Scottish History and Genealogy Links
My Scots-related Pages:

Tribute to the Isle of Lismore

A Fine Light:  The Hebrides

Echoes from the Past

Carmichael Passengers on the Jupiter of Lorne

Stewartsville & McCormick Cemeteries, Scotland Co., NC

Celtic & Scots-Irish Heritage

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My Carmichael and McCormick ancestors emigrated to North Carolina in the 1700's, from the Isle of Lismore, Appin, Argylle, Scotland.  They were the first families I researched after becoming interested in genealogy.  Although I've researched many other family lines since that time--Irish, English, Welsh and Swiss--these Scottish families and their home in the Highlands hold an especially dear place in my heart.  I hope some of the genealogy websites represented by the links below will help in the search for your Scottish roots and the history sites will give you an enriched understanding of the lives our ancestors left behind.

The links are in no particular order.  As far as I know, except where noted, all of these websites are available without payment or subscription.  If you run across a link that's no longer valid, I'd appreciate a quick note to let me know.  Enjoy!
Nancy Brister
Research Sources in Scottish Genealogy from U.S. Library of Congress

National Archives of Scotland


Scotland Internet, directory of Scottish sites organized by subject

Scottish History Online

History of the Scottish Clans

GENUKI: Scotland


General Register Office of Scotland

List of UK Search Engines
(Google UK has the ability to restrict searches to only pages relevant to the UK.)

Scottish Americans

Scotland Births/Deaths/Marriages Exchange


The Clearances.org

Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild:  Scotland

John Fuller's Scotland Mailing Lists:  Scotland

All Scotland:  Passenger Lists


Gaelic Dictionaries Online


BBC:  Scottish Roots

BBC:  Scotland on Film

Scottish Families & History


U.S. Scots Online

Scots to Colonial North Carolina before 1775

Scottish Military Historical Society

Online Scottish Names Directory

Genmaps:  Scotland


Historical Maps of Scotland


Rampant Scotland's Genealogy Directory


Scottish Timeline


Links to Scottish History Sites

Census Online:  Scotland


Scottish Census Records


Ancestral Scotland


Scottish Placenames Around the World

National Library of Scotland

Scottish Genealogy Society

The Rise and Fall of the Jacobite Rebellion

Gazetteer for Scotland

Vintage Postcards of the UK

Language & Literature of Scotland

Scottish Corpus of Text & Speech

Scottish Name Resources


Scottish First Names

Scottish Archive Network


16th & 17th Century Scottish Wills

Scottish Recipes

Search for your Tartan

Historic Scotland


The National Trust

Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

Historic Buildings and Monuments

Virtual Hebrides

The Appin Stewarts


Isle of Lismore Community Website

Origins Network (some info is available to everyone, most is by subscription)