Resources
Here are some handy guides and useful websites to help your Scottish family history research.
Handy Guides
Download one of the handy free guides to help you grow your family tree:
Starting Your Scottish Family Tree
7 helpful tips to get you started with your family research
A Guide To The ScotlandsPeople Centre
Learn how to use the official government source of genealogical data for Scotland
Useful Websites
These are some of the useful websites that I use when I am researching Scottish family history:
Ancestry is one the largest genealogical database available online. Many Scottish records have been indexed and there is a 14-day free trial.
British Newspaper Archive – many Scottish newspapers have been digitised and your ancestor may appear in an article, family notice or obituary.
Family Search is free to register and it has a huge collection of worldwide records, inluding Scottish records.
Findmypast – with other 2 billion records, this genealogical database has indexed Scottish records that may help with your search. You can try their website for free for 14-days.
Forces War Records – is the military genealogy specialist website for the UK, including Scotland.
For genealogy supplies, I use My History.
ScotlandsPeople – The ScotlandsPeople website is the official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives.
Here is a handy guide on useful websites to help you research your Scottish ancestry.
Upcoming Family History Virtual Events
7 July 2022 (5-6pm BST) Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Using technology to discover Scotland’s past
(Free)
This talk is about a project that focused on exploring and visualizing Scottish clerical careers between the Reformation Parliament of 1560 and the Revolution in 1689. This is an online database that uses manuscripts from the National Records of Scotland mapping the movements and networks of the Scottish clergy during and after the Reformation.
Click here to register.
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29 July 2022 (2-3pm BST) Domesday in the Public Records
(£0-15)
This talk will focus on Domesday’s life over the past nine centuries, its uses, and anecdotes from its later life in the Public Record Office.
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