Births and baptisms are the records that help you establish the date of birth of an individual. Prior to the start of civil registration there were only parish records. For dates after the start of civil registration it is often worth tracking down both a birth registration and the parish records as they both contain useful information.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.org/ |
| Description: | Internet Archive |
| Extra Info: | Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British men and women who were born, married or died in Malta. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Bunkle, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20090830193338/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Bunkle, Berwickshire , Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Baptisms, 1788, 1790, 1792 and 1844. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Deaths, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Channelkirk, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091022075112/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Baptisms mainly for surnames A-C. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Chirnside, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091022030431/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Chirnside, Berwickshire, Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Selected records only. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Cockurnspath, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091022141008/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Cockurnspath, Berwickshire, Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Selected baptisms and marriage banns only. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Coldingham, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091022075112/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Selected baptisms only. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Legerwood, Berwickshire |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091022074633/http://g... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Legerwood, Berwickshire, Extracts |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that no longer exists. Selected baptisms and marriage banns only. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Certificate Exchange, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Scotland BDM Exchange |
| Link: | https://sctbdm.com |
| Description: | Scotland BDM Exchange - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Baptisms, Burials, Banns |
| Extra Info: | Easy to search. |
| 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, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Scottish Borders Birth, Marriage and Death Records |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20090729001511/http://g... |
| Description: | Scottish Borders Birth, Marriage and Death Records |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
| 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: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree |
| Link: | https://www.scottishindexes.com/ |
| Description: | Non-OPR Births/Baptisms, Banns/Marriages and Deaths/Burials, 1841, 1851, 1861 Census Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Full details of the coverage can be found on their Record Sets page. |
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