Useful Scottish Research websites

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Aberdeen & NE Scot Fam Hist Socy       www.anesfhs.org.uk                             

Ancestral Scotland                                 www.ancestralscotland.com/research-your-roots

Ancestry.com in UK                               www.ancestry.co.uk                              

Ancestry.com, (Paid subscription)          www.ancestry.com                                

BBC Scottish History                             www.bbc.co/scotland/history

British Newspaper Archive                      www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk       

British Pathe News Archive                     www.britishpathe.com                           

Commonwealth War Graves Comm.        www.cwgc.org                                     

Cyndislist links to Scotland websites        www.Cyndislist.com

Deceased: Used by County Archives      www.deceasedonline.com/serviet/GSDOSearch

Dumfries & Galloway Fam Hist Socy       www.dgfhs.org.uk

Ellis Island – arriving NY passengers       www.ellisisland.org                                

Free birth, death, marriage info              www.sctbdm.com/index.php                   

Free search of digitized news articles      http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/search.html   

Gazetteer for Scotland                           www.scottish-places.info                       

Gencircles site for sharing family trees    www.gencircles.com/globaltree              

Genealogical Directories & Lists www.gla.ac.uk/schools   (Univ. of Glasgow)                    

General Register Office of Scotland        www.gro-scotland.gov.uk                       

Genes Reunited                         www.genesreunited.co.uk (records & family trees)          

GENUKI Scotland                                  www.genuki.org.uk/sct                          

Geograph.org.uk                                   www.geograph.org.uk ) (Present photos: Your ancestors lived) Old Scottish occupations Index www.scotsfamily.com/occupations.htm   

Glasgow & West Scot Fam Hist Soc        http://gwsfhs.org.uk/                              

Lanarkshire Family History Society         http://lanarkshirefhs.org.uk/                   

LDS website                                          www.familysearch.org                           

Library Index – click on Scotland            www.libdex.com/country.html                 

Magazine site for BBC TV programme     www.whodoouthinkyouaremagazine.com  

National Archives of Scotland                 www.nas.gov.uk                                    

National Library of Scotland                    www.nls.uk

Orkney Genealogy                                 www.cursiter.com                                 

Professional Genealogy Resch. Svcs.     www.lineages.com                                

Scotland Locations                                www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/                 

Scotland’s People – GROS                     www.scotlandspeople.gov/uk

Scottish Archive Network                        www.scan.org.uk                                  

Scottish Assn. of Family Hist. Societies   www.safhs.org.uk                                 

Scottish Assn. of Family Hist. Societies   www.safhs.org.uk/members.asp

Scottish Catholic Archives                      www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk

Scottish Family Research                       www.scotlandsfamily.com (Prime Research Site)

Scottish Handwriting                              www.scottishhandwriting.com                 

Scottish History                                     www.electricscotland.com/history/index.htm

Scottish Mining Website                         www.scottishmining.co.uk                      

Scottish Name Resources                      www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/   

Scottish Poorhouses                              www.workhouses.org.uk/Scotland/UnionsScotland.shtml 

Scottish Screen Archive                         http://ssa.nls.uk/index.cfm?sid=01          

Scottish Way of Birth & Death                www.gla.ac.uk/schools   (Univ. of Glasgow)                    

Surname message boards                      http://boards.rootsweb.com/sujrname.aspx          

Tay Valley Family History Society           www.tayvalleyfhs.org.uk                        

The Genealogist (Subscription website)   www.thegenealogist.co.uk/index.php       

The Scotsman [newspaper] Archive        http://archive.scotsman.com                  

The Statistical Accounts of Scotland        http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk (1791-1845)                   

Univ. of St. Andrews Photo Archive         http://special.st-andrews.ac.uk/saspecial/index.php

World Newspaper Research                   www.world-newspapers.com