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Scotland General
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
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APPRENTICES
These records cover apprentices from all over Great Britain, including Scotland and Ireland.
The fiche are filed in England General.

Apprentices of Great Britain Series 1
Index to Apprentices 1710-1762
Index to Masters 1710-1762
fiche Gen 688-840

Vol 1 - 5      [A - Z]
Vol 6 - 10    [A - Z]
Vol 11 - 15  [A - Z]
Vol 16 - 20  [A - Z]
Vol 21 - 25  [A - Z]
Vol 26 - 30  [A - Z]
Vol 31 - 33  [A - Z]
fiche Gen 660-663
fiche Gen 664-667
fiche Gen 668-671
fiche Gen 672-675
fiche Gen 676-679
fiche Gen 680-684
fiche Gen 685-687
Appendix of Missing Apprentices [Series 1]
fiche Gen 841
Apprentices of Great Britain Series 2
Index to Apprentices 1762-1774
Index of Masters 1762-1774

fiche Gen 842-870
fiche Gen 871-874
Childrens Employment Commission -
Appendix to the Second Report of  The Commissioners - Trades & Manufacturers 1842
CD

ARMY   RECORDS
Over the centuries Scots men and women served in the British Army, both in Regiments formed in their native Scotland and those formed elsewhere.  
The library has a large collection of Army records, details of which can be found by following this link 
Several of our latest additions are listed below: -

Afghan War Medal Roll 1878-1880
Actual original Army records. Includes all regiments, casualties etc.National Archives,
Class WO100, piece numbers 51 to 54.
CD
Attestation & Discharge Index 1760-1840  [Includes Gordon Highlanders]
CD
China War Medal Roll 1857-1860
Actual original Army & Royal Naval records. Includes all regiments, ships, casualties etc.National Archives, Class WO100, piece numbers 40 to 41. [Army] National Archives, Class WO100,
piece numbers 31 to 34 [RN].
CD
Crimea War Medal Roll 1854-1855
Actual original Army records. Includes all regiments, casualties etc.WO 100/22-34.
National Army Museum, Chelsea & PRO Kew.   
CD
First Battalion Scots Guards in South Africa 1899-1902
CD
Index to Army of Reserve 1806
CD
Regimental Indexes 1st to 25th Regiments of Foot 1806
CD
Regimental Indexes 26th to 50th Regiments of Foot 1806
CD
Regimental Indexes Cavalry, Foot Guards & Waggon Train 1806
CD
Royal Scots Fusiliers [1st Foot] Militia Attestation 1887-1914
Majority of the men from Ayrshire Lanark, Wigtownshire and Renfrewshire.
CD
Royal Scots Regiment [1st Foot] Militia Attestations 1885-1905
People from all over England and Ireland as well as Scotland.
CD
Scotland’s Royal Garrison Artillery Militia Attestations Index
Edinburgh 1882-1915, Fife 1882-1911, Forfar & Kincardineshire 1881-1915,
South East Scotland 1877-1913 and West Scotland 1873-1911. People from all over England and Ireland
CD
Scotland’s Border Regiment [34th Foot] Militia Attestations 1890-1913
People from all over England and Ireland as well as Scotland.
CD

CEMETERIES

Inventory of Scottish Graveyards
Contains list of Scottish graveyards covering, County, Type, Denomination, OS grid reference,
Location of Nearest Street.

CD


CHURCH   RECORDS

Annals of the Disruption; with extracts from the narratives of Ministers who left the Scottish Establishment in 1843. 
Appendix 1. Disruption Ministers, surviving & deceased, p797-813 
Appendix 2. List of Disruption Manuscripts p814-815 
Appendix 4. Since the preceding list was drawn up as at 1st March 1890,
the following Ministers have died, p816; also the  following pre-disruption Ministers still survive,
the Names are given in the Order of their Ordination, p816-816a;  INDEX to Names of Persons & Places, p817-841.
Film Sct 3
The Irish Catholic Directors, Almanac & Registry 1889
Contents Include Scotch Register, p217.
Film ENG Iom3
Records of the Church of Scotland & other Presbyterian Churches
 fiche Sct 173-176

CIVIL  REGISTRATION

GRO [St Catherines House] Miscellaneous Indexes.
There are many Scottish entries in these records.
GRO CIVIL INDEXES
GRO MILITARY INDEXES
Consult English Catalogue for full listing of these Indexes
fiche

COURT   RECORDS

Court of SessionsSupplement List 1840 -1947 
fiche Sct 177-178
List of Cases for Trial at Glasgow Asssize Court Circuit.  Assizes for Lanarkshire,
Dunbartonshire and Renfrewhsire.  Spring Circuit May 1827 to Winter Circuit January 1835.
Films Sct 7 - 18
Decisions of the Court of Session 1781 -1822 – published by David Hume in 1839. A wonderful record of hundreds of court decisions involving people from all over Scotland.
CD
Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 1536 -1784
CD
List of Convicts held for transportation in the prison of Edinburgh 1852-1874
Includes the following information: -
Number, Name, Age, Crime, Where Tried, Sentence Details, Chaplains Remarks,
Whether Could Read & Write, Character, Health and Other Convictions.  NAS Ref: HH21/5/16
Film Sct 22

CRIMINAL   RECORDS

Hue and Cry and the Police Gazette  1797-1810
A police publication describing crimes committed, suspected persons, list of military deserters etc. Some issues list escaped prisoners from the Australian penal colonies.
Film Gen 10

Police Gazette or Hue and Cry  1828,  1830
As above. 1829 does not appear to have survivedNote: 1830 only goes up to 30th June.
Film Gen 11

Police Gazette or Hue and Cry  1831 - 1832
Film Gen 12
Police Gazette or Hue and Cry  1833 - 1835
Film Gen 13
Police Gazette or Hue and Cry  1836 - 1838
Note: 1836 only goes up to 29th June.
Film Gen 14
Police Gazette or Hue and Cry  1839 - 1840
Film Gen 15
The Deserter's Index
Index of men who were in the British Army, Marines or HEIC and deserted between 1828 -1840.
The information comes from the Hue & Cry Police Gazettes. Divided into England, Wales, Overseas, Scotland & Ireland.
CD

DIRECTORIES

1825 Pigot & Co Directory of Scotland
CD
1865 Ecclesiastical Directory of Scotland
Including Church of Scotland, Free Church, Missionaries [Free], Presbyterian Church in England, Baptists, Wesleyan, Episcopal, Roman Catholics and others
CD
1872 Directory of Scotland
fiche Sct 182-191
1915 Directory of Scotland [Private Residents & Trades]
Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection
fiche Sct 419-425

FAMILY   HISTORIES

A Calder Family of the Scottish Borders [1995 Edition]
fiche Sct 179-181
A History of the House of Douglas - Volume 1
CD
A History of the House of Douglas - Volume 2
CD

FAMILY HISTORY  SOCIETIES

Central Scotland FHS – Members Interests
fiche Sct 239
Central Scotland FHS Members Interests 2000
fiche Sct 241
Tay Valley FHS Members Interests 1998
fiche Ans 9-11
Tay Valley FHS Pedigree Charts Index 1999
fiche Sct 240
Tay Valley FHS Family Group Sheets Index 2000
fiche Sct 365-367
Tay Valley FHS Membership List 2001
fiche Sct 368
Tay Valley FHS Members Interests
fiche Sct 369
Tay Valley FHS Membership List 2003
fiche Sct 375
Tay Valley FHS Membership List 2004
fiche Sct 376

GAZETTEERS

Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland - [6 volumes] 
together with additional material and  indexes. 

CD

Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
CD

INTERNATIONAL   GENEALOGICAL  INDEX  (IGI)   &  ALLIED  INDEXES
Follow this link for a listing of our holdings of these records

International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1988 & 1992
fiche
Old Parish Registers (OPRs) Christenings for Church of Scotland
fiche
Old Parish Registers (OPRs) Marriages for Church of Scotland
fiche
Old Parish Registers (OPRs) 1993 Addenda Christenings & Marriages for Church of Scotland
fiche

IMMIGRATION  &  SHIPPING
Register of New Zealand Immigrants of Scottish Birth arriving before 1/1/1921 [Vol 1] Part 1
fiche Sct 242-364
Register of New Zealand Immigrants of Scottish Birth arriving before 1/1/1921 [Vol 1] Part 2
fiche Sct 377-416
Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada
CD


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