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 The following are a few of the available sources to help provide you with a perspective of the historical events. Major research libraries may have these books:
-Cook, Chris, et. al. ''British Historical Facts''. London, England: Macmillan Press, 1975-. (FHL book 942 H2ccb.) This source&nbsp;lists key dates, offices, and office holders in Scottish and English history.
+Cook, Chris, et. al. ''British Historical Facts''. London, England: Macmillan Press, 1975-. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+H2ccb 942 H2ccb].) This source&nbsp;lists key dates, offices, and office holders in Scottish and English history.
-Moody, David. ''Scottish Towns: A Guide for Local Historians.'' London, England: B. T. Batsford, 1992. (FHL book 941 H27m.) This source describes the background and structure of Scottish towns, and discusses sources for researchers.
+Moody, David. ''Scottish Towns: A Guide for Local Historians.'' London, England: B. T. Batsford, 1992. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H27m 941 H27m].) This source describes the background and structure of Scottish towns, and discusses sources for researchers.
-Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Scottish Local History: A Guide to Local History Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Record Office, 1994. (FHL book 941 H27s.) This book describes local historical records available in the Scottish Record Office.
+Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Scottish Local History: A Guide to Local History Research in the Scottish Record Office''. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Record Office, 1994. (Family History LIBRARY&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H27s 941 H27s].) This book describes local historical records available in the Scottish Record Office.
-Smout, T.C. ''A History of the Scottish People 1560- 1830''. London, England: Collins, 1969. (FHL book 941 H2sm.)
+Smout, T.C. ''A History of the Scottish People 1560- 1830''. London, England: Collins, 1969. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H2sm 941 H2sm].)
-Smout, T.C. ''A Century of the Scottish People 1830- 1950''. London, England: Collins, 1986. (FHL book 941 H2sma.)
+Smout, T.C. ''A Century of the Scottish People 1830- 1950''. London, England: Collins, 1986. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H2sma 941 H2sma].)
-Smout, T.C., and Wood, Sydney. ''Scottish Voices 1745-1960.'' London, England: Fontana Press, 1990. (FHL book 941 H2stc.)
+Smout, T.C., and Wood, Sydney. ''Scottish Voices 1745-1960.'' London, England: Fontana Press, 1990. (Family&nbsp;History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H2stc 941 H2stc].)
-Steel, Tom. ''Scotland’s Story: A New Perspective''. London, England: Collins, 1984. (FHL book 941 H2ste.) This book gives a good general overview of Scottish history.
+Steel, Tom. ''Scotland’s Story: A New Perspective''. London, England: Collins, 1984. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+H2ste 941 H2ste].) This book gives a good general overview of Scottish history.
 The Family History Library has many national, county, and parish histories for Scotland. There are also many other histories for specific time periods, groups, occupations, or places. You can find histories in the catalog under one of the following headings in the Family History Library Catalog:
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 The following three works include histories for each individual parish. The histories were written in the late 1700s and early 1800s, usually by the minister of the parish:
-Sinclair, John, ed. ''The Statistical Account of Scotland.'' Wakerfield, England: EP Publishing Limited, [197?]. (FHL book 941 B4sa; on 322 FHL fiche beginning with 6026527.)
+Sinclair, John, ed. ''The Statistical Account of Scotland.'' Wakerfield, England: EP Publishing Limited, [197?]. (Family History Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+B4sa 941 B4sa]; on 322&nbsp;Family History Library&nbsp;fiche beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6026527 6026527].)
-''The New Statistical Account of Scotland''. Edinburgh, Scotland: William Blackwood and Sons, 1845. (FHL 941 B4sa 2nd Series.)
+''The New Statistical Account of Scotland''. Edinburgh, Scotland: William Blackwood and Sons, 1845. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+B4sa 941 B4sa] 2nd Series.)
-Mather, Alexander S., ed. ''The Third Statistical Account of Scotland.'' Glasgow, Scotland: Collins of Glasgow, 1987. (FHL book 941 B4sa 3rd Series.)
+Mather, Alexander S., ed. ''The Third Statistical Account of Scotland.'' Glasgow, Scotland: Collins of Glasgow, 1987. (Family Hisotry Library&nbsp;book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=941+B4sa 941 B4sa] 3rd Series.)
 You can find local histories listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - HISTORY.