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*[http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/scots.htm Indexes with an India connection transcribed from the "Emigrants from Glasgow and the West of Scotland"] Further details are held on this excellent family history website.

* [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] have a free searchable index revealing many records of interest to the British India family historian. – copies of the actual records may be obtained from the Archives. For example, a search of the [http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx online catalogue] under reference GD51/4 throws up an index of almost 1,700 entries relating to persons applying for positions with the East India Company between 1781and 1830– with a note of patronage. These persons can also be found by an individual name search in the catalogue.

* [http://www.nls.uk/collections/official-publications/collections/india-papers India papers of the National Library of Scotland]

====General Links====

*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/bmdscotlandandireland.htm National Archives Guide: Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death in Scotland and Ireland]

**[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?561 Traditional naming patterns]

*[http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm Cyndi’s List] contains links to a large number of sites to help track down your Scottish ancestors.

*Online [http://archive.org/details/scottishdirectories Scottish Directories] from the collection of the [http://archive.org/details/nationallibraryofscotland National Library of Scotland on Archive.org]