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Scotland, Scotland : Classification : Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps


Street directories, gazetteers and maps help locate where our ancestors lived and show the development through the years of the villages, towns and cities.

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Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:A vision of Britain through time.
Link:https://visionofbritain.org.uk/
Description:A vision of Britain from 1801 to now
Extra Info:Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:British History Online
Link:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Description:British History Online
Extra Info:A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
Link:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
Description:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894
Extra Info:Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards).
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Coal Mining History Resource Centre
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w...
Description:Coal Mining History Resource Centre
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Link:http://rumsey.geogarage.com
Description:David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, 1847
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/
Description:Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Extra Info:Many online maps, some as early as 1550.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Graham Maxwell Ancestry
Link:https://www.scottishindexes.com/
Description:Graham Maxwell Ancestry
Extra Info:Click on the Free Resources link
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Maps - Exploring Scotland's Historic Environment.
Link:https://pastmap.org.uk/
Description:Modern, Historic, Aerial and Data Maps of Scotland
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Maps to Treasure - Old Ordnance Survey Maps
Link:https://www.mapstotreasureuk.com/
Description:Commercial Reprints of Old Maps
Extra Info:Old Ordnance Survey maps and framed Victorian maps brought to you from Maps to Treasure
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK)
Extra Info:Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Link:https://maps.nls.uk/
Description:Online Maps for England, Scotland and Wales
Extra Info:Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Link:https://maps.nls.uk/
Description:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Extra Info:Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Link:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Description:Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax
Title:ScotlandsPlaces
Link:https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
Description:ScotlandsPlaces
Extra Info:ScotlandsPlaces is a website that allows users to search for resources by place. Includes historic tax rolls, gazetteers, official reports etc. Check 'Records' to see which records are online via the site.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Scottish Directories
Link:https://archive.org/details/scottishdirectories
Description:Scottish Directories on Internet Archive
Extra Info:A comprehensive set of scans of a variety of directories and gazetteers from Scotland
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records
Title:Scottish Records and Documents from British History Online
Link:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue/scotla...
Description:Scottish Records and Documents from British History Online
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland Updated from the 1859 Edition.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:GENUKI Country Page for Scotland
Link:https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
Description:General Information for Scotland

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