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*[[Findmypast]] and Ancestry, pay websites, both have many databases of records from Scotland.
:Search for Scotland in [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records Findmypast databases]. Findmypast additionally has a number of Scottish newspapers in the category "Newspapers and periodicals"/British Newspapers. There is a filter by County available including counties in Scotland.
:Search for Scotland in [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/catalog/ Ancestry databases]. :*Also included is the Ancestry database which includes Scotland, "Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers" <ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8830/ "Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers"] Ancestry database for Scotland, England and Wales.</ref> (located in Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers) being digitised images of the book ''The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers'' by Cecil R. Humphery-Smith. The ''Phillimore Atlas'' outlines old parishes prior to 1832 and provides the date of the earliest surviving registers for the parish.
*[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.
