 1700-1799. 941.3202 P43do People of Perth: Part One, Burgesses of Perth, 1600-1699; Part Two, People of Perth, 1700-1799 941.4202 Ar1do People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Arbroath, 1600-1799. 941.4202 Ay985do People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Ayr, 1600-1799. 941.4302 G85d People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Greenock, 1600-1799. 941.4302 K63d People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Kirkcaldy, 1600-1799. 941.3102 M813do People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Montrose, 1600-1799. 941.3602 St861do People of the Scottish Burghs, A Genealogical Source Book: People of Stirling, 1600-1799. 941.4801 D895do Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Dumfries and Galloway, 1600-1699. 941.4301 D656sc Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Lanarkshire, 1600-1699. 941.4101 D656sc Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster: The People of Renfrewshire, 1600-1699. 941.3201 D65s Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1772-75: People of Argyll. 941.3201 D656s Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1772-75: People of Inverness-shire. 941.3201 D656sa Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1772-75: Highland Perthshire, 2 vols. 941.3201 D656scn Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1772-75: Northern Isles. Church Records 941 B171b Scottish Church Records: A Union List. 4 vols. 941 G153c Catholic Family History: A Bibliography for Scotland. (1996) 942.0004 G15c v.6 Catholic Missions and Registers, 1700-1880, vol. 6: Scotland. 942.0004 G15ca Catholic Parishes in England, Wales and Scotland: An Atlas. 941.008 Sco8f Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. 9 vols. 941.0004 B488i Index to Parishes (with Related Sheriff Courts, Commissary Courts and Burghs). 941.0004 Sco8da Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland From Earliest Times Through 1854. (Bloxham) 941 B229p Parish Registers in the Kirk Session Records of the Church of Scotland (with Pre-1855 Censuses, Lists of Heads of Families, etc.). (2001) 941.0004 P219a Parishes, Registers & Registrars of Scotland. (1993) Directories 941.44502 Ed23p Post-Office Annual Directory…Edinburgh and Leith, Scotland, 1840-41. 929.122 D656sc Scottish Catholics at Home and Abroad, 1680-1780. 941.0004 Sco87sa v.34-5 Scottish Studio Photographers to 1914; and Workers in the Scottish Photographic Industry. 2 v. 941 T634sc Scottish Trades & Professions: A Selected Bibliography incl. a Summary of Scottish Directories. 941.4701 So8 Southern Counties’ Register and Directory: Containing…Lists Connected with the Counties of Roxburgh, Berwick, and Selkirk. (1866) Land 941.3801 C15a Abstracts of the Particular (& General) Register of Sasines for Argyll, Bute and Dunbarton, Otherwise Known as the Argyll Sasines. 2 vols. 941.0004 Sco84i Index to Register of Deeds (and Sasines) Preserved in H.M. General Register House. 35 vols. Maps & Place Names 941 W694g Gazetteer of Scotland. 941.003 G76g Genealogical Atlas of Scotland. 941.003 Sm5g Genealogical Gazetteer of Scotland. 941.003 G79or Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Scotland: Indexes to the 1/2500 and 6-inch Scale Maps. 942.003 P54aa Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers. 3rd ed. (2003) 941.003 J64pL Place-Names of Scotland. 3rd ed. (1934) 941.003 M19s Scottish Place-Names. (1931) Military 941 K65i In search of the “Forlorn Hope”: Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments & Their Records (1640 to World War I). Newspapers 941.1 B26n Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century: Newspaper Index and Annals. 3 vols. Periodicals 941 St4s Scottish Texts and Calendars: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications. (1987) Surname & Given Name Research 941 W62s Scottish Forenames, Origin & History. 929.4 D656sc Scottish Surnames of Colonial America (Dobson). 929.4 B56s Surnames of Scotland (Black). Tombstone & Monumental Inscriptions 941.3501 M69m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1885) in Clackmannanshire. 941.3701 M69m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in Dunbartonshire. 941.3601 M69mo Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in East Stirlingshire. 941.4601 Sco85m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in Peeblesshire. 941.44101 M69m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in Renfrewshire. 941.3201 M69m (& mo) Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in South Perthshire (& North Perthshire). 941.46901 Sco8m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire. 941.3301 M69m (& mo) Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in West Fife (& East Fife). 941.4401 M69m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in West Lothian. 941.3601 M69m Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855) in West Stirlingshire. 941.192 M69p Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions from Speyside, Spey Valley. 941.2601 P91 Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Angus. 941.46301 P91 Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun District. 941.2401 P911 Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Kincardineshire (the Mearns). 941.2401 P91 Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Upper Deeside. 941.2501 P91 Pre-1885 Gravestone Inscriptions in Upper Donside. 941.4901 M69p Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions, Index for Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. 941.3901 Sco8p Pre-1855 Tombstone Inscriptions in Berwickshire. 941.1601 P91 Pre-1855 Tombstone Inscriptions in the Sutherland Burial Grounds. 941.3801 F16p Pre-1855 Tombstone Inscriptions Isla Munda. Passenger & Immigration-Related 941 D65a American Data from the Aberdeen Journal 1748-83. 971 W62d Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation. 929.122 W62d Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A. [to 1855] (Whyte). 2 vols. 929.122 D65di Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775. 994 D656d Directory of Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900. 929.122 D65d Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 1625-1825 (Dobson). 7 vols. 929.122 C14e Emigrants from Scotland to America 1774-1775. 941 M146h Highland Jacobites 1745. 971.3 C154sa Index to The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855. 941 M146ja Jacobites of 1715 North East Scotland and 1745 North East Scotland. 941 M14gj Jacobites of Lowland Scotland, England, Ireland, France, and Spain (McDonnell). 941 M146j Jacobites of Perthshire 1745. 942 D65sb Later Scots-Irish Links 1725-1825. 929.122 D65o Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783. 929.122 D65oa Original Scots Colonists of Early America: Caribbean Supplement, 1611-1707. 941.14 L44r Register of Emigrants from the Western Isles of Scotland, 1750-1900. 975.8 D656sc Scots
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