Genealogy Links
I've spend over ten years (off and on) researching my family tree and here are links to
the internet resources that I've found most useful.
Software
Online Resources
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http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
-- the Official, fully searchable index of Scottish:
- Births from 1553-1903
- Marriages from 1553 to 1928
- Deaths from 1855 to 1953
- Census data from 1881 to 1901
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http://www.scottishdocuments.com/
-- the Official, fully searchable index of over 520,000 Scottish wills and
testaments dating from 1500 to 1901
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http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/index.html
-- the online map service of the National Library of Scotland.
This website has a great range of old maps that you can view online
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http://www.familysearch.org/
-- a free service of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that
provides a wide range of genealogical data.
Since I've only been interested in their International Genealogical Index
I've bookmarked that
Search Page
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http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/
-- the website of the
The Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society.
This website is a good starting resource for researching your family tree if it extends
into Aberdeenshire.
I've found their free searchable Memorial Inscription Database
(the text on gravestones) at very useful
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http://home.chilitech.net/~mmjeffery/aberdeen.htm
-- this website gives you online access to the census data of some parishes
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http://www.tayvalleyfhs.org.uk/index.shtml
-- the website of the
Tay Valley Family History Society.
This website is a good starting resource for researching your family tree if it extends
into Perthsire and Angus
Copyright © 2004, Joe Dorward