General

Archives & libraries

A2A - Access to Archives Home
National Library of Scotland
SCOTLANDSPEOPLE.GOV
Scottish Archive Network (SCAN)
SCOTTISH DOCUMENTS
Strathclyde Regional Archives
The National Archives Catalogue
General Register Office for Scotland - Responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces, and adoptions.
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Welcome

Birth Caculator

Birth Date Calculator

Border Marriages

General Register Office for Scotland - Leaflet - Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages

Cemeteries

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Search
GENUKI - Home page (with numerous surname indexes)

Census

1851 Census - 3 counties
1901 Census index - Royal Navy Ships
Census - Indexes - I851 (partial - 64k names)
Census - var. Co.'s 1841
Census, cemeteries records, etc. - Indexes
FreeCEN Scot.- Search
GENUKI - Home page (with numerous surname indexes)
Merchant Shipping - 1861 & 1871 Census at FreeCen
Rootsweb.com - UK & Ireland indexes
Scotland 1851 Census - Nat'l - part.
ScotlandsPeople
Scottish Strays in 1851 Census in England

Church records

Church records - Indexes CMBs
Church records - Indexes Scottish Stray marriages in England
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae - List of Ministers
GENUKI - Home page (with numerous surname indexes)
GRO Scotland - Leaflet - Irregular Border & Runaway Marriages
Hugh Wallis' Website - IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America
IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America
ScotlandsPeople
Statistical Accounts of Scotland EDINA
United Kingdom and Ireland Records

Civil registration

findmypast.com Search Birth, Marriage and Death records 1837 - 2004
GRO Scotland - Leaflet - Irregular Border & Runaway Marriages
Marriages at Sea
Scotland - Civil Registration - Indexes (BDMs)
ScotlandsPeople

Dictionaries

Dictionary of the Scots Language
Oxford English Dictionary online

Directories

Edinburgh 1823-24
Glasgow 1889

Emigration & Immigration

ancestorsonboard.com - A journey of discovery
Ancestry.com - Search Immigration Records
Castle Garden
EllisIsland.org
Emigration to Australia 1852-57 online
Findmypast - Immigration
Great Britain - Immigration & emigration - Indexes Brits in S. America
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Scottish Emigration Database

Encyclopedia

Encyclopaedia Britannica

FAVORITES

A2A - Access to Archives Home
Alanmann.com Internet Resources - English Genealogy
Burke's Peerage
Castle Garden NY 1820-1891
Commonwealth Wargraves Commission - Soldiers srch
Cyndi's List of Scottish Genealogy Sites
EllisIsland .org - 1892-1924
FamilySearch - Search
Findmypast - Immigration
GENUKI - Home page (with numerous surname indexes)
Hugh Wallis' Website - IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America
IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Rootsweb.com - UK & Ireland indexes
Scotland BDMs   -  Welcome to the Births Deaths and Marriages Exchange for Scotland.
ScotlandsPeople
Scottish in England
The National Archives' Catalogue
The Origins Network - Genealogy Research online specializing in British & Irish genealogy search
VisionofBritain - Scot Ordn. Gazetteer

Gazetteers

A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland - Lewis
Gazetteer - Scottish Towns, Villages, Places, People, Families
Gazetteer of Scottish Places
www.scotlandsfamily.com/gazetteer.htm
UK Placename Finder
Vision of Britain

Genealogy

www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland  -   This is collection of resources designed to assist those wishing to trace their Scottish Ancestry.
Open Directory Project - Scottish Clans
Genealogy - Indexes - Scottish Genealogy Databasess
Gentleman's Magazine Search
Origins.net - website
Scotland Record Sources - online
Scottish Cemetery Records
Statistical Accounts of Scotland
www.talkingscot.com/  -  A meeting place for people with an interest in Scottish genealogy, history and culture.
 

Handbooks

Chronology - Useful dates in British history
GRO Scotland - Leaflet - Irregular Border & Runaway Marriages
Scottish Archive Network Research Tools
Scottish Documents website
The National Archives - Research Guides- A to Z

Heraldry

Burke's Peerage
Genealogy - Indexes - Scottish clans, genealogy & family history
House of Tartan
Scotland Countryhouses database 
thePeerage.com

Maps

Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Digital Library - National Library of Scotland
Ordnance Survey Scottish towns, 1847-1895
Early Scottish Maritime Exchange - ESME
Lloyds Ship Reigster index
 

Military records

Age of Nelson
British Battles - analysing and documenting British Battles from the previous centuries
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
GENUKI Church recs, census, MIs., Military, etc.
Military Highland Regimentss
Military records - Indexes - The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Reg.)
NAVAL OFFICERS of 1849
Newspapers - Indexes (Edinburgh Gazette)Regiments.Org
The National Archives Trafalgar ancestors
The Scottish Regiments - histories
WW II Unit Histories & Officers

Newspapers

Gentleman's Magazine Search
Newspapers - Indexes (Edinburgh Gazette)

Nobility

Burke's Peerage
Nobility - Indexes - House of Tartan
Nobility - Indexes - The Country House Database
thePeerage.com

Occupations

Coal Mining History Resource Centre
Scottish Mining Villages
Scottish Ministers Index - fasti ecclesea

Paleographyy

Dictionary of the Scots Language
Old handwriting deciphering old handwriting in genealogy

Poorlaw, workhouses, etc

www.workhouses.org.uk

Probate records

Commissariot Courts - indexes to 5 courts
ScotlandsPeople
ScotsFind Scottish Genealogy

The Websites below come from an internet archive call the WayBack Machine

Scottish Cemetery Records
Scottish Census Records
ScottishClans, Genealogy & Irish Fam Hist
Genealogy - Indexes - Scottish clans, genealogy & family history
Merchant marine - Census - Indexes 1861 and 1871