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The table below can help you decide which type of Scottish records to search. Similar types of records in the country to which your ancestor immigrated may provide the information you need. Column 1 lists types of information you may need. Column 2 lists the sections of this outline that discusses the records that are most likely to have the information you need. Column 3 lists other sections that may be useful. The section headings used in columns 2 and 3 are the same headings as those used in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog.
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== Record Finder Table for Scotland ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Scotland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
{| width="100%"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Census, Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records, Biography
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Birth date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations, Biography
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| align="left" | Birthplace
*Obituaries
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration,
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Biography
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| align="left" | Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers
*[[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
| align="left" | History, Maps
*[[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Biography
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Genealogy, History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Church History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Emigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration,
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Language and Languages
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | <br>
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Directories, Census
*[[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies, Biography
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Maiden name
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Census, Land and Property, Probate Records, Biography
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-  
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration,
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| align="left" | Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Land and Property, Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Land and Property, Schools, Biography
*[[Scotland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Occupations
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Directories, History, Historical Geography, Land and Property, Periodicals
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
*[[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Scotland Taxation|Taxation]]
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation, Census
*[[Scotland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries
*[[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Societies
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Nobility, Periodicals
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
*[[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Scotland Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Periodicals, Societies
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration
*Social Customs and Activities
| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, History
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Understanding names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Names (Personal)
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}
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[[Category:Scotland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
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[[Category:Scotland|Record Selection Table]]

Revision as of 09:09, 2 August 2009

The table below can help you decide which type of Scottish records to search. Similar types of records in the country to which your ancestor immigrated may provide the information you need. Column 1 lists types of information you may need. Column 2 lists the sections of this outline that discusses the records that are most likely to have the information you need. Column 3 lists other sections that may be useful. The section headings used in columns 2 and 3 are the same headings as those used in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog.


1. If You Need 2. Look First In 3. Then Search
Age Census, Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Biography
Birth date Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Genealogy, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations, Biography
Birthplace Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Cemeteries, Genealogy, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Biography
Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties Gazetteers History, Maps
Death Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Biography
Historical background Genealogy, History Church History
Emigration date Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
Language helps Language and Languages
Living relatives Civil Registration, Directories, Census Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies, Biography
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Census, Land and Property, Probate Records, Biography
Marriage Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
Occupation Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Land and Property, Biography
Parents, children, and other family members Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records Cemeteries, Land and Property, Schools, Biography
Physical description Military Records, Court Records Biography, Newspapers, Occupations
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Directories, History, Historical Geography, Land and Property, Periodicals
Places of residence Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories Land and Property, Probate Records, Biography
Place of residence when you know only the county Civil Registration, Church Records, Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation, Census Cemeteries
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Biography, Genealogy, Societies Nobility, Periodicals
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Genealogy Periodicals, Societies
Religion Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, History
Understanding names Names (Personal)
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Links to Scotland-related articles
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