Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Gateways and Institutions 1
Recording information 2
Gateway sites 3
The National Records of Scotland (NRS) 4
Local archives 7
The National Archives (TNA) 8
The National Library of Scotland (NLS) 9
Other Libraries 12
Historic Environment Scotland 13
Family and Local History Societies 14
Commercial Vendors and Services 16
Ancestry 16
Findmy Past 18
Scottish Indexes 19
Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History 20
The Genealogist 21
Forces War Records 22
Deceased Online 22
Family Search 23
My Heritage 23
Professional Researchers 23
Online Family History Courses 23
Networking and Communication 24
Tree Building 24
Discussion Forums 24
Social Media 26
Magazines 26
Languages and Handwriting 27
Chapter 2 Who were they? Scotlands People 29
The home page 30
Search for People 31
Statutory registers 32
Church registers 35
Census returns 38
Valuation rolls 40
Legal records 40
Poor relief and migration records 43
Search for Places 43
Image Library 44
Other Main Menu Options 44
Help and Guidance 44
Certificates and Copies 46
Our Charges 46
News and Features 46
Chapter 3 Who were they? Further Sources 47
Further Scottish vital records 47
Other UK vital records 50
Burials 52
Confirmation and probate records 54
Further census resources and population lists 57
Directories 59
Land Registration 62
Maps and Gazetteers 63
Newspapers and Books 66
Biographical Resources 70
DNA testing 71
Chapter 4 Occupations 75
Farmers and Labourers 76
Crafts, Trades and Merchants 77
Businesses 78
The Church 78
Teachers and Students 80
Medical 81
Communications 82
Mining 83
Shipbuilding 84
Theatrical 85
Photographers 86
Architects 86
Pensions 86
Military Service 87
Pre-Union 87
Fencibles, Militias and Volunteers 88
Jacobites 89
The British Army 90
First World War 93
Domestic tragedies 97
Civilians at war 97
The RAF 98
The Royal Navy 99
Post-1945 Military Records 101
Merchant Seamen 102
Law and Order 103
The poor 104
Chapter 5 County by County 106
Aberdeenshire 106
Angus 109
Argyll 111
Ayrshire 113
Banffshire 115
Berwickshire 116
Buteshire 117
Caithness 118
Clackmannanshire 119
Dumfriesshire 120
Dunbartonshire 122
East Lothian 123
Fife 124
Inverness-shire 126
Kincardineshire 128
Kinross-shire 129
Kirkcudbrightshire 130
Lanarkshire 131
Midlothian 134
Moray 137
Nairnshire 138
Orkney 139
Peebles-shire 140
Perthshire 141
Renfrewshire 143
Ross and Cromarty 144
Roxburghshire 146
Selkirkshire 146
Shetland 147
Stirlingshire 148
Sutherland 149
West Lothian 150
Wigtownshire 151
The Western Isles 152
Chapter 6 Scotland's Diaspora 156
Ireland 156
England and the British Empire 158
Europe 159
USA 159
Canada 162
Jamaica and the Caribbean 163
South America 164
Australia 164
New Zealand 166
India 167
Further Reading 168
Index 170
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