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Scotland is a country that is part of the United
Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island
of Great
Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic
Ocean to the north and
west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland includes over 790 islands including the Northern
Isles and the Hebrides.
Edinburgh, the country's capital and second largest city, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Edinburgh was the hub of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed
Scotland into one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses
of Europe.
Historical types subdivisions of Scotland include the mormaerdom, stewartry, earldom, burgh, parish, county and regions and districts. The names of these areas are still
sometimes used as geographical descriptors.
Modern Scotland is subdivided in various ways depending on the
purpose. For local government, there have been 32 council
areas since 1996, whose
councils are unitary authorities responsible for the provision of all local
government services. Community councils are informal organisations
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The following are
surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having
been either born, married or
died in this place. Names in dark red denote direct ancestral lines. |
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Ball;
Berry; Campbell; Dickson; Dinsmuir; Douglass; Kerr; Neely; Robertson |
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Click on this link to find out more about each surname listed
above as well as other surnames found within our three family databases. |
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This link will also lead you to surname resources at Rootsweb, and information about
the world-wide distribution of a surname. |
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Use this free genealogy site to help
you get the best
genealogy searches from Google™ by using
your family tree, for your research. It will create
a series of different searches using tips or
"tricks" |
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that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The world’s largest free genealogy search engine,
Mocavo.com, provides genealogists access to the best free genealogy content
on the web |
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including
billions of names, dates and places worldwide. Mocavo.com seeks to index and
make searchable all of the world’s free genealogy information. |
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Click
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information about the World distribution of any surname. You can get greater |
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for any of the maps by clicking on the area, i.e
state, county that you are interested in. |
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Our Ancestral Counties
The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT ancestors. To select a
specific ancestral county, go to our Ancestral
Locations home page. Here you will
find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain information
about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in
our database, who have lived in the selected county. |
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Abderdeenshire (1); Dumfries (11); Lankashire (18) |
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Gazetteer
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The following Links will take you to
gazetteers that identify places within this U.K. Country. These resources feature profiles of cities,
towns, neighborhoods and churches. In
addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide variety of
physical, cultural and historic features. |
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Directory of Cities and Towns in United Kingdom This Global Gazetteer by
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc., is based on many public
sources of information. It was last
updated January 1, 2010.
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Gazetteer of British Place Names 50,000 entries that includes the historic county as well as modern
administrative districts to determine what county each place was originally in,
and where records might be found today. |
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This database contains the approximate location of the parishes that
existed around 1837. Since then
the database has had new fields added to contain additional information, many
more churches have been added (in some areas), and more precise locations
added where known. |
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ScotlandsPlaces is a
website that allows users to search across different national databases using
geographic locations. The user is able to enter a place name or a coordinate
to search across these collections or they can use the mapping in
the website to both define and refine their search. |
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With at least 19715 detailed entries, the
Gazetteer is the largest dedicated Scottish resource created for the web. |
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A Topographical
Dictionary of Scotland Contains
detailed topographical accounts of places, parishes and counties in Scotland. |
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List
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List of cities in the United
Kingdom ·
List of census localities in
Scotland, ·
List of islands of Scotland, ·
List of outlying islands of
Scotland ·
List of freshwater islands in
Scotland Places within Scottish
unitary authorities
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List of places in City of Aberdeen ·
List of places in Aberdeenshire ·
List of places in Argyll and Bute ·
List of places in Clackmannanshire ·
List of places in Dumfries
and Galloway ·
List of places in City of Dundee |
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List of places in East Lothian ·
List of places in East
Renfrewshire ·
List of places in na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) ·
List of places in Falkirk district ·
List of places in City of Glasgow ·
List of places in Inverclyde ·
List of places in Midlothian ·
List of places in North Ayrshire ·
List of places in North Lanarkshire ·
List of places in Perth and
Kinross ·
List of places in Renfrewshire ·
List of places in the Scottish
Borders ·
List of places in South Ayrshire ·
List of places in South Lanarkshire ·
List of places in Stirling (district) ·
List of places in West
Dunbartonshire ·
List of places in West Lothian ·
List of places in
the Tayside region of Scotland - A page related to an authority since abolished |
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Use this mapping program to SEARCH
Great Britain by: (1) street; (2) place; (3) Lat/Long
coordinates; (4) OS grid reference; (5) OS
Landranger grid reference; and (6) telephone
area code. |
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Boundaries of Counties and Parishes is an
excellent source where researchers can locate
information on the boundary changes that took places in Scotland in 1889.
Such changes affected the boundaries of counties, parishes, and burghs. To locate detailed information click on
the county of interest. Here you may
download the chapter of the aforementioned book that details the county you
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Clicking on a Link
(below) will take you to the County’s website. Here you will find additional links to more
information specific to that location. |
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GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of
particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is maintained by a charitable
trust and a group of volunteers. |
The BritishIslesGenWeb
Project is part
of the WorldGenWeb
Project and is the regional resource page for research in Ireland and the
United Kingdom. |
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Moray ·
Orkney ·
Shetland |
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· Moray · Orkney · Roxburghshire · Shetland |
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Wikipedia is a multilingual,
Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on
a Link
(below) will take you to the Wikipedia
article about the county. Here
you will find additional links to guide the
user to related pages with additional information. |
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Historical types subdivisions of Scotland include the mormaerdom, stewartry, earldom, burgh, parish, county and regions and districts. The
names of these areas are still sometimes used as geographical
descriptors. Modern Scotland is
subdivided in various ways depending on the purpose. For local government, there have been 32
council
areas since 1996, whose councils are unitary authorities responsible for the
provision of all local government services. Community councils are informal organisations that represent specific sub-divisions of a
council area. For
the Scottish Parliament, there are 73 constituencies and
eight regions. For the Parliament of the United Kingdom, there are 59 constituencies.
The Scottish fire brigades and police forces are still based on the system of
regions introduced in 1975. For healthcare and postal districts, and a number
of other governmental and non-governmental organisations
such as the churches, there are other long-standing methods of subdividing
Scotland for the purposes of administration. City status in the United Kingdom
is determined by letters patent. There are six cities in Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, most
recently Inverness,
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Where in the World are My
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Resources which enhance our
knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as their
names. The LINK |
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to the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and
other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located therein. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral place for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are any available archives; the library; and the historical and/or genealogical societies that address the locality. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this place, to the family historian. See Ancestral Scotland.com for information on how to plan your trip. |
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Scotland Cemetery Records | Genealogy ·
Cemeteries In Scotland - Wikipedia ·
Scotland-Cemeteries - Rootsweb.Com |
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History of Scotland - Wikipedia ·
A History of Scotland (TV series) - Wikipedia ·
Scotland's
History - 5000 years of Scottish
history |
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History of Scotland: Scottish
Traditions and History |
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Gazetteer for Scotland: Map of Scotland ·
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland |
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Scotland - Web Sites for Genealogists ·
Scotland genealogy ~ free family history resource |
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Scotland, Scottish - Genealogy & History ·
Scotland’s
National Archives - Records ·
Scotland
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The Google search
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with additional information to assist with your
research about this
U. S. State. |
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Genealogy Trails History Group ·
Family
Search, USA IGI Batches, Localities ·
Record
Search - Family Search.org |
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Rootsweb.com – World
Message Boards ·
Cyndi's List – Genealogy
Categories ·
Data Base Collections
at Ancestry.com$ ·
Census Finder –Free
Census and other Records ·
WorldCat – Find Items in
Libraries Near You |
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RootsWeb Message Boards – UK and Ireland ·
FamilySearch Research Wiki – United Kingdom ·
UK & Ireland Genealogy Links ·
Kindred Trails.com – British
Isles & Ireland ·
IGI
Batch Numbers-British Isles ·
Family
Search Records – United Kingdom ·
British Isles GenWeb Project |
· GENUKI:
UK & Ireland Genealogy · UK & Ireland
Records Collections- Ancestry.com$ · MyGenealogist.com – United Kingdom · A vision of Britain
(on-line library for local history) · UK Genealogy - Portal for UK Family Research · Genealogy.com
SiteFinder: United Kingdom |
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Roots Web Message Boards -
Scotland ·
FamilySearch Research Wiki - Scotland ·
IGI
Batch Numbers – Scotland ·
Family
Search Records – Scotland ·
British Isles GenWeb Project - Scotland |
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Ancestry.com
Records – Scotland
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MyGenealogist.com
- Scotland ·
United Kingdom Census Links -
Scotland ·
A Vision of Britain - Scotland ·
Genealogy.com Site Finder -
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All of the records and databases
we’ve collected are FREE and can be accessed
and searched online without having to pay for a subscription. We have divided our collected into 14
record types as follows: Biographical;
Birth; Cemetery; Census & City Directories; Church; Court; Death;
Immigration & Naturalization; Land; Marriage; Military; Newspapers;
Occupational; and Tax Records. We try not
to list any sites that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you
to a website that will charge a fee to actually see the record beyond just a
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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