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Scotland’s People

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 

Gazetter for Scotland 

​ General Register House 

Scottish Archives Network

Genuki-Scotland 

Old Scottish 

National Archives of Scotland 

•      Guides 
National Records of Scotland \

National Library of Scotland- Maps
SCRAN- Scotland images
Scottish Handwriting
Scottish Register of Tartans 

Rampart Scotland 

Scottish Ancestry 

Scotland’s Family
Origins Net Scotland/Ireland 

FreeCen-Scotland 
Newspapers 

Occupations

Scottish Heritage USA 
Scottish Genealogy Society 
One Name Guild

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Church Records

• Scotland:
Church of Scotland 

• Catholic Records of Scotland  


• Historic Kirks of Scotland 

• Scottish Old Parish Registers

• The Poor Laws 

• Poorhouse Record 

• Poor Relief Records  

 

Scottish History 

Education Scotland 

Scottish History 

Scottish HIstory 

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Languages 

Gaelic 

Scots Vernacular Dictionary 

Scots Language Center 

Gaelic Periodicals in the US 

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Museums 

Highland Folk Museum

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Paranormal Scotland 

Survey of Witches 

(come back for future sites)

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Immigration 

Description by George T. Bates, The Great Exodus of 1749, in Collections of The Nova Scotia Historical Society 

Immigrant Ships/Passenger lists

• http://www.theshipslist.com/

• http://khuish.tripod.com/ships.htm  http://www.immigrantships.net/

• http://immigrantships.net/1600/confidence380424.html http://www.genealogylinks.net/geneology/vitalrec/passengerlists.htm

• http://www.distantcousin.com/links/ships/   http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm

• http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/scotstousa.shtml

• http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ny_gale1774.shtml

• Scottish/Irish 

• Highland passenger list 

• Basic information: http://www.scotsfamily.com/immigrants.htm
Rural

• Areas in 1923 http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/historical_ documents/AF43-219.asp

• Skye Crofters http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/historical_ documents/AF43-54.asp

• Scottish Immigrant Aid Society http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/contentdm_results/browse/0/0/ubcScot

• Gaelic Aid Society
 http://www.acgamerica.org/ 

• Scots in Canada after the American Revolution 

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Maps 

Scottish Maps

Old Roads of Scotland 

Heritage Paths

Abandonded Roads in Scotland 

Drovers Roads

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Newspapers/Pamphlets 

• Scottish Post Office Directories 

• Scottish Broadsheets The Word on the Street- http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/t 


• Scottish Gaelic http://www4.uwm.edu/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol2/2_3/newton_2_3.html

Papers in the National Library (Family)

Papers in the National Library (collection)

British Newspapers

Scotsman Digital Archives

Online Scottish Papers 

World Newspapers-Scotland

Scottish Papers 

Historical and Contemporary Scottish Newspapers

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Crime and Criminals

Scottish Jail Records (1700’s)

Old Bailey

• Scottish prisoners (1600’s)

  • http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/main/john&sara.thml

  • http://dinsdoc.com/butler-1.htm http://www.thistleandbee.com/books/john.html

• Covenanters (this is a book but there are lists and information)

  • http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/alexander-s-morton/galloway- and-the-covenanters-or-the-struggle-for-religious-liberty-in-the-sout-tro/page-8- galloway-and-the-covenanters-or-the-struggle-for-religious-liberty-in-the-sout- tro.shtml

• Jacobite

  • http://genforum.genealogy.com/scotland/messages/52155.html

  • 1715

  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/index5.htm

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Scotland-Military

http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=97343435

http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk

http://www.legionscotland.org.uk/remembrance/1914-2014/

http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/exhibits/Leith_ROH.htm

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/

1745 Association http://www.1745association.org.uk

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