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• Familia

  Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland. Provides information about the libraries and their holdings.

  • Scotland

    • Argyll & Bute

• Family History Library Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  • Scotland

    • Argyll

• General Register Office for Scotland Home Page

  • Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages

  • Leaflet S1 - List of Main Records in the Care of the Registrar General

  • Leaflet S11 - The 1901 Census of Scotland and Digital Imaging of the Genealogical Records of Scotland's People

  • Leaflet S2 - Searching by Our Staff for a Particular Event ('Particular Search')

  • Leaflet S3 - Guidance for General Search Customers in New Register House

  • Leaflet S4 - Group Evening Visits to New Register House

  • Official government source for Scottish genealogy, census and family research - ScotlandsPeople

    Online searchable index of Scottish births from 1553-1901, marriages from 1553 to 1926 and deaths from 1855 to 1951. In addition, indexed census data is available from 1881 to 1901.

  • Registrar's Directory

    Alphabetical list of registrars of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland.

• Museum of Islay Life

• National Archives of Scotland

  The National Archives of Scotland based in Edinburgh, has one of the most varied collection of archives in the British Isles. It is the main archive for sources on the history of Scotland as a separate kingdom, her role in the British Isles and the links between Scotland and many other countries over the centuries. The NAS holds records spanning the 12th to the 21st centuries, touching on virtually every aspect of Scottish life.

  • Family History

    • NAS Family History Fact Sheets

      • Adoption

      • Buildings

      • Crafts & Trades

      • Crimes & Criminals

      • Customs & Excise

      • Deeds

      • Divorce Records

      • Emigration

      • Estate Records

      • Index of Legal Terms & Offences Libelled

      • Inheriting Land & Buildings

      • Military Records

      • Published Record Sources

      • Records Of The Poor

      • Sasines

      • Soldiers' & Airmen's Wills

      • Taxation Records

      • Topographical, Architectural & Engineering Plans

      • Valuation Rolls

      • Wills & Testaments

  • Scottish Handwriting.com

    Online Tutorial in the Palaeography of Scottish Documents 1500-1750.

• The National Archives (U.K.)

  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

  • Family History

  • House History

  • Local History

  • Military History

  • Search Our Collections

    • 1901 Census of England and Wales Online

      Pay-for-use online searchable index with online images available.

    • DocumentsOnline

      Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.

    • Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England

  • The Catalogue

    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.

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    • Research Guides: A to Z

      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.