PRE-REFORMATION
(1) A Corpus of Scottish Medieval Parish Churches, The Arts & Humanities Research Council, University of St Andrews, 2008
https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/corpusofscottishchurches/sites.php
(2) An Atlas of Scottish History to 1707, Edited by Peter G. B. McNeill and Hector L. MacQueen, The Scottish Medievalists and Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1996
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
(3) The Parishes of Medieval Scotland, Ian B. Cowan, Ph.D., Scottish Record Society, Vol. 93, Edinburgh, 1967
https://electricscotland.com/webclans/TheParishesOfMedievalScotland.pdf
POST-REFORMATION
Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, The Succession of Ministers in The Church of Scotland from the Reformation, by Hew Scott, D.D., Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1928
https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc05scot
PAROCHIAL OVERVIEW
Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, The Succession of Ministers in The Church of Scotland from the Reformation, by Hew Scott, D.D., Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1928
https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc05scot
OPR and RD Numbers
Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland
https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20240326182508/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/statutory-registers/registration-districts
1) The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, John Marius Wilson, 1867
https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft/page/n13/mode/2up
2) Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, Francis Groome, 1901
https://archive.org/details/ordnancegazett1901groo.pdf
3) Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Samuel Lewis, 1846
Vol 1: https://archive.org/details/topographicaldv100lewi/page/n5/mode/2up
1846-topographical dictionary-lewis-vol1.pdf
Vol 2: https://archive.org/details/topographicaldv200lewi/page/n5/mode/2up
1846-topographical dictionary-lewis-vol2.pdf
1) New Statistical Account of Scotland, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
See: Links to Multi-Volume Publications
2) Boundaries Scotland, Local government in Scotland: before 1975
www.boundaries.scot
3) Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, New Local Government Areas
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/pdfs/ukpga_19730065_en.pdf
4) Scottish Counties and Parishes: Legislation affecting parishes in the 18th and 20th centuries
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/boundaries/legislation.html
5) Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/19-20/25/pdfs/ukpga_19290025_en.pdf
6) List of local government areas in Scotland (1930-1975)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_local_government_areas_in_Scotland_(1930–1975)
1) New Statistical Account of Scotland, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
See: Links to Multi-Volume Publications
2) Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Samuel Lewis, 1846
Vol 1: https://archive.org/details/topographicaldv100lewi/page/n5/mode/2up
1846-topographical dictionary-lewis-vol1.pdf
Vol 2: https://archive.org/details/topographicaldv200lewi/page/n5/mode/2up
1846-topographical dictionary-lewis-vol2.pdf
New Statistical Account of Scotland, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
See: Links to Multi-Volume Publications
1) Boundaries of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local government (Scotland) act, 1889, Hay Shennan, Edinburgh, W. Green, 1892
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_meygAAAAMAAJ
2) Boundaries Scotland, Local government in Scotland: before 1975
www.boundaries.scot
3) Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The National Archives.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/contents
4) Ordnance Gazeteer of Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome, London, W. Mackenzie, 1901
https://archive.org/details/ordnancegazett1901groo.pdf
Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland, Edinburgh: Printed by Murray and Gibb. For the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1872
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/cmpjxwn2/detailed-list-of-old-parochial-registers-of-scotland.pdf
1) Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland, January 2009
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/1fgj00sr/parishes-and-registration-districts-by-name.pdf
2) Community Councils | Find a Community Council
https://www.communitycouncils.scot/community-council-finder
1) Scottish Population Statistics including Webster's Analysis of Population 1755, Edited by James Gray Kyd, 1952.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/media/pjnjz0wk/websters-census-of-1755-scottish-population-statistics.pdf
2) Enumeration of the Inhabitants of Scotland, Taken from the Government Abstracts of 1801, 1811, 1821. James Lumsden & Son, 1823.
https://archive.org/details/enumerationofinh00jame/page/n5/mode/2up
3) Census of Scotland - 1861 Population Tables and Report, Scotland Census Office, 1862.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008879851
4) Census of Scotland, 1911. Report on the Twelfth Decennial Census of Scotland. Volume II. 1913.
https://archive.org/details/b32177264_0004
5) Statistical Account of Scotland, 1791-1799
6) New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1841-1845
1881 Scotland Census
https://britishsurnames.co.uk/1881census
1) Shennan, Hay, Boundaries of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local government (Scotland) act, 1889, Edinburgh, W. Green, 1892
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_meygAAAAMAAJ
2) New Statistical Account of Scotland, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
See: Links to Multi-Volume Publications
Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, The Succession of Ministers in The Church of Scotland from the Reformation, by Hew Scott, D.D., Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1928
https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc05scot
(Old) Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, Bart., Edinburgh: Printed and Sold by William Creech
See: Links to Multi-Volume Publications
Three sources are listed for each volume, since some sites are easier to navigate than others, and some scans are easier to read than others.
» To determine the volume and page number for a particular parish, see:
Alphabetical list of parishes, for volume and page number in which their articles are contained.
» To view contents of each volume, in order of publication, see:
Old Statistical Account of Scotland Volume Contents
New Statistical Account of Scotland Volume Contents
Note: The following site is extremely useful for defining archaic words found in the articles published in these volumes.
Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Old Statistical Account (OSA) Volumes 1-20, Published 1791-1799
New Statistical Account (NSA) Volumes 1-15, Published 1841-1845