Scotland

Scottish Archive Network: http://www.scan.org.uk/

Scottish Wills & Testaments: http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp

The Scottish Universities - Their Libraries and Archives: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm

Probate in Scotland, 1500 to 1901 explains how best to search and use the online index to Scottish Probate records, from the earliest surviving records to 1901 at ScottishDocuments.com: http://www.scottishdocuments.com

Clearances: http://home.clara.net/iainkerr/kerr/clearances.htm

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre: http://www.scottishborders.gov.uk/libraries/

Borders Family History Society: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/

Old Scottish Borders Photo Archive: http://www.ettrickgraphics.co.uk/index1.htm

General Register Office (GRO - registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces, adoptions & census): http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

ScotlandGenWeb: http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/

GenUKI Scotland: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/

Scottish Genealogy Society: http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/

The Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk/

Scottish Words (glossary of archaic Scottish terms, modern Scottish words & phrases, terms used in law & property and possessions, such as wills and testaments): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/glossary.htm

(The Scots Magazine) WIRDS - Extend Your Vocabulary with our Guide to the Scottish Language: http://www.scotsmagazine.com/words.asp

Scottish Borders Heritage: http://www.scottishbordersheritage.co.uk/

Scottish Borders Tourist Board: http://www.scot-borders.co.uk

Scottish Natural Heritage: http://www.snh.org.uk

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: http://www.rcahms.gov.uk

Historic Scotland: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

See also Scottish Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/scottish-maps.html

and Finding Scots: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/finding-scots.html

Gazetteer for Scotland: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

Scottish Toolkit: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_cat.asp?ethnicity=Scottish

TalkingScot.com: http://www.talkingscot.com/
Meeting place for people with an interest in Scottish genealogy, history and culture


Free Charts and Forms (PDF): http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm
(Microsoft Word/ WordPerfect/ OpenOffice): http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/forms.htm


For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. - H. L. Mencken

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Timelines

The up-to-date version will be maintained at: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/timelines.html

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Create your own timeline: http://www.ourtimelines.com/, HistoryWorld: http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp

Step-By-Step: Creating A Timeline: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6529&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831

Food - what people ate: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html

This Day in American Weather History: http://www.weatherforyou.com/history/

American (Smithsonian): http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm
   Interesting animated timeline/atlas: http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html - great little 10 minute brush-up on the highlights of US history

Australian: http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/timeline/

British: http://www.britannia.com/history/time1.html
   BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/
   Ulster: http://www.cruithni.org.uk/

Scottish: http://members.aol.com/skyelander/timeline.html

Celtic: http://www.art-with-attitude.com/village/celt_timeline.html

Scandinavian: http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/scandinavia/

Chronik der Geschichte, An English-German History Timeline: http://german.about.com/library/blhist_time01.htm

French: http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/dafein/civ/timeline.htm

Alsace: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/Ancillary/Geog/Europe/Alsace-Lorraine.shtml


There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Elie Wiesel

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