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24 Hour Museum

UK Musuems, Galleries, and Heritage sites in a searchable database with contact and visitor information plus links to their web sites where available.

A to Z of UK Council Archives

A genealogy website taking you direct to all the UK Council Archives & Records Websites useful for family history and local research. Includes England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Channel Isles and Isle of Man.

Archives in Focus

Introductory guide to archives in the UK.

ARCHON - Repositories in Scotland

Army Museums

Holdings, locations, and contact information from the official Army web page of the United Kingdom. Particularly rich in information on regimental museums.

British Postal Museum & Archive

Holds the records of the British Post Office from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Capital Collections

Capital Collections is Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services' online image archive. It allows free online access to a wealth of material on Edinburgh and Scotland.

CURL - The Consortium of University Research Libraries

Familia

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

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Scotland

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

FamilySearch Wiki - Scotland Family History Centres

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

Historic Environment Scotland - Archives and Research

More than 35,000 objects, including many of Scotland’s most culturally significant objects. This large and diverse collection provides a key source of evidence for understanding and appreciating Scotland’s history and heritage.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

Italo-Scottish Research Cluster

The Italo-Scottish Research Cluster studies Italian immigration in Scotland and promotes relations between Scotland and Italy. The project brings together Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, Strathclyde University, Dundee University, St. Andrews University and Aberdeen University.

LibDex - The Library Index - Scotland

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

National Gas Archive

Company archive of the Lattice Group which holds the historical records of the UK gas industry dating from the early 19th Century.

National Library of Scotland

National Museums of Scotland

Edinburgh.