Scottish Ancestral Research: Genealogy Detective
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Tracing Scottish Ancestors Before 1855
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Tracing Scottish Ancestors Before 1855:
Some Useful Websites
Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers
ScotlandsPeople
FamilySearch – Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Non-Conformist Church Records
National Records of Scotland – Other Churches
GENUKI Scotland - Archive Contact details by county
Non-conformist records at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Catholic Church Records
Scottish Catholic Archives
National Records of Scotland – Catholic Parish Registers
Catholic Heritage
Monumental Inscriptions
FindaGrave
BillionGraves
Ross & Cromarty Roots
Scottish Genealogy Society Shop
Free e-books
FamilySearch Digital Library
Google Books
HathiTrust
Internet Archive
Poor Law records
Where to look online for Scottish Poor Relief indexes & collections
U is for Unfortunate
Where Are My Poor Scots Ancestors?
Kirk Session records
National Records of Scotland – Church Court Records Online
FamilySearch
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Scottish Church Records & Kirk Session Records
The Riches of the Scottish Kirk Session Records
Parish Registers in the Kirk Session Records of the Church of Scotland by Diane Baptie
Testaments & Wills
ScotlandsPeople Guide to Wills & Testaments
Ancestry – Wills, probate & tax records
UK National Archives Guide to Wills
Newspapers
National Library of Scotland – Digital Collections-Newspapers
Google News Archive
British Newspaper Archive
Renfrewshire, Inverclyde Newspaper Mentions, 1794-1918
The Gazette - Official Public Record
Directories
Scottish Post Office Directories
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Index
Glasgow Trades House Digital Library
Tax Records
ScotlandsPlaces
Estate Papers
National Records of Scotland – Online Public Catalogue
National Register of Archives for Scotland
Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) – Online Catalogue
Palaeography
Early Modern Scottish Palaeography
Scottish Handwriting: Online Tuition in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents
FamilySearch Handwriting Helps
Scottish Handwriting 1500-1700: A self-help pack