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:Search for Scotland in [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/catalog/ Ancestry databases].
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1986318?region=Scotland Scotland records from FamilySearch]. At times you have needed to be signed in to FamilySearch to see the whole webpage. Free records. Includes transcribed index records and links to additional catalogue material, some of which may need to be viewed at a FamilySearch Centre, or FS Affiliate Library, see [[FamilySearch Centres]]. (To view records you need to be signed in to [[FamilySearch]]).
:Some records from National Records of Scotland, see below, are available on FamilySearch catalogued as "Microfilm of original records ... in the New Register House, Edinburgh". These are mainly catalogued as Old parochial registers [OPR], parish registers or blotter registers. There are also some records catalogued from National Archives of Scotland, and from "Scotland. Registrar General". Use the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Catalog Search]. Currently (2021/03/07) these records are catalogued as available both at [[FamilySearch Centres| FamilySearch Family History Centres]] and at FS Affiliate Libraries, although in the past at times they were restricted to Family History Centres only, so always check access restrictions.
:FamilySearch Digital Library contains [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/745737 ''Smith's inventory of genealogical sources : Scotland''] in 34 volumes c 1994, with most volumes covering a different county. To view, you need to be signed into FamilySearch. A description in the first volume states "The Inventory provides a locator for items within printed and unpublished material. For example, there are many historical society publications, serials, and periodicals that deal with a variety of subjects. ...The Inventory is designed to bring to light some of the valuable articles hidden within these sources which are not well known to the amateur genealogist. ...The cut-off date for material in this Inventory is December 1989." [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/606832-smith-s-inventory-of-genealogical-sources-scotland-v-01-pt-01?viewer=1&page=11 List of Subjects covered] Volume 1, pages 8-12.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203704/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/scots.htm Indexes with an India connection transcribed from "Emigrants from Glasgow and the West of Scotland"]. Rampais website, now archived. The Indexes were transcribed from a series of booklets with that title at
**Research/Research Guides
*:[https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/reference-library Reference Library] ScotlandsPeople Centre Reference Library includes a few Monumental Inscriptions from India and Sri Lanka of Scottish interest- - an index of places is provided for quick reference.
*: Some records from National Records of Scotland are available on FamilySearch, see above, cataloged as "Microfilm of original records ... in the New Register House, Edinburgh", or some are catalogued from the National Archives of Scotland, or from "Scotland. Registrar General".
*[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 [https://archive.org/details/scottishdirectories?sort=-date 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.
