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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.


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


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

Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


Scotland Wiki Topics
Flag of Scotland
Scotland Beginning Research
Record Types
Scotland Background
Scotland Genealogical Word Lists
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

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

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Noble families
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Customs and Activities
  • Obituaries
Physical description
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