West Lothian, Scotland : All Classifications
WLN Map by kind permission of GENUKI
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Census On-Line. 1911 Summary books |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | UK Census collection for England, Wales, Scotland & the Channel Islands for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Probate Records  |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland: Parish and Probate Records |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | 192.com People Finder |
| Link: | g(18973638)a(1850611) "192.com People Finder") |
| Description: | 1861 Census, GRO BMD index 1837-2004, Electoral Rolls & Business Directories. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | All at Sea Website |
| Link: | http://www.allatsea.co.za/ |
| Description: | All at Sea Website, Including Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Memorials |
| Classification: | Census, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Ancestry's Scotland Data  |
| Link: | Ancestry's Scotland Data |
| Description: | Ancestry's Scotland Data Collection |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1861-1901 Censuses; Scottish Covenanters Index; Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857; Various wills |
| Classification: | Parish Records |
| Title: | Ancestry's West Lothian Data  |
| Link: | Ancestry's West Lothian Data |
| Description: | Ancestry's West Lothian Data Collection |
| Extra Info: | Includes Extracted Parish Records |
| Classification: | Deaths, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Armed Forces Memorial |
| Link: | http://www.veterans-uk.info/afm/ |
| Description: | Armed Forces Memorial |
| Extra Info: | Searchable database of members of the armed forces that have been killed since WW2. Includes birth date and location. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records |
| Title: | ARTHUR Family Register |
| Link: | http://www.ramsdale.org/ |
| Description: | ARTHUR Family Register |
| Classification: | Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BAIRD's of Scotland |
| Link: | http://www.bairdnet.com |
| Description: | BAIRD's of Scotland |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burial Plots, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records |
| Title: | BLAIR Genealogy and Searchable Database |
| Link: | http://blairgenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | BLAIR Genealogy and Searchable Database |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Link: | http://www.bacsa.org.uk/ |
| Description: | British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia |
| Extra Info: | Click on BACSA projects for some transcriptions. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries |
| Title: | British Newspapers 1800-1900 |
| Link: | http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ |
| Description: | British Newspapers 1800-1900 |
| Extra Info: | Birth, marriage and death announcements. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | British War Memorial Project |
| Link: | http://www.britishwargraves.co.uk |
| Description: | British War Memorial Project |
| Extra Info: | British War Grave Photographs. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Certificate Exchange, National |
| Title: | Certificate Exchange |
| Link: | http://www.certificate-exchange.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Certificate Exchange for B, M, D and Adoption Certificates |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Link: | http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/home/ |
| Description: | National Database of Mining Deaths and Injuries, plus other information. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
| Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations |
| Title: | Deceased Online |
| Link: | https://www.deceasedonline.com/ |
| Description: | Deceased Online - The Central Database for Burials and Cremations |
| Extra Info: | Check the database coverage pages to see what is included. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Se... |
| Description: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index, 1514-1858 |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for index.This index contains 31,000 entries of wills and letters of administration, compiled from the London Diocesan Court registers,1514-1858. Some people from the East India Company. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Vol 3  |
| Link: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 3 |
| Description: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 3 |
| Extra Info: | This volume has been compiled from Scottish newspapers and magazines. Mainly birth, marriage and death announcements. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Vol 4  |
| Link: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 4 |
| Description: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 Volume 4 |
| Extra Info: | This volume is compiled from the Scots who died in North America, but whom, instead of registering their testaments in Edinburgh, registered them with the prerogative court in Canterbury. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | DUN and DUNN Families of Scotland |
| Link: | http://www.dun.org.uk/ |
| Description: | DUN and DUNN Families of Scotland |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family History Books via Family Search - BETA |
| Link: | http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb... |
| Description: | Family History Books via Family Search |
| Extra Info: | More than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. Read online for free. Includes some parish register transcripts. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | Family Search |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Family Search |
| Extra Info: | 1881 census and home of the IGI from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. More indexes are becoming available regularly. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - Scottish Data |
| Extra Info: | Check the coverage for areas covered so far. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | For the Fallen: British and Commonwealth War Memorials and War Graves |
| Link: | http://www.forthefallen.co.uk/ |
| Description: | For the Fallen: British and Commonwealth War Memorials and War Graves |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | FreeCen Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | A 'free-to-view' online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns. |
| Classification: | Census, One Name Study |
| Title: | GINGELL One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.gingell.com/ |
| Description: | GINGELL One Name Study |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Gravestone Photgraphs |
| Link: | http://www.gravestonephotos.com/ |
| Description: | Gravestone Photgraphs |
| Extra Info: | A great free resource which aims to collect many more photograps and details. Includes a surname search to help find your ancestors. Have you got any gravestone photographs that you could contribute? |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | HALSTED One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.halsted.org.uk/ |
| Description: | HALSTED One Name Study |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, One Name Study, Parish Records |
| Title: | HEWITSON One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.johnstark.org/fh/hewitson/hewitsonframe... |
| Description: | HEWITSON One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Also includes the variants Hewartson, Hewertson, Hewetson, Hewison, Huitson. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Link: | http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Extra Info: | Searchable database and also records/files to download. |
| Classification: | Marriages, One Name Study |
| Title: | KENNEDY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.kennedydna.com/ |
| Description: | KENNEDY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Online searchable marriage index. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/ |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | British men and women who were born, married or died in Malta. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Memento Mori - Scottish Cemeteries |
| Link: | http://www.memento-mori.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Memento Mori - Scottish Cemeteries |
| Extra Info: | Although there is no search for all cemeteries at once, each cemetery has an alphabetical list of graves. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills of Royal Navy Seamen 1786 -1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, death duty registers 1796-1811 and wills of Royal Navy seamen 1786-1882. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register  |
| Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Newspaper Indexes from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland |
| Link: | http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/newspapers/ |
| Description: | Newspaper Indexes from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland |
| Extra Info: | Also includes Birth and Marriage announcements |
| Classification: | Obituaries, National |
| Title: | NewspaperArchive.com |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | NewspaperARCHIVE.com is the world's largest online newspaper archive |
| Extra Info: | Pay per view site, click on browse newspapers then UK map to see which newspapers and publications are included. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 1 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto02so... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 1 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Aaron through Chynt. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 2 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto145m... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 2 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Cibber through Fyttz. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 3 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto00so... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 3 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Gaasbeeck through Kytson. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 4 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto147m... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 4 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Labalye through Payzant. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 5 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto148m... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 5 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Peach through Staynoe. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 Vol. 6 (comp. by Sir William Musgrave) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/obituarypriorto01so... |
| Description: | Obituaries Index Prior to 1800 (compiled by Sir William Musgrave) Vol. 6 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. A list of names found in obituaries with details of the source. Surnames Stead through Yvounet. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Includes full images of many books of transcribed parish registers. Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Torphichen  |
| Link: | Parish Registers of Torphichen |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Torphichen |
| Extra Info: | Registers1673-1714. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Torphichen |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/scottishrectorph40s... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Torphichen |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Registers 1673-1714, of baptisms, proclamations, marriages and mortcloth dues. |
| Classification: | Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour |
| Classification: | Births |
| Title: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950  |
| Link: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Description: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Extra Info: | For many lists date of birth and address and occupation. |
| Classification: | Obituaries |
| Title: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Link: | http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Royal College of Physicians |
| Extra Info: | Click on resources, library, then for historians and researchers for the Munk's Roll, a list of obituaries of past fellows. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Certificate Exchange, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Scotland BDM Exchange |
| Link: | http://www.sctbdm.com/index.php |
| Description: | Scotland BDM Exchange - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Baptisms, Burials, Banns |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Scotland's People |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Scotland's People |
| Extra Info: | Official Government Source of genealogical data for Scotland. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Scottish Genealogy Databases |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20080602101740/http://w... |
| Description: | Scottish Genealogy Databases |
| Extra Info: | The site is no longer running but is archived. Also includes surname specific databases. If the site doesn't load clicking on the word impatient often works. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Scottish National War Memorial |
| Link: | http://www.snwm.org/ |
| Description: | Scottish National War Memorial |
| Classification: | Marriages |
| Title: | Scottish Strays Marriage Index |
| Link: | http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Scottish Strays Marriage Index |
| Extra Info: | Click on Anglo-Scottish group. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
| Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes extracts from civil registration, parish records and marriage licences. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, National |
| Title: | The National Archives |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
| Description: | Explore over 1,000 Years of History from Domesday to the Present Day |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives DocumentsOnline Seamen's wills |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
| Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/RAF41Sqdn.htm |
| Description: | The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF 1939-1945 |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
| Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
| Classification: | Marriages |
| Title: | The Ships List Website |
| Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
| Description: | The Ships List Website |
| Extra Info: | Also includes some marriages at sea. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
| Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland.. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | UK National Inventory of War Memorials |
| Link: | http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/ |
| Extra Info: | This site does not list every person mentioned on the memorials, however it does list individual memorials with details and sometimes photographs. |
| Classification: | Census, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Uphall Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.uphall.org/ |
| Description: | Uphall Village Website |
| Extra Info: | Uphall was once known as Strathbrock. |
| Classification: | Deaths |
| Title: | US National Archives |
| Link: | http://www.archives.gov/ |
| Extra Info: | Click on start your research, then access to archival databases(AAD). Includes Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Death Records, 1906 - 1991, with English, England, Wales, British, Britain, Scotland, Ireland listed as nationalities. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including memorials, easy to search. |
| Classification: | Census |
| Title: | Workhouse Website |
| Link: | http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ |
| Description: | A Site Dedicated to the Workhouse includes Census Records |
| Extra Info: | The search facility is a useful starting place when trying to locate missing ancestors. |
| Classification: | War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
| Link: | http://www.combinedops.com/ |
| Description: | WW2 Combined Operations Website |
| Classification: | Census, General, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | GENUKI County page for West Lothian |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/WLN/ |
| Description: | General information for West Lothian |
| Classification: | Certificate Ordering - Local BMD, Certificate Ordering - GRO BMD |
| Title: | Antony Lambert's C5D (Certificates in 5 Days) |
| Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/ |
| Description: | C5D (Certificates in 5 Days) from Antony Lambert |
| Extra Info: | Certificate ordering for copy certificates for both local register office and GRO. |
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