Scotland Websites

The following Internet websites will provide easier access to a variety of Scottish genealogical records, including civil, census, church, and probate records, and research helps:

Websites

 * FamilySearch - provides online access to searchable databases of indexed Scottish church and civil records as well as family trees. Visit FamilySearch Historical Records to search these records
 * GENUKI - this website directs you to other sites with helpful genealogical resources and databases for the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is organized by country, then county, then parish, and by topic
 * Scotland's People - the premier website for Scottish family history. It is a government web site and is fee-based, but it is very reasonable and well worth the price for the amount of information you can obtain. It has searchable databases of civil, census, church, and probate records, as well as many helpful information and links to other websites. Learn more about the site on the wiki page
 * National Records of Scotland - provides access to the archive's online catalogue and much helpful information and research tools
 * National Library of Scotland - includes an online catalogue of the library's vast book collection and maps, including some viewable online
 * Scottish Archive Network - provides links to the websites of every archive in Scotland, as well as many helpful research tools such as a handwriting guide
 * FreeCEN - Scottish Census records. Free online access
 * FreeREG - Scottish Parish and Non-Conformist Registers. Free online access
 * RootsChat Scotland - the UK's largest free forum for help with Scottish research, fully searchable by name and region
 * Scotland's Family - this website directs you to other sites with helpful genealogical resources and databases for Scotland. It is organized by topic. Includes parish maps for each county.
 * Scotland's Churches after 1700 - an excellent resource with small articles on places and people as well as other aspects of Scotland
 * Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
 * Rampant Scotland - provides links to information on just about every topic imaginable for Scotland
 * Electric Scotland - another website that provides links to information on numerous topics for Scotland, and also provides access to Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
 * Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-1845 - the statistical accounts give great historical background information on each individual parish in Scotland
 * Stirnet Limited: Families Database: Index - unfettered access requires fee or significant data contribution; manually search index for surnames of interest
 * The Scottish Genealogy Society - provides information on genealogical resources held by this society including access, etc.
 * The Heraldry Society of Scotland - provides information about Heraldy in Scotland and its proper use along with additional information
 * Internet Archive Library - provides birth registers from the Scottish Record Society
 * ScotsFind Scottish Genealogy
 * The Scottish Highlander Photo Archive (SHPA)
 * The Word on the Street - the National Library of Scotland's online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides.

FamilySearch Historical Record Collections
Online collections of indexed records are found at: FamilySearch.org

Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:


 * Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)