Scotland Genealogy

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

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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

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

Featured content

• Browse: Pages for Scotland
• Researching Your Scottish Ancestry Before 1855.
• 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 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

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

• County list (with abbreviation codes)
• Maps of old and new counties
• Personal names
• Glossary of terms
• Handfast tradition
• Bartholomew's map of Scotland counties
• BYU Research Guide for Scotland 
• Scotland Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Useful Websites

• GenUKI
• Stirnet Limited: Families Database: Index (unfettered access requires fee or significant data contribution; manually search index for surnames of interest)

Click here for information about online resources for Scotland