Scotland Genealogy

Welcome to the page for Scotland! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. This page is the portal to all that the wiki has to offer on Scotland. Through the Scotland portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Scotland records of genealogical value. However, these pages are works in progress and their content will grow with time. We invite you to contribute information.

Beginners' Corner
Reading these articles first may help you get started with your Scottish research.


 * Getting Started - how to get started with your Scottish research
 * Strategies for locating births, marriages, and deaths in Scotland
 * Beginners Guide: Finding Records of Your Ancestors - Scotland 1855 To 1901 (42 Mb pdf file)
 * Finding Your Ancestors in Scotland before 1855 - the handout from a presentation given at a genealogical conference in 2010
 * Researching Your Scottish Ancestry Before 1855 - more tips for finding your ancestors
 * Record selection table - a list of the best records to search to find specific information

Featured content

 * Browse: Pages for Scotland
 * Article: Scotland Church Records Union List - introduction to this resource available in the Wiki.
 * Article: ScotlandsPeople - information about this premier website for online access to Scotland's genealogical records.

Research tools
Click on a county to go to that county's page:


 * County list (with abbreviation codes)
 * Maps of old and new counties
 * Personal names
 * Glossary of terms
 * Handfast tradition
 * Bartholomew's map of Scotland counties
 * BYU Research Guide for Scotland

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


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

Useful Websites

 * Catholic Church births and baptisms for 1703-1955 are now indexed on ScotlandsPeople.
 * NEW! Join a Genealogy Research Community for Scotland on Skype or Facebook!
 * An index of 21,000 passengers who left Scottish ports 1890-1960 is on Scottish Emigration Database
 * Hebridean Connection is a useful site for those searching in the Western Isles.
 * Read about the K13 submarine disaster, which took place during World War I.

Click here for information about online resources for Scotland