Scottish Genealogy Databases -
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  Canongate Marriage Register
Canongate Burials, 1820-1851
  Local Records of Dysart
 Edinburgh Register of Testaments
Glossary
Hamilton & Campsie Register of Testaments
 Inverness Register of Testaments
  Edinburgh Marriage Register 1701 - 1750
  Edinburgh Marriage Register 1595 - 1700, 1751 - 1800

Greyfriars Interments, Edinburgh
 Origin of the Scottish Language
  Presbytrie Booke of Kircaldie
 Edinburgh Processes & Decreets
 Edinburgh Register of Apprentices
  Edinburgh Roll of Burgesses
  South Leith Records
  Scottish Surname Variants
St. Cuthbert's Monument Inscriptions

  The Guildry of Edinburgh
  Clan Tartans

Surname-specific Databases:

Biggar Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Biggar Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted By Family
Biggar Genealogy - Marriages
 Bird Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
 Bird Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
  Bird Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
  Bird Genealogy - Marriages
Cossar Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Cossar Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
Cossar Genealgy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Cossar Genealogy - Marriages
Doig Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Doig Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
Doig Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Doig Genealogy - Marriages
  Dryburgh Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
  Dryburgh Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
  Dryburgh Genealogy - Birth & Baptisms Sorted by Family
  Dryburgh Genealogy - Marriages
Edmondston Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Edmondston Genealogy - Birth & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Edmondston Genealogy - Marriages
Fiddler Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Fiddler Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Fiddler Genealogy - Marriages
Inch Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Inch Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Inch Genealogy - Marriages
Inche Marriages sorted by Spouse's Surname
James Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
James Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
James Genealogy - Marriages
Jarvie, Garvie Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Jarvie, Garvie Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location

Jarvie, Garvie Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Jarvie, Garvie Genealogy - Marriages

  Kinloch Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Kinloch Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location

Kinloch Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Kinloch Genealogy - Marriages
Kinloch Marriages by Spouse
 Lumsdale Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
  Lumsdale Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
Lumsdale Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
  Lumsdale Genealogy - Marriages
Oliphant Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Oliphant Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Oliphant Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
  Oliphant Genealogy - Marriages
Robertson Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Robertson Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Robertson Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by County and Parish
Robertson Genealogy - Marriages
Robertson Genealogy - Marriages Sorted by County & Parish
Robertson Genealogy - Marriages Sorted by Spouse's Surname & Given Name
Sandilands Genealogy - Birth & Baptisms
Sandilands Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family
Sandilands Genealogy - Marriages
Spence Genealogy - Births & Baptisms
Spence Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Families
Spence Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location

Spence Genealogy - Marriages
Trotter Genealogy - Births & Baptisms

Trotter Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Location
Trotter Genealogy - Births & Baptisms Sorted by Family

Trotter Genealogy - Marriages

Trotter Marriages by Spouse
Trotter Marriages by Location



Canongate Church

 

Canongate Church

 

Wemyss

Old Wemyss Church

St. Monance

 


St. Cuthbert's spire

 


St. Cuthbert's burial ground


Leith


Edinburgh Castle


Near Pitlochry


Holyrood House

 

ScotsFind® produces computer-searchable genealogical databases from old Scottish records. Access to all databases is free.
The links to the databases are in the column to the left. Descriptions of the databases are below.  

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Read the descriptions of the databases below.  The databases are neither printable nor copyable. I will provide "unlocked" copies for specific research projects.

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ScotsFind Databases
Current Projects:                                      

Robertson Genealogy - Scottish Births & Baptisms, sorted by mother's surname and given name.
Updated: 15 Mar 2008

Robertson Genealogy - Scottish Births & Baptisms, sorted by county and parish.
Updated: 15 Mar 2008

Robertson Genealogy - Scottish Marriages, sorted by county and parish.
Updated: 26 Apr 2008


Robertson Genealogy - Scottish Marriages, sorted by spouses surname and given name. A RAW (unedited) computer-sort of entries for part of the database. Some surname variants and given names will not be grouped correctly. Now edited and sorted through spouses with surnames starting with the letter: "Q" + ROBERTSON and WATSON. The edited sections of this database are now the most accurate of the ROBERTSON marriage databases. The "location" database is now derived from this database.
Updated:
26 Apr 2008

Note: For anyone interested in preparing surname-specific databases, I use a modification of the method published by John Blair at http://blairgenealogy.com/oprs.html . An OPR text file can be imported into a spread sheet or database and then "sorted" to reveal relationships that may otherwise not be apparent.

Completed Projects:
Register of Interments, Greyfriars Burying Ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700. "The register is for the most part written in a wretched hand and is most illiterate, but as it was kept by the gravediggers themselves nothing else could be expected. Some of the uncouth spellings have been retained and a glossary of these will be found in the Appendix ; ..."
Updated:
30 Aug 2005

St. Cuthbert's Parish Monumental Inscriptions. Inscriptions from the monuments in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh.
Updated:
4 Jul 2005

  Canongate Parish Register of Marriages, 1564 - 1800. Marriages from Canongate Parish, Edinburgh.  
Last updated:
 19 Feb 2005

   South Leith Records.  Compiled from the parish registers of South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, for the years 1588 to 1700.  Given names, surnames and place names are quite variable in their spelling and capitalization, or lack thereof.  For example, "James forgisone and virgil hunter in Rastelrig ...."
Last updated:
  28 May 2004

The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh.  Register of Testaments. 1514-1600, 1897.  A record of wills (testaments).  This is a record from all of Scotland, not just Edinburgh.   It contains information about place of residence, profession and spouse.
Last updated:
27 Feb 2004

The Commissariot Record of Inverness, Register Of Testaments, 1630 - 1800, 1897.
A register of dates of wills (testaments) from the county of Inverness, Scotland. A testament entry includes the date of the testament, residence, the profession for males and sometimes the spouse's name and other information.
Last updated:
   12 Nov 2002

Register of Edinburgh Apprentices, 4 volumes, covering 1583 - 1800.  Entries usually include father's name, location, trade, master and date. Last updated:  23 Nov 2004.              

Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, covering 1406 - 1841; partially annotated.
Provides the "right of burgess-ship or guild-brotherhood" (through the father's, spouse's father or apprentice master's name) , profession, date, etc.
Last modified:
28 Nov 2004
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The Guildry of Edinburgh.  Contains the Dean's and the Guild's account books with burgess and wife names not found in the Roll above.  Also, contains Guildry records of Aberdeen.
Last updated:  7 Aug 2002.

Edinburgh, Scotland Marriage Register, 1595 - 1800.   A register of the marriages in Edinburgh during the periods above.  Volume for 1701 - 1750 has not been merged with the other two volumes, but is present as a separate database and is included in this folder.
Updated: 
27 Sep 2004;  Volume for 1701 - 1750 updated:
19 Oct 2004

Consistorial Processes and Decreets, 1658-1800. Court cases relating to marriage, legitimacy, divorce, etc.  Last updated:  2 Dec 2004.

Notices From the Local Records of Dysart, Fife, Scotland.  This volume was compiled from various records belonging to the Burgh and Parish of Dysart. Covers approx. 1534 - 1697.  Also contains entries for Kinghorn, Kinglassie, Kirkcaldy and Wemyss.
Updated:
  15 Nov 2002.

The Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564 - 1800.  An register of dates of wills (testaments).  Last updated:  9 Oct 2002
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The Presbytrie Booke Of Kirkcaldie. Covers the period 1630 - 1653, with information on the kirks of Kinghorn, Burntisland, Auchtertule, Auchterderran, Kinglassie, Ballingrie, Portmooke, Leslie, Markinche, Kennoquhie, Skunie, Weyms, Dysert (spellings from the Booke).  Last updated: 13 Dec 2002

Scottish Surname Variants.  A listing of variant spellings of surnames. Useful in deciphering difficult-to-read OPR spellings, discovering surprising changes in surname spelling and actual changes of surnames.

An ongoing project
Updated:  11 Jan 2007

A Dissertation On The Origin Of The Scottish Language.  An academic essay on the origin of the Scottish language, and hence the Scottish peoples.  Extracted from Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language, Edinburgh, 1895. Last updated:  11 Nov 2002

GlossaryOccupations, definitions, explanations and abbreviations.  Unfamiliar words and terms and abbreviations from the databases are pasted into the glossary and then definitions sought.Last updated: 10 July 2005                    
 
  Tartans of the Clans.  Illustrations from "McIan's Costumes of the Clans of Scotland" with descriptive letter press by James Logan.  Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1899.
Last updated:  14 Apr 2003

Surname-specific Databases
See the complete list of surnames in the column to the left.

Databases may include:
  Scottish Genealogy - Births and Baptisms.  Some have been sorted by the mother's surname and given name and the father's given name. This tends to better group families. Others, by county, parish and the mother's surname.
  Scottish Genealogy - Marriages.

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