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====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]
* [httphttps://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople]. scotlandspeople.gov.uk. A free to search, but pay per to view site containing “almost 80 million records” as at March 2010. Includes Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and Censuses.**[httphttps://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/contentguides/help/index.aspx?561 Traditional forenames#Forenames%20and%20naming%20patterns Forenames and naming patternsin Scotland]
**In respect of Censuses, the 1911 Census in Scotland is only available on ScotlandsPeople, but earlier censuses in Scotland are available on websites such as [[findmypast]], Ancestry and other genealogical websites.
*[http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk National Records of Scotland]. nrscotland.gov.uk. Includes categories
**Research/Research Guides
*[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]. Also available on the [http://digital.nls.uk/directories/ National Library of Scotland] website, where there is a '''Search''' facility. The collection on Archive.org is probably easier to browse, the collection on the NLS website easier to search.
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