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Ancestry.com - Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 $

Original source: by David Dobson. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Geni.com Projects - Scots Prisoners and their Relocation to the Colonies, 1650-1654

Graham Maxwell Ancestry - Prison Records

We have undertaken the project of indexing the prison registers of the Scottish Borders. These records, held at the National Archives of Scotland, have been up till now difficult to search due to the lack of indexes, but are packed with fascinating information about the thousands of individuals who were in prison, including their height, colour of hair and eyes, their offence and sentence, and much more. The indexes are easy to use and reasonably priced

Scottish Indexes

Scottish Indexes have indexed Scottish birth, marriage and death records (including Quaker births 1647-1874 and Quaker marriages 1656-1875). These BMDs are usually records that are not available on scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Scottish Indexes are also indexing paternity cases found in the Scottish Sheriff Courts as well as indexing prison registers and historic mental health records. Record sets include: Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Lists; 1841, 1851 and 1861 Census; Mental Health Records; Scotland's Criminal Database; Court of Session Index; Scottish Paternity Index; Poor Relief Records Index; Non-OPR Births/Baptisms, Banns/Marriages and Deaths/Burials; Kelso Dispensary Patient Records; Deeds Index; and Register of Sasines.

Scottish Prisoners of War Society

Promoting knowledge of the Scottish prisoners from the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651).

Scottish Prisoners of War Society (Facebook)

This is the Facebook page of the Scottish Prisoners of War Society regarding the Scottish prisoners of war from the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651).