Scotland Genealogical Research Internet Websites
💨Tip: You also may need Estate or Manor Name to locate on maps or in the Ordinance Survey https://maps.nls.uk/estates/
- Search terms: Covenantors (Scottish Presbyterians); Scottish Borders; Jacobite uprising; Scottish Wars; Marches (Borders aka “Marshes”): some of these areas were conquered and claimed by Northumberland, England, Gretna Green (Scots marriages), King James Plantation: “inland Scots” (Lowland or Borders) may also include Kircubright, Sterling and Roxburgh? Though this is unclear, Scottish Parliament, Ulster Scots (Scottish perspective)
- King James Plantation: Who are the inland Scottish?
"The said undertakers, their heirs and assigns, shall not alien or demise their portions or any part thereof to the mere Irish. Every undertaker shall within two years after the date of his letters patents, plant or place a competent number of English or inland Scottish tenants upon his portion. Every of the said undertakers shall be resident in person himself upon his portion, or place some such other person thereupon, as shall be allowed by the state of England or Ireland, who shall be likewise resident there." (page 80 in the book: https://www.monreaghulsterscotscentre.com/.../historical... and
Scottish History (for context)
- Find My Past (subscription) (Look for this as a benefit from Genealogy Society Membership) or as part of a Genealogy Library (like Allen County Indiana or possibly the Newberry in Chicago)
Ancestry: Search>Card Catalog>Scotland
(Commisariot Courts are Ecclesiastical courts)
Court and Legal Scotland, National Records of Scotland
Scottish/English Societies
- If you have landed estate owners check specialized sources such as: Society of Antiquaries for Scotland https://www.socantscot.org/ (These are mainly archaeology related but some contain collector biographical information, for Example: my ancestor Robert Riddell was a collector of Baptismal Fonts see Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. United Kingdom: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland., 1889. Google Books (p.70) Google Books and Internet Archives have many of this society's publications from the 1800s. See digital books section
Digital books: (Try looking for Digitized books in catalogs or special collections online at Scottish Universities too)
• Google Books: https://books.google.com/ (I really like this site because you can create your own library list and sort books according to labels you create.) SCOTLAND REGIONAL ARCHIVES (not all inclusive)
LOWLANDS:
- Glasgow City Archives: Glasgow; https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/.../family.../research-guides; htthttps://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/family-history/family-history-at-the-mitchell/glasgow-city-archivesps://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/family-history/family-history-at-the-mitchell/glasgow-city-archives
Scottish HIGHLANDS:
• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Aberdeen (note Aberdeen affiliated itself with the lowland counties in the past)
• Highland Council Archives: Inverness, Fort William, Wick
• Orkney Library and Archive: Kirkwall
• Shetland Islands Council Archives: Lerwick
Maps (Please note the map date versus the date of your ancestor)
Other
Legacy Family Tree Webinars subscription: Bruce Drury has several webinars in the library for Scottish Research. Most live webinars are free except the Best of ESM (Elizabeth Shown Mills) which is a member benefit.
