Scotland board

Welcome to the SCOTLAND General message board

Only general inquiries about family research in Scotland should be posted to this board.

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  • Please be sure all postings are appropriate for this board, i.e., general inquiries about research in Scotland. If you know the locality, please post to that country and county board. If you know the surname but not the locality, your post is more appropriate posted to that surname board.  If your post is in regard to a census, please post on the appropriate census board.
  • If you are seeking someone still alive, post to the Topics - Lost Family and Friends board.
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I can't help you with your research, but I'll be happy to respond to polite messages.

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Good luck with your research!



Mailing Lists
There are a plethora of lists on which to discuss Scotland family history with very helpful subscribers researching in the same areas.
See information at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/

See also http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/UK/ for United Kingdom lists.



Helpful sites:
* RootsWeb's home page contains additional information and a wealth of tips.
* To find mailing lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html and http://www.genuki.org.uk?indexes/Mailinglists.html
* GENUKI, genealogical information for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man
* GENUKI's Scotland page
* General Register office of Scotland
* Scotland's People
* FamilySearch.org for the 1881 census, IGI, and much more
* The National Archives
* Government records and other sources
* A2A database (archives held throughout England)
* Available census indexes, transcripts, and images
* BMD exchange site (find and exchange unwanted certificates)



* The Ships List for passenger lists, shipping schedules, ship descriptions, wreck data, and other shipping and immigration information
* UK geography, boundaries, etc.
* Old maps
* Modern maps: http://uk8.multimap.com/map/places.cgi, http://www.streetmap.co.uk/, http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/getamap/getamap_index.htm
* Trade and post office directories: The Digital Library of Historical Directories
* Cyndi's List, categorized and cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet:
* To find a Family History Centre near you
* Parish locator - PARLOC - freeware can be downloaded
* Search IGI batch numbers
* Society of Genealogists




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