Family history

Ancestral Scotland

How to research your Scottish roots. Includes a family history search of the 1881 census.
www.ancestralscotland.com

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

For information on British and Commonwealth soldiers that died in the Great War and after, look up the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cwgc.org

General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)

GROS administers the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, undertakes the Census every 10 years and prepares and publishes demographic information.
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk

Glasgow City Archives

Archives service for Glasgow City Council, GCA is located within the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. It holds a large number of local government and private collections relating to Glasgow and west and central Scotland. Its catalogues are also available via SCAN.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Libraries/Collections

Homecoming Scotland 2009

Homecoming Scotland 2009 is an events programme celebrating Scotland's great contributions to the world including the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth, Scottish contributions to golf and whisky, plus our great innovations, rich culture and heritage.
www.homecomingscotland.com

Lanarkshire Family History Society

The society's website has forums, publications for sale, contacts and details of how to join.
www.lanarkshirefhs.org.uk

National Archives

The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom (TNA) holds records of central government and the courts of law, dating from the Domesday Book of 1086 to the present day. It offers an online searchable catalogue and guides to the collections.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

National Archives of Scotland

NAS is responsible for the collection, preservation and provision of access to Scotland's public and legal records. It also holds a large number of records of private businesses, organisations and individuals. These records, which date from the 12th century onwards are a key resource for Scottish history. The NAS website has an online searchable catalogue and guides to the collections.
www.nas.gov.uk

National Library of Scotland

An information treasure trove of Scotland's knowledge, history and culture, with books, manuscripts, moving images and maps covering every subject.
www.nls.uk

National Register of Archives

The National Register of Archives provides details of collections held across the United Kingdom which relate to British history. The NRA provides a searchable database of collections on corporate, family, personal or place name.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/

Old Maps

If you are researching family history or just like old maps you can search this database of maps dating from 1840 to 1948. It is run by the Landmark Information Group in a joint venture with Ordnance Survey and you can also buy maps.
www.old-maps.co.uk

Scotland's People

The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland. Containing nearly 40 million records, it's one of the world's largest resources of genealogical information and one of the largest single information resources on the web.
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Scottish Archive Network

SCAN is an online network of local authority, university, religious, business and private archives across Scotland. The site provides access to searchable catalogues of each participating archive including South Lanarkshire Council. SCAN also operates the Scottish Documents and Scottish Handwriting websites.
www.scan.org.uk

Scottish Documents

If you are researching your family history this site is invaluable. Scottish Documents offers free access to a fully searchable index of over 520,000 Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1500 to 1901. High quality colour digital images of documents cost £5 each.
www.scottishdocuments.com

Scottish screen archive

Scottish screen archive catalogue with film records and film clips can be browsed online.
www.ssa.nls.uk