Scotland Genealogy

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After the Battle of Culloden in 1746 and the subsequent restrictive acts against the Highland clans, many people changed their surnames from clan names to less Gaelic names to avoid being punished by the British government for being associated with clans in disfavor with the crown. Sometimes several generations used a different surname before changing it back to the original clan name. Read more...

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Did You Know?

 * An online index and extraction for 21,000 passengers who left the ports of Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports is online. The dates are 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960. You can find these records on the Scottish Emigration Database.
 * Hebridean Connection is a new and ongoing site useful for those searching in the Western Isles of Scotland.

Useful Websites

 * GenUKI
 * Scotlands People
 * Scottish Documents
 * National Archives of Scotland
 * Scotland Origins
 * Rampant Scotland

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