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General Genealogy Resources

• http://members.madasafish.com/~fairenough/
  Old Graveyard - Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  This site contains inscriptions of all the Headstones in this Cemetary along with Pictures of the Headstones and a Map of the Graveyard which shows the position of each Grave. In addition it details the How and the Why it was done, along with links to other sources.

• http://www.origins.net
  Origins.net
  Home of Scots Origins the official source of genealogical data for Scotland. Scots Origins is the only online database with comprehensive government records for an entire country.

• http://www.btinternet.com/~james.mckay/dispatch.htm
  The Scottish Military Historical Society
  "The society exists to encourage the study of the Scottish Regiments of the British Army, and the Commonwealth. We cover the period 1660 to the present day. We publish an illustrated journal, Dispatch, the hard copy Journal of the Society, it contains text, colour and black & white illustrations. The Society's site contains articles, lineage and illustrations."

• Public Records Office - How to Start Your Research
  • How to obtain a list of researchers
  • Research advice on the PRO's most popular topics to download and print out.
• The Clans & Tartans of Scotland
• Family Heritage of the Orkney Islands of Scotland - Loads of Data including guestbook, marriages, surnames and other links
• GENUKI - Your best resource for researching UK genealogy including Ireland, Scotland, and England including:
  • Researching From Abroad
• Scotland GenWeb including a Resource Page
• General register Office for Scotland - Including Census Data
• Scot's Origins - A "pay for" database site that includes a huge amount of data including 1891 census information
• E-mail Addresses to aid in your research
• Scottish Genealogy Index
• The Gathering of the Clans including:
  • A Query Bulletin Board
• Guide to British Isles research
• Ring of Scottish Clans - travel from one Scottish Clan or Family organization home page to another without the need of a search engine
• The Scottish Page - Devoted to the research of Scottish ancestry, especially that of Dumfries-Galloway (the Southwestern part of Scotland)
• Dumfriesshire 1851 Census
• Wigtownshire 1851 Census
• Beginning Scottish Genealogy
• Genuki's Introduction to Scottish Family History Including:
  • Where to start
  • Main Sources of Information
  • Other Sources
• Family Tree maker's Scotch-Irish Research (Presbyterian Scots who settled in Ulster (modern-day Northern Ireland) during the seventeenth century)
• Tracing your Scottish Ancestry

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General and Miscellaneous (Including Churches, Travel)

• The definitive site for Airdrie, Scotland ~ including travel, local events and accomodations and much more. If you are from this area or planning to travel there, you must visit this site!

• The Internet Guide to Scotland

• The Free Church of Scotland

• Presbytery of Orkney, Church of Scotland

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