Links to other sites

Please notify me of links that don't work at jar/AT/j-a-robertson.co.uk ( with /AT/ replaced by @ ). Local government, in particular, seems to delight in changing web addresses.

General Scottish Genealogy

ScotlandsPeople Centre

Information about how to access records of births, marriages, deaths, censuses & testaments by visiting Edinburgh

ScotlandsPeople Facebook

Online indexes & records of births, marriages, deaths, censuses and testaments (wills, inventories)

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

Public records, such as testaments, tax records, sasines and deeds, and also many donated collections of private records. (Unlike the National Archives in London, the National Archives of Scotland hold more than just official records.)

National Register of Archives for Scotland
Scottish GENUKI pages
Poorhouses in Scotland (NOT called workhouses)
19th century plans of Scottish towns
Scotland Census Records

Links to free Scottish census records

Ancestral Scotland

Scottish Genealogical Tourism

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Scottish Family History Societies

Society
Web site
FacebookArea coveredAddress
Scottish Genealogy SocietyAll Scotland15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland FHSFacebookAberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Morayshire164 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5BD
Alloway & Southern Ayrshire FHSBallantrae, Colmonell, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Maybole, etc.
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 FHSFacebookBerwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire
Central Scotland FHSClackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, west Perthshire
Dumfries & Galloway FHSDumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtownshire9 Glasgow Street, Dumfries DG2 9AF
Fife FHSFacebookFife
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

Facebooksouth & 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
North Perthshire Family History GroupNorthern Perthshire
Renfrewshire FHSRenfrewshire
Troon & Ayrshire FHSWest Ayrshire

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Scottish Local History Societies

SocietyArea coveredAddress
Abertay Historical SocietyIn Dundee
Leith Local History SocietyLeith in Midlothian
Montrose Natural History & Antiquarian SocietyMontrose in Angus

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Scottish Libraries & archives

Librarians and archivists seem to have a problem with the idea that a fixed web address would make life easier!

AberdeenAberdeen University Library
Aberdeen City Archives
AyrshireSouth Ayrshire Libraries - Local History
Dumfries & GallowayDumfries & Galloway Council Archives (for Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire & Stewartry of Kirkcudbright)
Dundee & AngusDundee City Archives
Local Studies Department, Dundee Central Library
Dundee University Archives
Angus Archives at Restenneth, by Forfar
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 at Loanhead - covers Midlothian excluding Edinburgh
Public Libraries in East Lothian
John Gray Centre at Haddington, East Lothian
Public Libraries in West Lothian
West Lothian Libraries - Local History Library
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 A-Z of services - see under "Archives", "Family history", "Libraries", "Local history" in their index
St Andrews University Library
GlasgowGlasgow City Council A-Z of Services - see under "Archives", "Libraries", "Local and family history" in their index
Glasgow University Library

Glasgow University Library - Department of Special Collections

Glasgow University Archive Services
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
National Register of Archives

ARCHON Index of archives 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

Family history resources at the State Library of Victoria

Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia

Includes Family & Local History

CanadaCanadian Archives and Libraries

Canadian Genealogy Centre in Canadian Archives

Archives of British Columbia, Canada
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 seven national museums

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
Biggar Museum Trust Museums in Aberdeenshire
University of Dundee Museum Services Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen
East Lothian Museums & Galleries Museums & Galleries in Fife - see entry there under "Museums & Galleries"
Shetland Museum Service Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange, Midlothian

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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 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

(Western Isles / Outer Hebrides)

West Lothian

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Tourist boards

Scottish Tourist Board Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire
Angus & Dundee Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling & Trossachs
Dumfries & Galloway Edinburgh & Lothians
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Highlands of Scotland
North Highlands (Caithness, Ross-shire and Sutherland) Orkney
Perthshire Scottish Borders
Western Isles (Hebrides)

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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 Institute of Geography

Alan Godfrey Maps

Old large-scale Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland

Ordnance Survey Old Maps TSO Scotland

(formerly, The Stationery Office) - Official publications: information & bookshop

The Scottish Government The Scottish Parliament

Site Map for The Scottish Parliament

Registers of Scotland Executive Agency

Scotland's Land Registry

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

RCAHMS

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland

SCRAN: Scottish Cultural Resource Access Network

Scotland's history & culture - part of RCAHMS

Historic Places to Go in Scotland

(Part of electric scotland)

George Washington Wilson Photographic Archive, Aberdeen The Scotsman

"Scotland's National Newspaper"

Creative Scotland - The Arts in Scotland
Scotland Travel Guide

The Cockburn Association

The Edinburgh Civic Trust

EdWeb - information about Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Scottish Wildlife Trust

The John Muir Trust

Humanist Society Scotland

Scottish Rock Garden Club

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

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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

United Kingdom Census Finder

Australian Family History Compendium Passenger lists for migrant ships to Australia & New Zealand
Genealogy Online The Federation of Family History Societies
Guild of One-Name Studies LDS Family Search (GB and Ireland) - including the International Genealogical Index (IGI)

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