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| Scottish GENUKI pages |
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| 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 |
Scottish Family History Societies
See also the list here
| Society | Area covered | Address |
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| Scottish Association of Family History Societies | ||
| Scottish Genealogy Society | All Scotland | 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL |
| Aberdeen & North-East Scotland FHS | Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Morayshire | 164 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5BD |
| Anglo-Scottish FHS | For Scots emigrants to England; an offshoot of Manchester and Lancashire FHS, based in Manchester | |
| East Ayrshire FHS | Parishes of Auchinleck, Craigie, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dunlop, Fenwick, Galston, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Loudoun, Mauchline, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, Sorn, Stair, Stewarton | |
| Borders FHS | Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire | |
| Central Scotland FHS | Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, west Perthshire | |
| Dumfries & Galloway FHS | Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire | 9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries DG2 9AF |
| Fife FHS | Fife | |
| Glasgow & West of Scotland FHS | City of Glasgow, Ayrshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, northern Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire | Unit 13, 22 Mansfield Street, Glasgow G11 5QP |
| Highland FHS | Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland | |
| Lanarkshire FHS Formerly Hamilton & District FHS | south & central Lanarkshire | |
| Largs & North Ayrshire FHS | north Ayrshire | |
| The Lothians FHS
Formerly Midlothian FHS | East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian | Lasswade High School Centre, Eskdale Drive, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian EH19 2LA |
| Renfrewshire FHS | Renfrewshire | |
| Troon & District FHS | West Ayrshire |
Scottish Local History Societies
| Society | Area covered | Address |
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| Leith Local History Society | Leith in Midlothian |
| Europe | National Archives of Ireland |
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| 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 | |
| Other | Links to Non-European Archives |
| Australia | National 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 | |
| Canada | Canadian Archives
Genealogy page in Canadian Archives |
| Archives of British Columbia, Canada
Genealogical Resources at B.C. Archives | |
| New Zealand | National Archives of New Zealand |
| National Library of New Zealand |
| National Museums of Scotland
Umbrella site for Scotland's 7 national museums | Hunterian Museum, Glasgow |
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| 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 |
| Scottish Tartans Society
Includes a register of tartans and information on clans and families |
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| The Gathering of the Clans
Includes pages on over 65 clans and links to over 50 clan societies |
| Aberdeen | Dundee |
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| Edinburgh | Glasgow |
| Heriot-Watt (in Edinburgh) | St Andrews |
| Stirling | Strathclyde (in Glasgow) |
Local government councils (an incomplete list)
Some have archives/library information
| City of Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus |
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| 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, | 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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 Edinburgh Civic Trust |
| 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" |
Books || Links || Info exchange || Given names
Counties || Midlothian || Duddingston || Inveresk || Liberton || Newton