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Aberdeenshire
Angus (Forfashire)
Argyll
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Buteshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
Fife
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire (Glasgow)
Midlothian (Edinburgh)
Moray
Nairnshire
Orkney
Peebleshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross & Cromarty
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
Shetland
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtownshire


Ancestry; Scotland Databases Search A collection of over 200 Scottish databases of probate, census, directory and other databases, search all databases in one search
Births 1855-2006
index contains entries from the indexes to the civil registers of births for all Scotland, from 1855 until 2006 searchable database at scotlandspeople.gov.uk (select "Click here to register as a new user")
Born in the Border Counties of Scotland
extracted from the marriage index of Victoria, Australia 1853-1895
Clyde River Steamers 1812-1901 (Scotland) Steamers, Build Dates, Owners, Masters, etc
Deaths 1855-2006  index contains entries from the paper indexes to the civil registers of deaths for all Scotland, from 1855 until 2006, searchable database at scotlandspeople.gov.uk (select "Click here to register as a new user")
Encyclopaedia of the Celts
Genealogy of the UK - Scotland a guide to finding online genealogy resources, including archives, libraries, surname lists, parish registers, cemeteries, directories, war memorials, electoral rolls, censuses..
Electoral Roll Search search over 200 million people in 2002-2008 UK Electoral Rolls
General Register for Scotland searchable online databases (fees: from 6 pounds stirling up)
Genuki Project: Scotland
Hamilton & Campsie. Register of Testaments 1564-1800 Name Index
Highland Family History Society
Highland Clearances A rapidly-growing digital archive on Scotland's Highland Clearances. Concentrating on first-hand accounts it tells the stories of where people came from and the places to which they went. Photographs, articles, statistics, people and passenger searches, maps and much more
History of the Scottish Clans
Historic Families of Scotland, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 contains sketches and biographical information of leading members of a number of important Scottish families
Indexes of Parishes, Births, Deaths and Marriages
In Search of the Border Reivers from the early 14th century,  Northumberland and Scottish families fought a seemingly endless series of raids and reprisals and became known as the Border Reivers.
Jewish Genealogy Links (here at genealogylinks.net) has many online databases for UK Jewish genealogy research

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Map of Scotland showing counties
Map showing counties prior to 1974 boundary changes
Message Boards read and post messages with other genealogy researchers of this county
National Library of Scotland
Old Parish Registers Births and Baptisms 1553-1854  searchable database at scotlandspeople.gov.uk (select "Click here to register as a new user")
Parish Locator downloadable free software - Find the county of the town in which you are searching.
Poorhouses/Workhouses in Scotland
Rampant Scotland's Genealogy Directory
Rootschat-Scotland useful information posted here by visitors to these message boards
Scotland BDM Exchange  aim of this site is to provide a free resource for sharing information about descendants found in Scotland
Scotland Genweb Project created in an effort to help researchers find local resources and reference information.
Scotland Message Board read and post messages with other genealogy researchers
The Scottish Genealogy Society has a family history index of over 2,500 separate files deposited by researchers with the Society over a period of almost 50 years
Scotland GenForum read and post messages on Scottish ancestors