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.
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
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The
Scottish
component of the
UK and Ireland Genealogy Pages
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Details of Scottish
Places, Regions and Maps
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General Register Office
(Scotland) responsible for the registration of births, deaths and
marriages
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The National Library for Scotland
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Paul McDonald's
Scottish Genealogy site (need browser supporting frames)
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Genealogical database for the
Eastern Townships of Quebec
where many immigrant Scots settled
Names, Clans & Tartans
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A Listing of
Scottish Clans (based in Scotland, extensive but not complete)
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A Highland
Clans & Septs (based in Scotland)
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The Great Hall of
the Clans - Scottish Clans; their traditions, emblems and tartans
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The Scottish
Clan Directory is another useful list of clans, crests, mottos and tartans
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An exhaustive
Listing
of Clans which forms the "Scottish Clans Usenet FAQ"
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Our collection of Scottish Tartans
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A list of Scotland's
most popular first names
Genealogical Societies & Researchers
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The
Scottish Genealogy
Society
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The
Glasgow
& Western Scotland Family History Society
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The
Tay Valley
Family History Society
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The
Aberdeen & North East
Scotland Family History Society
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A short list of
Genealogical
Researchers based in Scotland
General Genealogy Resources
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The WWW Genealogy
Home Page
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A list of
Genealogy Databases
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Lacy Genealogy
Homepage - includes 'gateways' to other references
Brought to you by the Department of Geography
at the University of Edinburgh.