Scotland Genealogy

Welcome to the page for Scotland! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. This page is the portal to all that the wiki has to offer on Scotland. Through the Scotland portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Scotland records of genealogical value. However, these pages are works in progress and their content will grow with time. We invite you to contribute information.

Beginners' Corner
Reading these articles first may help you get started with your Scottish research.


 * Getting Started - how to get started with your Scottish research
 * Strategies for locating births, marriages, and deaths
 * Beginners Guide: Finding Records of Your Ancestors - Scotland 1855 To 1901 (42 Mb pdf file).
 * Researching Your Scottish Ancestry Before 1855
 * Record selection table - a list of the best records to search to find specific information.

Featured content

 * Browse: Pages for Scotland
 * Article: Scotland Church Records Union List - introduction to this resource available in the Wiki.
 * Article: ScotlandsPeople - information about this premier website for online access to Scotland's genealogical records.

Research tools
Click on a county to go to that county's page:


 * County list (with abbreviation codes)
 * Maps of old and new counties
 * Personal names
 * Glossary of terms
 * Handfast tradition
 * Bartholomew's map of Scotland counties
 * BYU Research Guide for Scotland
 * Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Useful Websites

 * GenUKI
 * Stirnet Limited: Families Database: Index (unfettered access requires fee or significant data contribution; manually search index for surnames of interest)

Click here for information about online resources for Scotland

FamilySearch Historical Record Collections
Online collections containing these records are located in FamilySearch.org

Wiki articles describing these collectiond are found at:

Scotland Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Scotland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)