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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 Family History Library 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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| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | Census, Civil Registration, Church Records
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records, Biography
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations, Biography
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration,
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, 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" | Gazetteers
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | History, Maps
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| 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]]
*[[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" | Genealogy, History
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Church History
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| align="left" | Emigration date
*Obituaries
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration,
*[[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | 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" | 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===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Directories, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies, Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records  
*[[Scotland Statutory Registers|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Census, Land and Property, Probate Records, 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" | Church Records, Civil Registration,
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, 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" | Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records
*[[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Land and Property, 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" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Land and Property, Schools, Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, 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" | Gazetteers, Maps
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Directories, History, Historical Geography, Land and Property, 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" | Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| 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 Census|Census]]
| align="left" | 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" | Biography, Genealogy, Societies
*[[Scotland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| align="left" | Nobility, Periodicals
*[[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" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
*[[Scotland Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Periodicals, 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" | Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, 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" | 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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[[Category:Scotland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Scotland|Record Selection Table]]

Revision as of 14:33, 28 December 2011

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 Family History Library 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.


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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