Scotland Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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News and Events

Catholic Church births and baptisms for 1703-1955 are now indexed on ScotlandsPeople.

Did You Know?

An index of 21,000 passengers who left Scottish ports 1890-1960 is on Scottish Emigration Database
Hebridean Connection is a useful site for those searching in the Western Isles.
Read about the K13 submarine disaster, which took place during World War I.

Welcome to the page for Scotland! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. This page is the portal to all that the wiki has to offer on Scotland. Through the Scotland portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Scotland records of genealogical value. However, these pages are works in progress and their content will grow with time. We invite you to contribute information.

Beginners' Corner[edit | edit source]

Strategies for locating births, marriages, and deaths
Record selection table

Featured content[edit | edit source]

Browse: Pages for Scotland
Beginners Guide 1855 to 1901: Finding Records of Your Ancestors Scotland 1855 To 1901 (42 Mb pdf file).
Article: Getting Started - how to get started with your Scottish research.
Article: Scotland History
Article: Scotland Church Records Union List - introduction to this resource available in the Wiki.
Article: ScotlandsPeople - information about this premier website for online access to Scotland's genealogical records.

Research tools[edit | edit source]

Click on a county to go to that county's page:

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 *[[Scotland Glossary of Genealogical Terms|Glossary of terms]]
 *[[Scotland Handfast Tradition|Handfast tradition]]
 *[http://www.scotsfamily.com/scotland-map.htm Bartholomew's map of Scotland counties]
+*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Europe/Scotland.pdf Scotland Research Outline]
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 [[Category:Scotland]]