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Museums Family History Societies
Clans & tartans Local History Societies
Local government Tourist boards
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General Scottish Genealogy

Scottish GENUKI pages
New Register House, Edinburgh

The General Register Office for Scotland: the government department responsible for registering births, marriages, deaths, divorces & adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out Scottish censuses.

National Archives of Scotland
Registers of Scotland Executive Agency

Scotland's Land Registry

Ancestral Scotland

Scottish Genealogical Tourism

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Scottish Family History Societies

See also the list here

SocietyArea coveredAddress
Scottish Association of Family History Societies
Scottish Genealogy SocietyAll Scotland15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland FHSAberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Morayshire164 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5BD
Anglo-Scottish FHSFor Scots emigrants to England; an offshoot of Manchester and Lancashire FHS, based in Manchester
East Ayrshire FHSParishes of Auchinleck, Craigie, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dunlop, Fenwick, Galston, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Loudoun, Mauchline, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, Sorn, Stair, Stewarton
Borders FHSBerwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire
Central Scotland FHSClackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, west Perthshire
Dumfries & Galloway FHSDumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries DG2 9AF
Fife FHSFife
Glasgow & West of Scotland FHSCity of Glasgow, Ayrshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, northern Lanarkshire, RenfrewshireUnit 13, 22 Mansfield Street, Glasgow G11 5QP
Highland FHSCaithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland
Lanarkshire FHS

Formerly Hamilton & District FHS

south & central Lanarkshire
Largs & North Ayrshire FHSnorth Ayrshire
The Lothians FHS

Formerly Midlothian FHS

East Lothian, Midlothian, West LothianLasswade High School Centre, Eskdale Drive, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian EH19 2LA
Renfrewshire FHSRenfrewshire
Troon & District FHSWest Ayrshire

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Scottish Local History Societies

SocietyArea coveredAddress
Leith Local History SocietyLeith in Midlothian

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Scottish Libraries & archives

AberdeenAberdeen University Library
Aberdeen City Archives
AyrshireAyrshire Archives Centre
Dumfries & GallowayDumfries & Galloway Council Archives (for Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire & Stewartry of Kirkcudbright)
Dundee & AngusDundee City Council Archives
Local Studies Department, Dundee Central Library
Dundee University Archives
Angus County Archives in Montrose
Edinburgh & LothiansNational Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

On-line catalogues of the NLS

Old maps in the NLS

National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Library
Edinburgh University Archives
The Heriot-Watt University Archive
Scottish Poetry Library
Public Libraries in the City of Edinburgh
Public Libraries in Midlothian

Searchable catalogue is here

Midlothian Local Studies Library (Midlothian excluding Edinburgh)
Public Libraries in East Lothian
Public Libraries in West Lothian
Lothian Health Services Archive

Institutional records of hospitals in and near Edinburgh; records of medical societies, charities and campaigns; clinical case notes; personal papers of physicians, surgeons, etc. Dates: 1727 to present.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FifeFife Council Archive Centre
St Andrews University Library
GlasgowGlasgow City Libraries (including the Mitchell Library)
Glasgow City Archives (formerly Strathclyde Regional Archives)
Glasgow University Library

Glasgow University Library - Department of Special Collections

Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre
Strathclyde University Archives
Strathclyde University Library
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
Perth & KinrossPerth & Kinross Council Archive
OtherSLAINTE: Scottish Libraries across the Internet
Scottish Archive Network
Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives

ARCHON Indexes of archives, museums, libraries in Britain

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Other Libraries & archives

EuropeNational Archives of Ireland
National Library of Ireland
National Library of Wales
Links to German Archives | Other European Archives
National Archives of England & Wales
Office for National Statistics, Southport, England
OtherLinks to Non-European Archives
AustraliaNational 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
Archives Office of Tasmania, Australia
State Library of Victoria, Australia

Genealogy Centre at the State Library of Victoria

Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia

Includes Searchable databases of passengers arriving in Victoria on ships from British ports, 1852-1859, and "foreign" ports 1852-1879

CanadaCanadian Archives

Genealogy page in Canadian Archives

Archives of British Columbia, Canada

Genealogical Resources at B.C. Archives

New ZealandNational Archives of New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand

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Museums

National Museums of Scotland

Umbrella site for Scotland's 7 national museums

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Biggar Museum Trust North East Scotland Museums Service
University of Dundee Museum Collections Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen
Museums in East Lothian Museums in Fife
Shetland Museum Service Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange, Midlothian
Links to other Scottish museums

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Clans & tartans

Scottish Tartans Society

Includes a register of tartans and information on clans and families

The Gathering of the Clans

Includes pages on over 65 clans and links to over 50 clan societies

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Universities

Aberdeen Dundee
Edinburgh Glasgow
Heriot-Watt (in Edinburgh) St Andrews
Stirling Strathclyde (in Glasgow)

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Local government councils (an incomplete list)
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,
Inverness-shire, Nairnshire)

Inverclyde Midlothian
Morayshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross Renfrewshire Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling
West Dunbartonshire Western Isles

(Outer Hebrides)

West Lothian

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Tourist boards

Scottish Tourist Board Aberdeen & Grampian
Angus & Dundee Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling & Trossachs
Dumfries & Galloway Edinburgh & Lothians
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Highlands of Scotland
Orkney Perthshire
Scottish Borders Western Isles

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General Scottish Information

Gateway to Scotland

The source for information about Scotland provided by Edinburgh University's Department of Geography. Includes maps.

Gazetteer for Scotland

A project under development by Edinburgh University's Department of Geography

Alan Godfrey Maps

Old large-scale Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland

Ordnance Survey
Old Maps The Stationery Office

Official publications: information & bookshop

The Scottish Executive The Scottish Parliament

Site Map for The Scottish Parliament

The National Trust for Scotland

Properties in the care of the National Trust for Scotland

Scottish Natural Heritage
Historic Scotland

Information about prehistoric and historic sites in the care of Historic Scotland, including abbeys, castles, churches, houses and industrial sites

Scotland's Past

Devoted to all aspects of Scotland's history & culture

SCRAN: Scottish Cultural Resource Access Network

Scotland's history & culture

Historic Places to Go in Scotland

(Part of electric scotland)

Scottish Arts Council George Washington Wilson Photographic Archive, Aberdeen

The Scotsman

"Scotland's National Newspaper"

Scottish Publishers Association
Scotland Online

General source of information about Scotland

World Travel Guide - Scotland Hotels & Accommodation
EdWeb

Edinburgh: Scotland's capital city

The Cockburn Association

The Edinburgh Civic Trust

The WWW Official Guide to Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Scottish Wildlife Trust

The John Muir Trust

Scottish Rock Garden Club

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Scottish Research Information System

Sponsored by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to assist Scottish Higher Education Institutions "to commercialize their research, and to provide consultancy to businesses and other bodies"

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Other Genealogy

GENUKI

The main GENUKI site for genealogy-related information for the whole of the British Isles.

British Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Cyndi Howells's index

An index of thousands of links to genealogy sites on the internet

Sites with Genealogical Source Material

Alan Tupman's links to useful sites

Andrea & Phil's Sites for Genealogists

Includes many Australian links

I found it!

Genealogy Search Engine

Australian Family History Compendium

Their Links to Resources, Records and Guides available on the Internet

Passenger lists for migrant ships to Australia & New Zealand Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site
GenRing (Jeff La Marca's Home Page)

"Linking the World of Amateur Genealogists"

Genealogy Online
The Federation of Family History Societies Guild of One-Name Studies
International Internet Genealogy Society Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Ship passenger lists

Cimorelli

Information about immigrants & ships to the USA

Office for National Statistics, Southport, England

Details of how to order English & Welsh birth, marriage & death certificates are here.

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