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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 table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Scotland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| 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:'''
|-
| Age
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
| Birth date
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
| Birthplace
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| [[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
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| Historical background
*Obituaries
| [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]  
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| [[Scotland Church History|Church History]]
*[[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
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| —
*[[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:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| [[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
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|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
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]  
*[[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| —
*[[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 ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Scotland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| —
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[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]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Scotland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]; [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Biography|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
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Schools|Schools]], [[Scotland Biography|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:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]  
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Periodicals|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:'''
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[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:'''
| [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[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 Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1325110026218_865" />]]
*[[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
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Scotland Biography|Biography]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
*Social Customs and Activities
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs, [[Scotland History|History]]  
*[[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}
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[[Category:Scotland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Scotland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 08:35, 29 June 2018

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

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

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

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

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 (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers History, Maps
Death information Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Biography
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
Historical background Genealogy, History Church History
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 information Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
Naming customs Names (Personal) —
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry —
Occupations 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
Social activities Social Life and Customs, History Societies
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Links to Scotland-related articles
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