Scotland Family History links

The Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society exists to assist and promote the study of genealogy and family history based on the North East corner of Scotland. This area covers the old counties of Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire and Morayshire.

The Alloway & Southern Ayrshire Family History Society.

The Anglo-Scottish Family History Society was formed in 1982 by members of the M&L FHS to assist in tracing their links back to Scottish origins. We have members in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We are full members of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies.

The Isle of Arran Museum. Within the new extension there will be computer access and microfiche readers to assist our visitors in tracing family history.

The East Ayrshire Family History Society was formed in 1997 and is named after the area in Ayrshire which was formed after the amalgamation of Kilmarnock & Loudoun District and Cumnock & Doon Valley District into one district in 1996.

The Borders Family History Society. This society covers family history in the Scottish Border counties of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire.

Buittle Parish, in Kirkcudbrightshire.

The Caithness Family History Society.

The Central Scotland Family History Society serves the needs of those interested in family history who lived in what was then Central Region. This means that as well as the old counties of Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and West Perthshire, the Society covers the parishes of Bo'ness and Carriden which were in West Lothian. While of particular value to people whose forebears come from these two parishes and from the villages and burghs of Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire and West Perthshire.

Crawford and Crawfordjohn Parishes in Lanarkshire.

The Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society was founded in 1987 to encourage the study of family history, genealogy and the local history of the South West of Scotland.

The Fife Family History Society. The purpose of the society is to join together people with a common interest, the research of their families of a bygone era, who lived and worked in The Kingdom (County) of Fife, Scotland.

Family History on the Fife Post.

The Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society was founded in 1977. We aim to promote the study of family history, particularly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, covering Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and Stirlingshire.

The Highland Family History Society.

Family History at the National Archives for Scotland.

Our Kirk family history spans three centuries and covers many areas of Scotland. The Scottish ancestors were mainly employed as gamekeepers, a tradition dating from at least the mid-1700's right through various family groups into the early 1900's.

Old Kirkcudbright. Family History & Genealogy Records.

The Lanarkshire Family History Society.

The Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society was formed in 1988 to promote the study of family history in Largs and in the surrounding parts of North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire comprises the area of Scotland corresponding to that of the former District of Cunningham in Strathclyde region, together with the islands of Arran and the two Cumbraes.

The Lothians Family History Society.

Family History 'related' to the Monikie area, the Stirling surname, and other items of interest.

The Orkney Family History Society.

The Renfrewshire Family History Society was founded in March 1999 and has Charitable status. It exists to promote the study of family history, based on the area covered by the old County of Renfrewshire.

The Scottish Genealogy Society.

The Shetland Family History Society.

The Tay Valley Family History Society was founded in 1980 and aims to promote the study of family history and genealogy throughout the Tay Valley, which includes the former counties of Angus, Fife, Kinross and Perthshire.

The Troon and Ayrshire Family History Society.

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