Scots Research Toolkit

Photo by Caroline, of Dalbeattie Matters, used with her kind permission, 2015
Scottish Toolkit
By Midge Frazel, 2015
Web Resources:

FamilySearch: Researching in Scotland

Old Scottish Sayings
Scotland's People: Research Tools (look at right sidebar) (free)

List of Parishes and Registration Districts (Excel and PDF)

National Records of Scotland: Researching Places
National Records of Scotland: Researching People

Family Search: Scottish Births and Baptisms

County Maps of Scotland

Cyndi's List: Scotland

Forms for Transcribing the Scotland Census
(to help reading the headings)

Magazine Articles

Seeking Scots by Rick Crume, Family Tree Magazine p. 42-47, article, September 2014

Rooting Out Scots Ancestors Online, Amanda Epperson. Internet Genealogy, August/September 2012, p. 49-52

The Clans Of the Scottish Highlands, Alan Stewart, Internet Genealogy, February/March 2011, p. 29-32

Items of Interest to my Specific Scots
Gazetteer for the parish of Caerlaverock
Gazetteer for the Parish of Ruthwell
Growing Resource and very valuable: Kirkcudbright
Dalbeattie Granite Industry
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society
Churches and Graveyards in Dumfries and Galloway

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