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West Lothian

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FAMILY NAMES

  • Lothians Family History Society
  • West Lothian Family History Society
  • West Lothian Surname List
  • Central Scotland Family History Society

    GOVERNMENT SITES

  • West Lothian Council

    HISTORY AND CULTURE

  • Ancient Lothian - website dedicated to the historic and prehistoric cultures of South-East Scotland.
  • FORTH RAIL BRIDGE - list of casualties during construction 1884-1892.
  • Queensferry History Group - a contact for local history and Forth Rail Bridge information.
  • Scottish tenement buildings HappyHaggis. Happy to Help.

    LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

  • BATHGATE - Bennie Museum - the museum of Bathgate's history and life.
  • West Lothian Council - libraries.
  • West Lothian - directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK providing information about the libraries and their holdings.

    LOCAL WEBSITES

  • LINLITHGOW - Story, general information and history.
  • UPHALL - On The Web, general information and 1841 & 1851 census.

    MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  • Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
  • Linlithgowshire - historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale.
  • Town Plan of Linlithgow - surveyed 1856.

    MILITARY

  • Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Borders & Lothian
  • UPHALL War Graves
  • WW2 Service Roll - names of those who served in the WWII Australian forces who were born in Uphall.
  • West Lothian Roll of Honour

    NEWSPAPERS

  • Linlithgow Gazette
  • West Lothian Courier

    OTHER BITS AND PIECES

  • Poorhouses in Scotland - Rhins of Galloway Combination & Wigtownshire Combination (Stranraer).
  • West Lothian Place Names - the official online edition of John Garth Wilkinson's West Lothian Place Names published here in association between Torphin House and CyberScotia.com
  • GENUKI's pages for West Lothian
  • West Lothian Parish and Probate Records
  • UK FreeCEN Project - West Lothian 1841 Census Project status page.
  • IGI Batch Numbers for West Lothian
  • Friendly Societies in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife - a guide to some aspects of the Self-help movement in the region.

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