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The Web's guide to Scottish genealogy research sources is a directory containing annotated links to many sites that provide tools, services, and records for those wanting to discover their Scottish - and other - roots.
Genealogists for the Scottish Clans is a list of Clan Genealogists and Clan points of contact for genealogy (for the Scottish Clans and Family Associations). The amount of information available from these genealogists varies greatly, with some having extensive records and research sources. Robert D. McLaren, genealogist of the Clan MacLaren, maintains that list and an explanatory page on this site in the following formats:
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MS Word
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Bob McLaren may be contacted at bobmclaren@earthlink.net.
Ancestry Research published by the Clan McLea: First steps and other information about starting to trace your Scottish ancestry.
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The Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society was founded in 1977. It promotes the study of family history, particularly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, covering Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and Stirlingshire (part). The society is not a business and is run entirely by volunteers, who give freely of their time and goodwill to provide services and to help others interested in researching their family history.
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) provides this information: 1901 Census in Scotland, Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Historical Database of Scottish Jewry, Bibliography, Important Addresses, and Jewish Communities and Synagogues in Scotland. The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB) which was founded in 1992 for beginners and experienced researchers: To help one another to learn and discover more about genealogy To encourage genealogical research To promote the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources, and To share information amongst members.
This is my country,
The land that begat me,
These windy spaces
Are surely my own.
And those who toil here
In the sweat of their faces
Are flesh of my flesh
And bone of my bone.
- Sir Alexander Gray
The Scottish Genealogy Society is a charity which exists to serve everyone who has an interest in Scottish genealogy ... check whether there is any information relevant to your family in the Family History Index or the History - Family section of the Library Index and ... visit our On-Line Shop, which has over 1400 publications relating to Scottish genealogy, including our unique and extensive collection of monumental inscriptions and census publications.
You may subscribe to the Scottish Genealogy Society On-Line Forum
5 November 2007 - Back issues of the Society's journal, The Scottish Genealogist, will soon be available as Adobe Acrobat downloads. They are currently uploading to the on-line shop. When this process is complete users will be able to order back issues as Adobe Acrobat files, which will be downloadable as soon as an order has been completed. Downloads will be available for the period from 1954, when the journal was first published, until 2005. Users will be able to purchase printed copies only of back issues from 2006 onwards. The price of each journal, whether download or paper copy, will be GBP2. We are also uploading various indexes to help users find material. A further announcement will be made here when the facility is functioning, hopefully by Monday 12th November. This will represent a significant new on-line resource for those researching their Scottish ancestry. The back issues cover a period of over 50 years and include over 1,000 articles on a wide range of topics, as well as many hundreds of illustrations, reviews and so on.
The Tay Valley Family History Society was founded in 1980 and aims to promote the study of family history and genealogy throughout the Tay Valley, which includes the former counties of Dundee, Angus, Fife, Kinross and Perthshire in Scotland. The Society is a member of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies (SAFHS) and is a registered charity. The Society is based at its Family History Research Centre, 179-181 Princes Street, Dundee, Scotland. The Centre maintains a unique library of genealogical and local history materials relating to the Tay Valley and Scotland which is constantly added to. The Research Centre facilities are available to members of the Society, non-members (upon payment of a session fee) and members of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies who have reciprocal research facilities. Members are encouraged to do their own research, volunteer staff can provide guidance and assistance. Tay Valley Family History Society is not however a professional research body and will not compile full family trees.
Index to the First Twenty-one Volumes of AVOTAYNU is an index of Jewish Scottish genealogical resources published by Avotaynu, Inc., the leading publisher of products and information of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy, Jewish family trees and Jewish roots.
The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) selects, preserves, and makes available the national archives of Scotland in whatever medium, to the highest standards; to promote the growth and maintenance of proper archive provision throughout the country; and to lead the development of archival practice in Scotland. The NAS is an agency of the Scottish Executive headed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. The NAS also holds historical records created by businesses, landed estates, families, churches and other corporate bodies. Every year tens of thousands of people from all over the world use the NAS's services to carry out research, seek advice on record keeping, and enhance the learning and teaching of history. The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) is not the only repository of historical records in Scotland. Important family history records are held in the General Register Office for Scotland. Many of Scotland's local authorities, universities, health boards, and other corporate bodies also keep historical records and maintain archive services. Some government records relating to Scotland are held by The National Archives (in London). See categories of records not held by the NAS and other bodies which hold records relating to Scotland
Scotland's Family - Genealogy Links - Scotland and International: provides a resource for people who are researching Scottish Ancestors.
Scotland's People is the official Government source of genealogical data for Scotland. It is a "partnership between the General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland, The Court of the Lord Lyon and Scotland On Line, ScotlandsPeople is the official online source of parish register, civil registration, census and wills and testaments records for Scotland.
"Containing over 43 million records, the ScotlandsPeople database is one of the worlds largest resources of genealogical information and one of the largest single information resources on the Web. We provide a fully searchable index of Scottish births from 1553-1904, marriages from 1553 to 1929 and deaths from 1855 to 1954. In addition, indexed census data is available from 1871 to 1901 as well as Scottish Wills and Testaments from 1513 to 1901. To respect privacy of living people, internet access has been limited to birth records over 100 years old, marriage records over 75 years, and death records over 50 years.
"From the results of an index search made on this site you may view, save and print images of many of the original documents, and order extracts of any register entries of interest. Such requests are forwarded automatically to New Register House, and the requested extracts are mailed to you (airmail in the case of overseas orders)."
The Scottish Catholic Archives holds parish registers for certain parts of Scotland. These registers are un-indexed. Researchers are welcome to visit the Archive and conduct their own research. Limited searches can be made of the registers held at Columba House, but requests must be very specific. There is a fee for searches conducted by staff. The National Archives of Scotland has photocopied all pre-1855 Roman Catholic parish registers and they are to be found in the RH21/ fonds. These registers are un-indexed and you must either visit yourself or engage a private researcher to conduct research.
The Scottish Emigration Database, maintained at the University of Aberdeen, contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and was based at the University of Aberdeen's AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies. The Scottish Emigration Database is split into three tables: an index (only available in the Access database), the Passengers' Table and the Ships' Table. The database is useful for searching for individuals, for occupational or regional patterns of emigration, and information about vessels.
Visit The Odom Library in Moultrie, Georgia. See their genealogy resource pages for some unique, helpful methods, free genealogy lessons, tutorial, hints and tips that will send you in the right direction with your family history.
The Family Tree, which is centered mostly on Scottish genealogy, has ceased publication and gone over to electronic on-line format. It mixes genealogy insights, tips, and reunions plus many articles concerning Scottish Clans and events in the USA.
Find your Scottish Ancestors with links to ships passenger lists, cemetery transcriptions, censuses, military records and many other online surname searchable databases.
The Scottish Roots
at bbc.co.uk: Did your family leave Scotland for further afield? Are you convinced that you have a Scottish heritage? Whether you're from Scotland or returning to search for your roots, this site provides you with all the information you need. Step by step, we'll help you develop your research. From the earliest stages of Getting Started - through to developing your investigations in Further Steps - we'll help you trawl your past. Initial Sources and Digging Deeper look at specific resources and our regular Feature looks at developments as they happen. The Histories section offers you tales of genealogical research to inspire you!
[Note: The Capital Scot has no experience with this site and would like readers' feedback.]
The Scotsman Digital Archive ... contains every page of every issue of the paper between 1817 and 1900, in digital form. This web-based electronic archive, which displays each article as it originally appeared, will shortly be extended to 1950 and eventually to the present day. Making history as well as recording it, this is the first time a UK newspaper has digitised its archive into a searchable format for public access. ... Search every edition of The Scotsman between 1817 and 1910 in our unique online archive. Find out if an ancestor of yours appears in our births, marriages and deaths notices, or even in a news story. Read contemporary accounts of events such as: the Highland Clearances; the Burke and Hare trial; the inauguration of the Wallace Monument. The archive is to be extended up to the present day.
Burke's Peerage and Gentry is the definitive historical guide to the UK and Ireland's titled and landed families may prove a useful resource to those wanting to trace their Scottish family history.
Tracing your Scottish Ancestry is a list of genealogical resources for tracing your Scottish roots.
Scottish roots at http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scottishroots/ - Step by step, we'll help you through your research. From the earliest stages of Getting Started to developing your investigations in Further Steps - we'll help you trawl your past. Initial Sources and Digging Deeper look at specific resources and our regular Feature looks at developments in the field of genealogy - this month, we give you a guide to digital imaging of Scottish records. The Histories section offers you three tales of genealogical wonder to inspire your research!
The Internet Guide to Scotland includes a page on researching your Scottish family history which includes links to sites with information pertinent to different geographical areas of Scotland.
Visit the "Gathering of the Clans" for articles about articles about the Celtic heritage. Also, search for your name and clan affiliation in the "Clan Finder" and conduct genealogical research.
Ancestral Scotland -
Exploring your roots - Discover more about the Scot in you - Tracing your family history is a journey of discovery that leads you to explore the lives and times of ancestors who lived hundreds of years ago - and perhaps even thousands of miles away - in circumstances which are all but unimaginable today. Retracing the footsteps of your ancestors will not only bring the past to life, it will also make your home coming the most dynamic and exciting experience of your life. From the meaning of surnames to the jobs our ancestors did, this section of ancestralscotland.com will help you explore your Scottish roots. Then it is a small step to making your own ancestral journey home to Scotland.
The UK Public Record Office (PRO) is the repository of the national archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It was founded by act of Parliament in 1838 to bring together and preserve the records of central government and the courts of law, and to make them available to all who wish to consult them. The records, beginning with Domesday Book (1086), span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present, including genealogy research tools.
The Census of Population Programme
aims to help HE and FE students and researchers to access data derived
from the UK population censuses, conducted every ten years. The programme is
funded by the the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC). The site is maintained at the
University of Southampton. The programme is responsible for the purchase of data and the provision of specialist support units that provide data access and guidance to users. The site provides a brief introduction to the Census and links to the individual Data Support Units that offer guidance on
obtaining information about Census datasets, products and publications.
Information specific to teachers, students, and trainers is also
provided.
The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) "administers the registration of events such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions, and is responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of civil marriage. They take the decennial census of Scotland's population and prepare and publish demographic and other statistics for central and local Government, for medical research, and for the private sector. They also make available to customers public records about individuals, and maintain for the Scottish Executive the National Health Service Central Register."
Scots Origins is a service of the General Register Office for Scotland which provides useful genealogy research support. Origins.net was founded in 1997 and offers online access to some of the richest ancestral information available to help you research your family history.
To view our current products and services and try a free search across British Origins, Irish Origins, and Origin Search, please visit Origins Network services. Origins Network services include subscription access to exclusive genealogy related collections on British Origins and Irish Origins, expert Scottish Old Parish records research on Scots origins, plus Free basic access to our state-of-the-art specialized search engine for genealogy, Origin Search.
You will be interested in Scots Origins which features a free IGI search, access to 'Origins Experts' research of Scottish Old Parish Registers Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Death records and 1861 and 1871 Census Records, a free Scottish Placename Search, and expert articles and discussion on Scottish history.
The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI) - According to the site, "The UK and Ireland are regarded, for the purposes of this Genealogical Information Service, as being made up of England, Ireland (i.e. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), Wales, and Scotland, together with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Together, these constitute the British Isles - which is a geographical term for a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of mainland Europe. (Legally, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are largely self governing, and are not part of the United Kingdom.) The Administrative Regions into which the UK and Ireland are divided have changed frequently in recent years. However, in line with normal genealogical practice, this Information Service is structured according to the counties as shown in these maps of England, Scotland and Wales, and of Ireland, i.e., as they were prior to the re-organisation that took place in 1974 (1975 for Scotland)."
For a bit of genealogy and Internet serendipity, see the British Isles Genealogy on the Internet timeline. This timeline is intended as a guide to the main developments on the Internet which are important for UK and Irish genealogy. Particularly for the period before 1997, it includes a number of the main US developments ... which are significant for the British Isles.
The UK
Standard Geographic Base (UKSGB) aims to provide access to commonly
used geographical units in the UK. The geographical base units currently included in the UKSGB and available via the Data Directory
are: Addresses, Streets, Postcodes, Administrative/Voting Boundaries, Property Parcels, and
Census Geography
Clergymen are notoriously difficult to track down! They moved about a lot! But there are a series of books that make your research so much easier:
The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
(FMG) is an official not-for-profit charity registered in England and
Wales (Charity Commission No. 1090387). Our main objectives
are: to promote rigorous scholarship in the field of medieval
genealogical, prosopographical, and related
research; to collect, catalogue, translate and analyse relevant
primary and secondary sources; to undertake research projects, or
to support such projects by financial or other means; and, to
disseminate information resulting from our activities by electronic or
conventional means.
On the Online Library Catalogue page select 'Keyword
Index', then on the 'Indices of Source Keywords' select 'S', and
subsequently 'Scot', 'Scotland', or 'Scottish' (also 'Schotten' for
Scottish-German sources).
The Scottish Genealogist - The Quarterly Journal of the Scottish Genealogy Society is a catalog of references hosted by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
News.Scotsman.Com - Battle for
Facts - Genealogy Clinic is an article that addresses the
question: My ancestor was a Scottish soldier. How can I find out more
about him?
. The answer points to reader to this fact: If your
ancestor served in a Scottish regiment after 1707, he would have been in the
British Army. The National Archives in London
have the records. However, sources in Scotland may be useful,
too. The best source for finding Scottish soldiers before 1707 are the muster rolls held by the National Archives of Scotland.
Non-Conformist Church Records in Angus and Dundee - Finding an ancestor who was non-conformist, who did not follow the tenets of the Established Church of Scotland, can often be a difficult task. Sometimes non-conformist families registered baptisms and marriages with the Church of Scotland, and entries for these may even indicate to which church they belonged. However, if you are unable to find your ancestors in Church of Scotland records, when evidence points to their having been resident in a particular parish, then use the Statistical Accounts of Scotland to determine the denomination of other churches in the area. Once you know which church or churches existed at the time, you can then search for their records. ]NOTE: [Statistical Accounts of Scotland requires paid subscription and login. However, some browsing 'Browse scanned pages' is free.]
At the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints FamilySearch site you may search for ancestors, share information, and access the Family History Library System.
Scottish And LDS Genealogical Reference Information: To aid others doing Scottish genealogy research at one of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's Family History Centers (FHC), I have scanned several reference documents from the Salt Lake City Family History Library and posted them here so that you can do some work at home that might help make your time at the FHCs more productive. If you don't have a clue what all this is about, here's a brief explanation of this material, a quick example on how to use it and a couple warnings about what you might encounter.
GENUKI has a page on Scottish church records.
The Oklahoma Regional Depository Libraries have a document Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries
According to the U.S. Census Bureau page Genealogy, Although censuses are a source of genealogical information, the Census Bureau does not provide these data. The Census Bureau is not able to locate missing persons, or provide recent information on individuals. ... In keeping with the Census Bureau's commitment to confidentiality, the Census Bureau information collected in the Decennial Census of Population and Housing on individuals does not become available to the public until after 72 years. The only service we provide related to genealogy is the Age Search Service. We will search the confidential records from the Federal population censuses of 1910 to 2000 and issue an official transcript of the results (for a congressionally mandated fee).
If you are looking for information on genealogy please see other items on this page and the FAQ.
The 1930 Census - On April 1, 2002, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released to the public individual records from the 1930 Census. By law, individual records cannot be released to the public until 72 years after the census in which they were collected.
Of particular interest is the 1930 Census Fact Sheet. A search mechanism for the archives is also provided so you can identify the item your are looking for prior to contacting the National Archives and records Administration (NARA) for an appointment. The site also provides the following features: Historical Data, Historical Photographs, Geography Products, 1930 Radio Feature, and How the Nation Has Changed Since the 1930 Census.
The U.S. National Archives page Start Your Genealogy Research, arranged the Genealogy section of the website by research topics, or types of records available to search. From the Research Topics pages, you will find links to pages throughout the web site with articles, finding aids, and other helpful information to help you prepare for your genealogical research at the National Archives. The records in our holdings that are most commonly used by genealogists include: Census Records, Military Records, Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Lists), Naturalization Records, and Land Records
.
Read the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services page History, Genealogy & Education for instructions for historical and genealogical research using records of the former INS. Records include: Immigrant Arrival Records, a catalog of Ports of Entry & their Records, what immigration records were created when, and where, since 1892, Naturalization Records, and Chinese Immigrant Files
Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries [Acrobat Document]: This guide is intended to give those interested in genealogical research some idea of the kinds of materials available through the U.S. Government Information Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, as well as through the Federal Depository Library System in general. Although our library primarily serves the State and Federal government, academic, and library communities, our collection contains many resources that might be helpful to the genealogical researcher. Includes:
LC 1.6/5: 17Sources for Research in Scottish Genealogy. (1992) 10p. Library of Congress. Humanities and Social Sciences Division. Local History and Genealogy Reading Room. Judith P. Reid.
This guide has been prepared primarily as an aid for those who are researching Scottish genealogy and local history at the Library of Congress, but it will also be useful for those searching in other large libraries. It is not comprehensive and is intended to be supplemented by Judith P. Reid's Sources for Research in English Genealogy and P. William Filby's American & British Genealogy and Heraldry: A Selected List of Books.
Read the U.S. Library of Congress page Local History & Genealogy Reading Room to get information about using the Library, what genealogical materials are available on site, available databases, and other topics to help the genealogy researcher.
Genealogical Research Using FBI Files - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has maintained files on millions of Americans over the decades. Official records cover the period from 1908 to the present. FBI files initiated since 1956 have all been computerized. Files for time period prior to 1956 files are in manual format. Some materials exist prior to 1908 but they are incomplete and significant gaps exist. Contrary to public perception, these records can be accessed by the general public. If you feel one of your ancestors may have a record on file with the FBI, you can write to the following address: ...
Cyndi's List has 43,550 links, categorized and cross-referenced in over 100 categories with another 11,950+ uncategorized new links in the works. There is a comprehensive frequently asked questions (FAQ) list that explains the site, what it contains and links to, and how to use it.
Note especially Cyndi's List - Scotland
Lloyd's Register Useful Sources for Genealogists: We often receive requests for crew agreements, passenger lists, careers of captains and of seamen. Lloyd's Register has never recorded such details and as such can be of little help to genealogists. We have, however, collated various useful information, including suggested reading, contact addresses and advice, from relevant institutions and hope that this will assist you with your research.
This site has a list of suggested readings for getting started, general texts, books on census records, books covering specific regions, and on naval and merchant shipping records. You will also find links to other sources online including registries, journals, contacts, and the like.
Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia - The University of Virginia has a large number of genealogical sources among its holdings, including what must be considered one of the foremost collections dealing with Virginia genealogy. The printed materials--general guides and bibliographies, printed records, and manuscript sources--are scattered throughout the library system, primarily in Alderman Library and the Small Special Collections Library, with some materials to be found in the various libraries of the University of Virginia Library system. This guide has been prepared in an attempt to make these sources more readily available to the genealogical researcher, whose time is often limited. Although the bulk of this guide deals with sources for Virginia genealogies, the reader will find sections on genealogical research in general, on foreign genealogical sources, and on United States genealogy.
The Association of Professional Genealogists is a professional association for all genealogists supporting high standards in the field of genealogy. If you are a practicing genealogist, wish to become one, or otherwise are interested in the profession of genealogy, we invite you to join the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).
The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Genealogy materials are broken down by state and county. Each county has a coordinator responsible for maintaining a site of resources which are available for that county.
The RootsWeb project has two missions: a) To make large volumes of data available to the online genealogical community at minimal cost; and, b) to provide support services to online genealogical activities such as USENET newsgroup moderation, mailing list maintenance and surname list generation. They have a surname directory where you can contact people doing research on a specific name and also a directory of mailing lists which you can join regarding a name or region.
The Genealogy Forum - an excellent bulletin board for family roots.
The Genealogy Gateway provides searches of surnames and "gateways" to users with various levels of experience and for individual topics such as Scotland. The site also solicits contributions to its holdings. Examples of topics are:
GenCircles.com - The Global Tree consists of over 90 million ancestors submitted to GenCircles by our users. To begin your search enter the First and Last name of an ancestor.
earl.org - Genealogy resources: Even an unsuccessful search for ancestors leads to a better understanding of history. The search for living relatives often leads to family reunions, both of distant cousins and of disrupted families. Genealogists sometimes help reunite families separated by immigration, foster homes and adoption. The genealogist can help keep family traditions alive or reveal family secrets.
Link-O-Mania "is designed as a quick easy reference for researching your family history on the internet. The links included are considered the best we have found in their respective categories."
The Fairfax Genealogical Society of over 400 members conducts many programs to further their genealogical pursuits, to aid others in our area and elsewhere, and to promote the use of sound genealogical practices. Meeting notices are posted on the Web site. The Special Interest Group, Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy meets monthly. Contact , Group Administrator, J1mtDNA, FxGS, and Logan DNA Projects, FxGS SIG Leader, Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy
See the Journal of Genetic Genealogy a free open-access journal and the article by Kerchner Y-STR Haplotype Observed Mutation Rates
in Surname Projects Study and Log
- 'See who has the Deepest Y Line Ancestry Chart proven by both Traditional Paper Trail Research and Genetic Genealogy Y-DNA Evidence'
Attention Surname Project Administrators! Your help is needed. Please help increase our knowledge of Y-STR haplotype mutation rates. Post your surname project's observed mutation rate data and share your project success stories in the comments field. Posting here will increase your project visibility and help find new distant cousins willing to join. Some male line haplotypes seem to mutate significantly faster than others. Share what you have observed in your genetic genealogy project in regards to the observed YSTR average haplotype mutation rate for your surname. Contribute your project's data to this Log. Read the Log to see which surnames have the fastest observed mutation rates and which have significantly lower observed mutation rates and which are average.
(See instructions on Web site.)
Canadian Genealogy Centre: Canadian Military Records Many records relating to military service consist only of lists of names on a muster roll or pay list. For later periods, personnel records usually exist, which can also provide researchers with personal information about an individual such as date and place of birth, name and address of next of kin, previous military service and occupation. Library and Archives Canada holds extensive collections of military records. Each section provides information about available sources, links to relevant databases and links to Web sites of other institutions that hold military records.
Other military-specific resources are included in the following sources listed elsewhere on this page:
Family tree templates available in PDF form: These free forms can be used to create your own personal family tree by using the anchor text or description as desired. There are over 20 pages of completely downloadable free family tree charts. ObituariesHelp.org's mandate is to provide as much free online genealogy resources as possible, and it's constantly being updated.
Some of these beginner's resources, how-to
tutorials, are on genealogy sites listed elsewhere on this page.
Access Genealogy, a Free Genealogy Resource has an online tutorial titled Beginning Genealogy.
The Ancestor Search - Genealogy Learning Center's resource Ancestry Lessons
has links to tutorials from Where to Begin?
to the research use of various kinds of records. These free tutorials are mostly on the commercial site RootsWeb.com.
See Genealogy - Getting Started
from the Angus, Scotland City Council. If you are interested in tracing your Scottish ancestors you may wish to do some preparatory reading. ... These books will acquaint you with the main sources of Scottish genealogy. If you do not know what the OPR's and the IGI are, you really should!
We suggest:
University of Virginia - Help For Beginning Genealogists: Suggestions On How To Begin, Basic Resources
The Glasgow Guide Genealogy Research site has tips for beginners.
Scotland's People
Getting Started - Family History Begins At Home - The golden rule in family history research is to try to work backwards from what you already know. As such, family history truly does begin at home and you may be surprised at how much you already know or have access to within your own extended family. It is not necessary to have a lot of detail to start, but it makes sense to log whatever information is readily available and to seek out further details from relatives.
Scottish Roots at bbc.co.uk Getting Started - Family tree, how to do it, finding information, tips [It helps if there is anything unusual in the family. Criminality is a real bonus when trying to trace your forebears!
], and pitfalls [Time is money when it comes to research. Libraries charge, so don't go on fishing expeditions Ð know what you need to find.
]. Step by step, we'll help you through your research. From the earliest stages of Getting Started to developing your investigations in Further Steps - we'll help you trawl your past. Initial Sources and Digging Deeper look at specific resources and our regular Feature looks at developments in the field of genealogy - this month, we give you a guide to digital imaging of Scottish records. The Histories section offers you three tales of genealogical wonder to inspire your research!
The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI) - Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History - Tutorials on: Genealogy and Family History, Decide what your aim is, Work backwards, Document your sources, Has it already been done?, Use the LDS Family History Centres, Join a society, Do not rely just on online sources, Using a computer, Types of information source, Tracing emigrants, Tracing missing persons, How far can you get?, From genealogy to family history, Write up your results, Selected references for further reading, APPENDIX: Other Introductory Accounts (What is Genealogy?, A-Z of British Genealogical Research, Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints FamilySearch - How to Start Your Family History - Family history research involves 6 basic steps. Each step is briefly explained: Step 1. Remember Your Ancestors. Step 2. Use Sources in Your Home. Step 3. Ask Relatives for Information. Step 4. Choose a family or Ancestor You Want to Learn More About. Step 5. See If Someone Else Has Already Found the Information. Step 6. Search Records For Your Ancestor. Other resources available here are:
The Genealogy Forum General Forum - General Questions and Discussion About Genealogy
The Genealogy Gateway Beginners Gateway - Links to many topics including: Ancestral Search, Beginner's Guide To Family History Research, Beginning Genealogical Research for England & Wales, Buyer Beware: Genealogy Scams and Pitfalls, Conducting a Family History Interview, Family History Search, Family Legends: What are they worth?, Family Research Guidance, Find Your Family Tree.
earthlink.net Links are provided to articles on how to get started:
Books
Mr. Robert D. McLaren has alerted the Clan McLaren Society of North America about an apparently fraudulent - at least, misrepresented - genealogy resource that we should all be concerned with. Mr. McLaren recommends checking the Genealogy Hall of Shame to check on sources that may want to sell you clan yearbooks
and the like.
The Capital Scot also recommends Cyndi's List page Myths, Hoaxes & Scams
for Common Genealogical Myths, Consumer Protection, Other Myths, Hoaxes and Scams, and Quality Research Methods. There is also some information at About.com's resource titled Practicing Safe Genealogy - Protecting Yourself from Hoaxes and Scams
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Association ICRA - The Internet Content Rating Association is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to protect children from potentially harmful material.ÊÊChoice not censorship]](http://web.archive.org/web/20110108124012im_/http://thecapitalscot.com/graphics/us_aw_88x31.gif)
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of the FOSI
Awards![[Logo of the New World celts - For keeping Celtic
history and tradition alive in the New World]](http://web.archive.org/web/20110108124012im_/http://thecapitalscot.com/graphics/NWCAward3.jpg)
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Talking Hands Award whose singular purpose is to reward web site authors,
who through their creative excellence provide a web site which teaches,
contains teaching elements in sufficient detail, and otherwise leaves a
visitor with something of significant value after returning to their normal
daily activities.ÊÊThe logo shows a man and a woman, before a sign with the
words talking hands, touching hands.]](http://web.archive.org/web/20110108124012im_/http://thecapitalscot.com/graphics/talkinghandsstyle3.jpg)
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