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| Guide to '''Scotland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| ==Information==
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| Scotland is a one of the four constituent countries of the [[United Kingdom]] (together with [[England Genealogy|England]], [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland Genealogy|Northern Ireland]]). In 1707, the Kingdom of Scotland joined the [[England|Kingdom of England]] in union to become the [[Great Britain|Kingdom of Great Britain]]. The official language is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Scotland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>, although Scottish Gaelic has some legal status within certain contexts.
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| Scotland has also been known unofficially as "Caledonia", hence the many "Caledonian Societies" around the world. | | * [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ GenUKI] |
| | * [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Scotlands People] |
| | * [http://www.scottishdocuments.com Scottish Documents] |
| | * [http://www.nas.gov.uk National Archives of Scotland] |
| | * [http://www.originsnetwork.com Scotland Origins] |
| | * [http://www.scan.org.uk Scottish Archive Network] |
| | * [http://www.rampantscotland.com/ Rampant Scotland]<br> |
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| ==Scotland Map==
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| == Counties ==
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| Click on an old county name to see a list of historic parishes with further links to information on parish records. The codes are the standard 'Chapman Code' abbreviations for the historic counties. For more information see [[Scotland Counties]].
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| | [[Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy|Aberdeenshire]]
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| | [[Angus (or Forfarshire), Scotland Genealogy|Angus]] (or Forfarshire)
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| | [[Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy|Ayrshire]]
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| | [[Banffshire, Scotland Genealogy|Banffshire]]
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| | [[Berwickshire, Scotland Genealogy|Berwickshire]]
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| | [[Buteshire, Scotland Genealogy|Bute]]
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| | [[Caithness, Scotland Genealogy|Caithness]]
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| | [[Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy|Clackmannanshire]]
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| | [[Dumfriesshire, Scotland Genealogy|Dumfriesshire]]
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| | [[Dunbartonshire, Scotland Genealogy|Dunbartonshire]]
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| | [[East Lothian (or Haddingtonshire), Scotland Genealogy|East Lothian]] (or Haddingtonshire)
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| | Edinburghshire (see Midlothian)
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| | [[Fife, Scotland Genealogy|Fife]] (Kingdom of)
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| | [[Inverness-shire, Scotland Genealogy|Inverness-shire]]
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| | [[Kincardineshire, Scotland Genealogy|Kincardineshire]]
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| | [[Kinross-shire, Scotland Genealogy|Kinross-shire]]
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| | [[Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Genealogy|Kirkcudbrightshire]]
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| | [[Lanarkshire, Scotland Genealogy|Lanarkshire]]
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| | [[Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland Genealogy|Midlothian]] (or Edinburghshire)
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| | [[Moray or Elginshire, Scotland Genealogy|Moray]] (or Elginshire)
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| | [[Nairnshire, Scotland Genealogy|Nairnshire]]
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| | [[Renfrewshire, Scotland Genealogy|Renfrewshire]]
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| | [[Selkirkshire, Scotland Genealogy|Selkirkshire]]
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| | [[Shetland (or Zetland), Scotland Genealogy|Shetland]] (or Zetland) Islands
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| | [[Stirlingshire, Scotland Genealogy|Stirlingshire]]
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| | [[Sutherland, Scotland Genealogy|Sutherland]]
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| | [[West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Scotland Genealogy|West Lothian]] (or Linlithgowshire)
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| | [[Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy|Wigtownshire]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Scotland]] | | [[Category:Scotland]] |