Useful family history websites

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The Internet has many sites for family historians. We think you will find these sites useful, whether you are a beginner or a more experienced researcher in Scottish genealogy.

• Ancestry.com - website for family history records, free if your a Renfrewshire library member. (Find out how to get free access in the Local Studies Library)
• Commonwealth Graves Commission
• General Register Office for Scotland
• Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
• Renfrewshire Family History Society
• Scottish Catholic-heritage
• Scottish Genealogy Society
• Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
• Scotlandspeople - the official government source of genealogical data for Scotland
• The Association of Scottish Genealogists and Records Agents