Scotland Record Finder

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Record Finder

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