Scottish Family History

Scottish records, like Irish, have many similarities to their English counterparts but there are important differences too. These publications will help you to get the best out of Scotland's archives.

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General Publications

8021 Parish Registers in Kirk Session Records - Ł4.00, 195gm: Divided into 3 sections: 1)Births, baptisms, marriages, proclamations, deaths and burials to be found in the Kirk Session Records of the parishes of the Church of Scotland; 2)Same as above to be found in the Kirk Session Records of some English Presbyterian churches; 3)Pre-1855 censuses, rolls of heads of families and other such records. A4, 62pp.
8022 Registers of the Secession Churches in Scotland - Ł4.00, 250gm: Records of baptisms, marriages and deaths in the Scottish Secession Churches, including lists of members. A4, 81pp.
8001 Census Records for Scottish Families - Ł6.20, 120gm: Gordon Johnson. Pub. ASFHS. A survey of Census and related records useful in tracing Scottish families at Home and Abroad. Some census records for Scotland are available for years pre-1841. Describes these and where they and other censuses 1841 onwards may be found, what help libraries offer and fees (where charged) for research. A5, 73pp.
8008 Parish Registers and Registrars of Scotland - Ł4.00, 190gm: SAFHS. Contents: Parish & County Maps showing the Family History Societies who hold or have access to copies of the Registers for all or part of the area shown; The Registers showing the overall dates of the Church of Scotland Registers held in New Register House, Edinburgh; The Registrars and their addresses. A4, 64pp.
8009 Exploring Scottish History - Ł9.99, 430gm: M Cox. A Directory of Resource Centres for Scottish Local and National History in Scotland. Published by the Scottish Library Association and Scottish Local History Forum. A gateway to Scotland's past, detailing the wealth of information available in library and archive collections throughout the country. Resource Centres, Collaborating Organisations, National Register of Archives (Scotland), etc. A5, 166pp.
8011 Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors in the Scottish Record Office - Ł9.99, 480gm: C. Sinclair. 3rd edition (2004) A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office. HM General Register House is one of the main centres for Scottish Genealogical Research. Amongst the contents are Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, Wills and Executrixes, Heirs in Heritage; Owners of Lands and houses; Criminals; Clergy; Schoolmasters and Scholars; Doctors and Nurses and other trades. Also the poor migrant, etc. A5, 154pp.
8013 Weights & Measures for the Scottish Family Historian - Ł3.75, 120gm: D Richard Torrance. Family historians tracing Scottish families may come across unfamiliar terms in connection with weights and coinage. This dictionary attempts to list those terms most likely to be found. For the uninitiated there are pitfalls in dates as Scotland changed its New Year 152 years before England and Wales. A5, 83pp.
8017 Scottish Census Indexes 1841-1871 - Ł2.00, 50gm: Peter Ruthven-Murray FSA Scot. (Comp.) The counties and parishes listed are those as they existed in the 19th century and up to May 1975. A5 22pp.

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