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Genealogy Web Sites

Scottish American Society

Suggested sites for further research into your family history.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.


Alpha Genealogy misc. collection of sites with special links; note:

British - see U.K.

Death Records -see Vital Records

Emigration/Immigration

Libraries

Military

Newspapers

Rootsweb

Scotland -also see U.K.

Sometimes, sites are marked when they are “FREE” 

ANCESTOR QUEST

www.ancestorquest.com


ANCESTRY.COM

www.ancestry.com

ARTICLE (By David Dobson, copied from: )

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~busbin/scots.html

"The Original Scots Colonists of Early America" 1612 - 1783

"The Scottish participation in the settlement of America dates from the early seventeenth century, and from that time until the American Revolution probably around 150,000 Scots emigrated to the New World. During the seventeenth century many Scots settled within the English, Dutch and French colonies, while others attempted to establish independent Scots colonies in Nova Scotia, New Jersey, South Carolina and at Darien (Note: Darien is the Scots' name for Panama.--GB). After the political union of Scotland and England in 1707 the Scots had unrestricted access to the English plantations in America. Emigration expanded slowly but steadily until 1763 when a combination of factors in Scotland and America stimulated emigration, especially from the Highlands. Although Scots could be found throughout the American colonies from Barbados to Rupert's Land, areas such as Georgia, the Carolinas, upper New York, Nova Scotia and Jamaica had the greatest concentration of Scottish immigrants. This then was the general pattern of Scottish immigration and settlement in colonial America."

"The Original Scots Colonists of Early America" 1612 - 1783, David Dobson, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, Copyright 1989

NAMES

naming patterns (3rd and 4th children seem to find different places):

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scottish/ScottishNamingPatterns.html

http://www.halmyre.abel.co.uk/Family/naming.htm

[for children who don’t want to follow descended family names… ]

http://www.babynology.com/scottish_babynames.html

http://www.babyhold.com/list/Scottish_Baby_Names/

http://www.20000-names.com/female_scottish_names.htm

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/sco.php

http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Scottish&title=Scottish+Names&usage=yes


BARREL of Genealogy Links

www.genealogytoday.com/barrel

BOOKS

http://books.google.com/books

BRITISH - see U.K.

BUBL LINKS

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=11374


CENSUS links on the Net & nbsp;

www.censuslinks.com

CENSUS-SOUNDEX CONVERTER [FREE]

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rjacob/soundex.htm

CYNDI’S LIST [FREE] categorized and cross-referenced list of many links

www.cyndislist.com

http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm


CITY Directories of the USA

www.uscitydirectories.com

D.A.R. Search (Daughters of American Revolution)

http://members.dar.org/dar/darnet/grc/grc.cfm

DEATH RECORDS - see VITAL RECORDS below.

DNA-Scottish -MAIL list

A mailing list in support of the Scot DNA Project. Discussion will include all aspects of the Project including genetics and genealogy, history relati ve to the location and migration of the Scots worldwide, methodology, comparisons, results and analysis. The focus of the list follows the trend of the project and its scope as it evolves over time. Due to the nature of the Scot DNA Project, other Scottish Surname Project Managers and Participants also use this forum to discuss their project, which may share results with the Scot DNA Project. One need not be a member of the Project to join the list and its discussion, but rather only share an interest in the topic. To subscribe send "subscribe" to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode).

ELECTRIC SCOTLAND -much to see and link to!

www.electricscotland.com

http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/scotroot.htm

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/index.htm

EMIGRATION / IMMIGRATION /PASSENGER

Castle Garden Immigration Center

www.castlegarden.org

Ellis Island Online Database

www.ellisisland.org

Emigration and Immigration Links

http://www.germanroots.com/ei.html

Passenger Lists

http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html

Ships -Firstmoms

http://khuish.tripod.com/ships.htm

Ships

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml

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FOOTNOTE.COM [much to see; much that costs]

www.footnote.com

FREEPAGES ROOTSWEB

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

GAZETTE/MAPS

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/gazetteer/index.htm

www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer/

http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed137.htm

GENFORUM

genforum.genealogy.com/my/

GENEALOGY GATEWAY

w ww.gengateway.com

GENEALOGY SITES (40,000 Links)

www.genealogicaljourneys.com/sites.htm

GENEALOGY SOCIETIES

http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html

http://www.censusfinder.com/genealogy-society-directory.htm

http://www.cyndislist.com/society.htm

GENEALOGY TOOLBOX

www.genealogytoolbox.com

GENEALOGY -TOPSITES LIST

http://www.worldwidetopsites.com/sites/genealogy.html

 

HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVES

http://historicaltextarchive.com/

HUGUENOTS

[BOOKS online -re tracing British roots: ]

http://books.google.com/books

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE/

JACOBITES.

MAILING LIST for the study of the Scottish Jacobite period (1685-1750) focusing on the genealogy of its participants and their fate. To subscribe send "subscribe" to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode).

Kentucky - see under STATES

LDS Family Search

www.familysearch.org

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LIBRARIES

AKRON PUBLIC LIBRARY

http://www.akronlibrary.org/

AKRON -U of A libraries

http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/

CANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Stark Co.)

http://www.stark.lib.oh.us/

CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

http://cpl.org/

FORT WAYNE-ALLEN CO. IN

http://www.acpl.lib.in.us

HARVARD

http://lib.harvard.edu/

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10000

LIBWEB

http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/

STATE LIBRARIES:

http://www.publiclibraries.com/state_library.htm

NATIONAL+LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD

http://www.ifla.org/VI/2/p2/national-libraries.htm

NY PUBLIC LIBRARY

http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/research.html

ODOM -ELLEN PAYNE ODOM LIBRARY, MOULTRIE

http://www.colquitt.k12.ga.us/public_lib/odom_gen.htm

OLIVE TREE LIBRARY

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/library.shtml

ONLINE BOOK S -U OF PENNSYLVANIA

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Library of Congress Home Page

SWEM Library

http://swem.wm.edu/

WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL LIBRARY

http://www.wrhs.org/

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MAP -see Gazzetter above

MARYLAND - see STATES

MELUNGEONS

http://www.iigs.org/newsletter/9810news/melungeo.htm.en

http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/wash.html

MILITARY

http://www.genealogytoday.com/barrel/

http://www.germanroots.com/military.html

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors

www.itd.nps.gov/cwss

War of the Rebellion

cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html

Revolutionary War Federal Pension List for 1835

members.tripod.com/~rosters/index-5.html





NATIONAL ARCHIVES

www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html



North Carolina -see under STATES

NEWSPAPERS

http://www.classicnewspapers.com/

http://www.historybuff.com/archives/tree.cgi

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2006/10/09/uk-gazette-newspaper-archives-online.htm

U.S. Newspaper Program (NEH)

www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html

OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.ogs.org/

PALATINES THE-ROAD.

MAILING LIST for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Scottish/Palatine

(Sw.-German) ethnic mix along the traditional "Philadelphia Road" in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. To subscribe send "subscribe" to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode).

also see

http://www.geocities.com/palatinegenealogy/

http://germanroots.home.att.net/newyorkpalatines1710.html


Pennsylvania -see STATES

QUAKERS

http://worldgene.org/quaker.htm

RAND Genealogy Club

www.rand.org/personal/Genea

ROOTSWEB

[FREE -with message boards, websites, learning guides and tools]

www.rootsweb.com

SAR=2 0-SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

http://www.sar.org/

SCOTLAND -also see UK below

Births Deaths and Marriages Exchange -Scotland [FREE:]

http://www.sctbdm.com/

DREW’S SCOTTISH Genealogy and Ancestor Search -links

http://members.aol.com/drewhss/drew.htm/Page6.html

Scots Find [databa ses FREE:]

http://www.scotsfind.org/

Scots Origins [FREE:]

http://www.scotsorigins.com/

Scotlands People [Wills/Testaments/surname search is FREE:]

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

SCOTLAND NATIONAL ARCHIVES

www.nas.gov.uk

Scottish misc. sources

http://thecapitalscot.com/scotgenealogy/home.html

SOCIAL SECURITY Death Index

ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=&firstname=&nt=exact)

STATE SITES

States -also see Cyndi's List and Rootsweb re states

STATES

http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/

STATE archivists -online

http://www.statearchivists.org/arc/education/online_coll.htm

KENTUCKY

http://khuish.tripod.com/kentucky.htm

KENTUCKY EXPLORER

http://www.kentuckyexplorer.com/

KY GENWEB

http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/index.html

University of Kentucky death/marriage -ONLINE

http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/

vitals ONLINE:

http://www.kygenweb.net/vitals/index.html

http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/death/search.cgi

MARYLAND

Maryland archives -links

http://aomol.net/html/index.html

MARYLAND

 COLONIAL WILLS

http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se4/000000/html/index.html

NORTH CAROLINA

NC genweb

http://www.ncgenweb.org/

OHIO

OH death indexes

http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/index.html

PENNSYLVANIA

PA Historical & Biographical

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/pa/pahist.htm#general




SOUTH CAROLINA

SC digital collections

http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/pilotintro.htm

South Carolina Historical Society

http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/archives/onlinearchives.htm

TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE GENWEB

http://www.tngenweb.org/

TN digital collections

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/tn/tn-dig.html

VIRGINIA

Colonial Virginia

http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas27&local_base=CL

http://www.ancestralfindings.com/cd503.htm

http://colonialancestors.com/va/ virginia.htm

Digital

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/

1704 rent rolls

http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/misc/1704va.txt

1723 quit rent roll

http://www.kykinfolk.com/stafford/rentroll1723.htm

nice article re Scots:

http://virginiagenealogyblog.c om/2008/03/14/are-your-virginia-ancestors-scots-or-scots-irish/

and

http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/03/04/tuckahoes-and-coheescohoes-the-scots-irish-ulster-scots-anglo-scots-ulster-irish/

WEST VIRGINIA

WV History

http://www.wvculture.org

WV death records

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx

U.K.

British history online with links

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

Genealogy UK links

www.genealogy-links.co.uk

GENUKI

www.genuki.org.uk

Global genealogy -has links

www.globalgenealogy.com/

Jewish Scottish Genealogy

www.jewishgen.org
www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/brit/scotland.html

NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

U.S.


U.S. Migration Charts

www.intl-research.com/migration.htm


US GENWEB

— A FREE network of Web sites created for genealogical research for all United States counties. These sites provide access to many local history sources which may include biographies, photographs, cemetery records, vital records, military records, and census records.
USGenWeb Project


VIRGINIA ARCHIVES

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/va/vafiles.htm

VIRGINIA -misc. links

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eda70/

VIRGINIA TECH

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/

VITAL RECORDS

(also see in some of the STATES above)

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/myap_offer.aspx?kbid=1041&cpn=myap1041

Vital Records Information

www.vitalrec.com

VitalSearch Worldwide Co.

www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/

Blog World Vital (w/new links: ) ;

http://blog.worldvitalrecords.com/

ALSO:

Cemetery Records Onl ine

www.interment.net/


Death Indexes for USA

http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html

Find A Grave

www.findagrave.com/index.html

Funeralnet

www.funeralnet.com

Obit Links

 www.obitlinkspage.com

OH death indexes

http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/index.html