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The table below can help you decide which type of Scottish records to search.  
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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 ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?
This Record Finder table links to the Scotland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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:&gt; Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library. <br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful. <br>
 
:&gt; Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.<br>
 
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{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| align="left" width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| align="left" width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''Try these records first:'''
| align="left" width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Boundaries of parishes, districts, and counties
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Biography|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" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Church History|Church History]]
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| align="left" | Emigration date
*Obituaries
| align="left" | [[Scotland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Scotland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | <br>
*[[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" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[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" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[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" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Scotland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]; [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
*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" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Schools|Schools]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| align="left" | [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]]
| 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" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]  
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[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" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Taxation|Taxation]], [[Scotland Census|Census]],
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[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:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Scotland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1325110026218_865" />]]
*[[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
*[[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" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Scotland Biography|Biography]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Understanding names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Scotland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]  
*Social Customs and Activities
|  
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}
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Revision as of 14:56, 18 April 2016

Scotland

Scotland Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Scotland Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

The table below can help you decide which type of Scottish records to search.

Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

> Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

> Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.


What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
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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