Tracing your Scottish Ancestry


This is collection of resources designed to assist those wishing to trace their Scottish Ancestry.

If you know of any other appropriate sites, relating either to Scottish Genealogy, or to Scottish family names or crests, please tell us.


[NEW!] Help us provide you with a major new Scottish Resource which will help you find out more about where you ancestors came from - read about the Gazetteer for Scotland

Scottish Genealogy

o The Scottish component of the UK and Ireland Genealogy Pages
o Details of Scottish Places, Regions and Maps [NEW!]
o General Register Office (Scotland) responsible for the registration of births, deaths and marriages
o The National Library for Scotland
o Paul McDonald's Scottish Genealogy site (need browser supporting frames)
o Genealogical database for the Eastern Townships of Quebec where many immigrant Scots settled

Names, Clans & Tartans

o A Listing of Scottish Clans (based in Scotland, extensive but not complete)
o A Highland Clans & Septs (based in Scotland)
o The Great Hall of the Clans - Scottish Clans; their traditions, emblems and tartans
o The Scottish Clan Directory is another useful list of clans, crests, mottos and tartans
o An exhaustive Listing of Clans which forms the "Scottish Clans Usenet FAQ"
o Our collection of Scottish Tartans
o A list of Scotland's most popular first names

Genealogical Societies & Researchers

o The Scottish Genealogy Society
o The Glasgow & Western Scotland Family History Society
o The Tay Valley Family History Society
o The Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society
o A short list of Genealogical Researchers based in Scotland

General Genealogy Resources

o The WWW Genealogy Home Page
o A list of Genealogy Databases
o Lacy Genealogy Homepage - includes 'gateways' to other references

Brought to you by the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh.