Getting Started
If you were thousands of miles away from Scotland it used to
be very difficult to research your Scottish family tree. But, thanks to the
Internet, it has became dramatically easier with the Scottish Records Office
providing their database of 20 million records on-line. But that is not the
whole story so here are some words of advice on how to go about finding your
Scottish roots.
First
of all, get as many details as possible from other members of the family -
especially the older generation! Getting copies of birth, marriage or death
certificates can be extremely helpful but even recollections of names and
places can put some of the jig-saw into place.
New Register
House
The important thing to remember is that all useful
records have been centralized in
General
Register Office of Scotland in Edinburgh.
(In England lots of the records are still in county records offices, making
life a lot more difficult for genealogists!).
New Register House
holds all the "hatches, matches and dispatches" for the whole of Scotland.
The births, marriages and deaths are on a computerized database and copies
of all the church parish records have been microfilmed and are available for
research. A fully searchable on-line index of these records is available at
ScotlandsPeople. The
records available are the indexes of all surviving Old Parish Registers of
births/baptisms and banns/marriages from 1553 to 1902, indexes to the
Statutory Registers of births from 1553-1902, and marriages from 1553 to
1854, indexes to the Statutory Registers of deaths for 1855 to 1925 and an
index to census records for 1881, 1891 and 1901 (with images of actual pages
for 1891 and 1901). One additional year of births/deaths/marriage index data
is added per annum. For a payment of six pounds sterling, about ten US
dollars, a customer can view and download up to 30 computer-screen pages of
index data (within a 24 hour period). For an additional ten pounds the
customer will be able to highlight a particular index entry and send an
electronic order for an extract of the full record to which the index entry
relates.
SCOTTISH LINKS &
RESOURCES
GENUKI: Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
Contact Information
Scots Origins: General Register Office for Scotland Indexes (Pay-per-view
database)
Indexes available at the site include:
~ Old Parish Registers of births/baptisms and banns/marriages dating from
1553 to 1854
~ Indexes to the Statutory Registers of births, deaths and marriages from
1855 to 1898
National Archives of Scotland
HM General Register House
Edinburgh,
EH1 3YY
Scotland, UK
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh,
EH1 1EW
Scotland, UK
The Web's guide to Scottish genealogy research sources
contains 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
http://thecapitalscot.com/scotgenealogy/clangenealogist.html
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:
HTML
MS Word
Adobe Acrobat
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.
The Scottish Heritage & Ancestral Research Society (SHARS)
includes members who are just beginning to discover the thrill and rewards
of exploring their unique family histories, as well as others for whom it
has long been a passion. ... Benefits of SHARS membership include: Monthly
lecture program, Help sessions and mentoring, Quarterly newsletters, E-mail
updates on events of Scottish and/or genealogical importance, Surname and
location registry, New member packet, Invitations to various Scottish
events, Research trips, and more!
The Scottish Genealogy Society:
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 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.
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.
Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents
http://www.asgra.co.uk/ - "This
on-line resource contains information on the Association of Scottish
Genealogists and Records Agents, sourcing family history, and most
importantly a list of professional researchers with full contact details to
arrange private commissions." Follow the links to About the Association
http://www.asgra.co.uk/assoc.htm where you
will find information about membership and how to request services.
Visit The Odom Library in Moultrie, Georgia. See
http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/index.html
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 Scotland Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/ with
links to ships passenger lists, cemetery transcriptions, censuses, military
records and many other online surname searchable databases.
Scotland's People
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ is the
official online source of parish register, civil registration and census
records for Scotland. Containing nearly 40 million records, the Scotland's
People database is one of the world's largest resources of genealogical
information and one of the largest single genealogical research resources on
the Web.
The Scottish Roots at
http://www.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!
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 digitized 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 at
http://www.burkes-peerage.net/
- 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
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/GENEALOGY.HTML
is a list of genealogical resources for tracing your Scottish roots.
Scotland Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/scotland
is organized by geographical area. There are links to the following
functions specifically for each area: Genuki, mailing list, queries, and
surnames list. There is also a chat room.
Find Scottish Ancestors On-Line with
Genealogylinks.net
http://www.genealogylinks.net/
Genealogylinks.net consists of 400 pages of now, over 7,000 links, most of
them to ship's passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions,
military records and censuses for USA, UK, England, Scotland, Wales,
Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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
http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/links.htm
includes a page on researching your Scottish family history
http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/gene-faq.htm
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
http://www.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)
http://www.pro.gov.uk/
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.
Abrexa UK - A list of useful links for genealogy:
The General Register Office for Scotland
(GROS)
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/
"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
http://www.origins.net/ 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
http://www.originsnetwork.com/
. 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)
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ -
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-organization that took place in
1974 (1975 for Scotland)."
Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section
http://www.history.ac.uk/ (London).
According to the site, "The Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library exists
to fulfill two main functions: to ensure that the records in its care are
preserved for present and future generations, and to make those records
available to the public. ..... information in the manuscripts can be made
available in other ways, such as through the use of microfilm copies."
[Capital Scot advisory: On June 8 the old link suddenly stopped working.
This new one take the reader to the Institute of Historical Research.]
The site is also available in the French language
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/gh/french.htm
The British Library has a guide [Adobe Acrobat]
that aims to help you find published genealogical sources in their holdings.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Family Search site is at
http://www.familysearch.org/
. There 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.
The 1930 Census of the US Census Bureau at
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/1930census_media.html
- "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 at
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/1930facts.html
A search mechanism for the archives is provided at
http://1930census.archives.gov/ so
you can identify the item your are looking for prior to contacting the
national Archives and records Administration (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
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.
Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository
Libraries [MS Word 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: Sources 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. LC 1.6/5: 17
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
http://www.cyndislist.com/
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)
http://www.CyndisList.com/faq.htm
list that explains the site, what it contains and links to, and how to use
it.
Note especially Cyndi's List - Scotland
http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm
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.
DNA Directory - one of the biggest DNA sites on
the Internet - with thousands of pages of information on DNA, and much more!
This is your one-stop destination for anything you can think about DNA. This
DNA Directory designed to help its users find the DNA information, source,
companies, products and services.
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies
was established to assist all genealogists---from family historians to
practicing professionals---by providing studies in a variety of genealogical
topics. Education provides an important role in raising levels of personal
and visible growth and in the certification or accreditation of
genealogists. Courses are available.
The Scottish Roots Ancestral Service
http://www.scottish-roots.co.uk/
specializes in ancestral genealogical research using only authentic records
kept at New Register House - Scotland's main record office located in
Edinburgh.
Scot Roots
http://www.scotroots.com/
is a Scottish-based ancestor search service that
likes to enliven family trees with historical photographs of places and
people at work, and provides large-scale 19th century maps to help pinpoint
the ancestral clan or family home.
The Surname Guide
http://www.gengateway.com/surnames/surnames.html
is where to find both e-mail surname resource listings and surname homepage
listings in huge quantities. You may also enter listings automatically there
and see them appear on-line immediately. Included is a super-duper search
engine and a page index. The front page has also been edited to load
quicker.
Roots
http://www.scotclans.com/news/roots.htm
is a commercial site listing genealogical resources for tracing your
Scottish roots, some of which are listed elsewhere on The Capital Scot.
Scottishdocuments.Com at
http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp
is a commercial site that offers access to numerous genealogical documents.
Your Scottish Kin - a Scottish family genealogy research
service based in the historic Kingdom of Fife in Scotland is at
http://www.scottish-genealogy.co.uk/ . You
can have your family researched as a gift for one of your relatives or maybe
you just want to satisfy your curiosity about your own Scottish connections.
There is a wealth of information in Scotland's archives. We can help you
untap this.
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.
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis,
Oregon
Genealogy Research Sources - Other
The Association of Professional Genealogists at
http://www.apgen.org/ 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 National Genealogical Society maintains a page
of links to genealogical research resources
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/links.htm
The USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.com/ 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
http://www.rootsweb.com/
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.
Family History Ondisc:
http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/afho.htm
Information Resources for Genealogists - "contains information resources for
genealogists, family historians and researchers. A compilation of
Australia's leading family history resource databases, Family History Ondisc
includes information about family histories, cemetery records, memorial
records, historical records, military ancestry, Who's Whos, and other
genealogical resources."
The Genealogy Forum
http://genforum.com/
- an excellent bulletin board for family roots.
The Genealogy Gateway
http://www.gengateway.com/
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:
* Beginners Gateway
* Database Gateway
* Ethnic Gateway
* History Gateway
* Listing Gateway
* Military Gateway
* Obituary Gateway
* Scottish Gateway
* Surname Gateway
* USA Gateway
* Vital Records Gateway
* Worldwide Gateway
Do genealogy research online! earthlink.net Links
are provided to databases, etc. Grow Your Family Tree Genealogy takes root
on the Web - Genealogy is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. And
whether you're just getting started or a seasoned vet, the Internet offers
an abundance of resources that can save you time, money, and heartache in
putting together your family tree.
http://www.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.
http://www.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
http://link-o-mania.com/main "This
website 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."
Genealogy Research Sources - For the Beginner
Some of these beginner's resources, how-to tutorials, are on
genealogy sites listed elsewhere on this page.
University of Virginia - Help For Beginning
Genealogists: Suggestions On How To Begin, Basic Resources
Beginning Family History from a UK Perspective -
lots of tips
amberskyline 5 Steps to getting started on your
family history / - Treasure Maps how to genealogy site will lead you to some
unique, helpful methods, free genealogy lessons, tutorial, hints and tips
that will send you in the right direction with your family history. Take
your time and have fun with the free tutorials and courses on this unique
genealogy site. As you are looking around, be sure to see these free
genealogy resources (many you won't find anywhere else on the Internet)
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
http://www.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 - 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:
* A printable guide to How to Start Your Family History
* Pedigree Chart - Download or print a form to list your pedigree: your
parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and so on.
* Family Group Record Form - Download or print a form to list an entire
family and their information.
* Personal Ancestral File - Download a Windows¨-based program to help you
organize your family history information.
* Search for Ancestors - Search for deceased individuals in the
FamilySearch.org database.
* Collaboration E-Mail Lists - Allows people to collaborate with others on a
particular individual, surname, place, or topic.
* Family History Library Catalog, Surname Search - Search for published
histories of individuals in the Family History Library collection.
* Family History Centers - Locate a family history center near you.
* Web Sites - Locate other family history Web sites that may contain
histories or information about your family.
* Research Guidance - Search for records that may have information about
your ancestors.
* Research Helps - Access forms and other helps to download or print.
Lloyd's Register - Useful sources for genealogists -
Suggested readings
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.
Books
* Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide by The National
Archives of Scotland. 208-page paperback book published in October 2003.
In-depth information including Internet resources.
* Ancestral Scotland - Scots ancestry
* Lloyd's Register - Useful sources for genealogists - Suggested readings