Genealogy Chat

I have been given the names of a few of my husbands Scottish ansestors, going back to about 1700, but I do not have a lot of information apart from names can anyone point me in the right direction, is there a Scottish BMD? Sue.............

Start with Scots Origins which is a free site. When you have exhauseted that, use Scotlands People which is a pay for view site but is really excellent and very good value for money. gies you absolutely tons of information. Happy hunting Pam

Hi Sue as Pam says the best is Scotland' people, here are a few more http://www.cyndislist.*com/scotland.htm http://genforum.genealogy.*com/scotland/ http://www.ancestralscotland.*com/ http://www.sctbdm.*com/ Just out of interest, what areas will you be researching? Hope these are helpful but S.P. should be your first port of call and as Scottish certs have a lot more info on them than English/Welsh then you should get off to a good start good luck Christine

Another good site is genuki.org. All sorts of info in links.

Thanks for all your web sites, the area I am looking for is the Isle of Lewis. Sue...........

Sue have a look at this site. Bill and Chris Lawson have researched the genealogy of every household in the Outer Hebrides for the last two hundred years and are able to advise on what resources are available. http://www.seallam.*com/*coleisthu.htm Try this forum for Lewis http://genforum.genealogy.*com/scotland/isleoflewis/ Christine

Sue, I am also doing Lewis, what are your names? There is another site that gives the 1841 census for Lewis and this is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb(.)com/~relys4u If you have a problem getting there let me know. Christine, thanks for those sites relating to Lewis. I didn't know about them. Pam

Thanks Christine for those sites, and the email. Pam I have only just started looking into my husbands family but the names I am looking for are :- Morrison Murry Campbell Macleod McKenzie Maclean and Macdonald..I bet you are also researching these names as they are all clans...these all came fron Port of Ness area I believe, that is the northern part of Lewis, been over there a few times lovely island. Sue

I remember speaking to you before Sue. Memory like a sieve me! LOL. Yes you're right, I've got virtually all of those names in my tree. Must keep in touch incase we cross over sometime. Pam :-))