Scotland's county boundaries were changed in several shakes-up between 1965 and the present day. Given that genealogists deal in historical documents, counties listed here are the Real Counties (or Geographical Counties), predating 1965 and including those subsumed into other existing counties. There are also Administrative Counties, Judicial Counties, and Ceremonial Counties. Check under Britain for those.

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• GENERAL
  • National Library of Scotland: https://digital.nls.uk/gallery/ has a huge array of resources.
  • National Records of Scotland, https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk
  • National Records of Scotland, Register of Corrected Entries: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/birth-death-and-marriage-records/register-of-corrected-entries/rce-deaths
  • Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History https://www.oldscottish.com/
  • Parish Mouse https://www.parishmouse.co.uk
  • The Royal Scots https://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/
  • Scotland’s Criminal Database https://www.scottishindexes.com/scotlandscriminaldatabase.aspx
  • Scotland’s Historic Environment https://canmore.org.uk
  • Scotland’s People: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
  • Scotland’s People Image Library: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/image-library?utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotlandspeople.gov.uk%2Fimage-library&utm_campaign=ScotlandsPeople%20newsletter%20November%202020&utm_source=Newsletters
  • Scotland Personal Names https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Scotland_Personal_Names
  • Scotland Poor Law Records www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/topics/poorrelief.htm
  • Scotland Records: http://www.scottishindexes.com/
  • The Scottish Association of Family History: https://www.safhs.org.uk/index.php
  • Scottish Indexes. Contains a whole array of records sets, including criminal, mental health, Sasines… https://www.scottishindexes.com/default.aspx
  • Scottish Mining: http://scottishmining.co.uk
  • University of Glasgow gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archives
• ABERDEENSHIRE
• ANGUS
• ARGYLLSHIRE
  • Inverary Jail Prisoners, 1820–1889 www.inverarayjail.co.uk/our-history/
• AYRSHIRE
• BANFFSHIRE
• BERWICKSHIRE
• BUTESHIRE
• CAITHNESS
• CLACKMANNANSHIRE
• CROMARTYSHIRE: ROSS-SHIRE
• DUMFRIESSHIRE
• DUNBARTONSHIRE
• EAST LOTHIAN
• FIFE
• INVERNESS-SHIRE
• KINCARDINESHIRE
• KINROSS-SHIRE
• KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE
• LANARKSHIRE
• Glasgow Family History https://www.glasgowfamilyhistory.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
• MIDLOTHIAN
• MORAYSHIRE
• NAIRNSHIRE
• ORKNEY
• PEEBLESSHIRE
• PERTHSHIRE
• RENFREWSHIRE
  • Inverclyde Archives https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage-services/collections/watt-library/family-history
• ROSS-SHIRE: CROMARTYSHIRE
• ROXBURGHSHIRE
• SELKIRKSHIRE
• SHETLAND
  • North Isles Family History https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/
  • Shetland Family History Society https://www.shetland-fhs.org.uk
• STIRLINGSHIRE
• SUTHERLAND
• WEST LOTHIAN
• WIGTOWN