ScotlandsPeople describes itself as the "official Scottish genealogy resource". You must register to use the site and then purchase "credits" that are used to download documents (typically costing 6 credits). Credits cost £0.25 each and are available in batches of 30 (£7.50) or 40 (£10) but you can use them over a 12 month period. Searching is free.
Search The Scotsman Digital Archive for historical newspaper references (but keep your purse handy).
Scottish Indexes is a searchable site that could identify records you need to view.
The Scottish Association of Family History Societies http://www.safhs.org.uk/
The Scottish Genealogy Society http://scotsgenealogy.com
GenUKI provides links to a very wide collection of mailing lists both on general Scottish topics and matters specific to particular counties. (Scroll down to see them all.) Many are actually hosted on Rootsweb where you have the option of reading the archives or signing up to ask a question.
Family Search identifies 16 collections of indexed historical records related to Scotland.
A search of the card catalogue on Ancestry returns 466 sets of records that can be filtered further by County, date or topic.
You should also review the collections held by FindMyPast.
Search The Scotsman Digital Archive for historical newspaper references (but keep your purse handy).
Scottish Indexes is a searchable site that could identify records you need to view.
The Scottish Association of Family History Societies http://www.safhs.org.uk/
The Scottish Genealogy Society http://scotsgenealogy.com
GenUKI provides links to a very wide collection of mailing lists both on general Scottish topics and matters specific to particular counties. (Scroll down to see them all.) Many are actually hosted on Rootsweb where you have the option of reading the archives or signing up to ask a question.
Family Search identifies 16 collections of indexed historical records related to Scotland.
A search of the card catalogue on Ancestry returns 466 sets of records that can be filtered further by County, date or topic.
You should also review the collections held by FindMyPast.
Don't forget to check the catalogue of Moreton Regional Library where you will find titles such as:
Researching Scottish family history
Paton, Chris, 1970- Bury, Lancashire : Family History Partnership, 2010. 120 p. : ill. (some col.), ; 21 cm. |
My ain folk : an easy guide to Scottish family history
Holton, Graham S. Winch, Jack East Linton, East Lothian : Tuckwell Press, c1997. ix, 150 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. |