Useful sources in researching the stories of the ancestors and descendants of William Roy I and Margaret Campbell.
I add sources here as I write posts, so this page is constantly evolving.
Books - general
- National Records of Scotland, Tracing your Scottish Ancestors: The Official Guide, 7th edn, Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh, 2021.
Births, baptisms, deaths and marriages
- Scotland's People: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
- South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc., South Australian Marriages: Index of Registrations 1917 to 1937
Migration
- Applications for Assisted Passage, 1911-1917 (GRG7/2), State Records of South Australia.
- John Gray Centre, ‘A brief history of emigration & immigration in Scotland: research guide 2’, https://www.johngraycentre.org/about/archives/brief-history-emigration-immigration-scotland-research-guide-2/.
- UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890–1960, https://Ancestry.com
Censuses
- Scotland's People: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Maps
- National Library of Scotland: https://maps.nls.uk/
Newspapers
- British Newspaper Archive - subscription website: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Places - general
- Statistical Accounts: https://stataccscot.edina.ac.uk/static/statacc/dist/home
Places - Glasgow
- Nenadic, Stana, ‘Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914: Everyday Life’, The Glasgow Story, https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSDA
Military records
- Militia Attestation Papers: National Archives, UK, WO 100/334, WO 96/731: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14304
Scots language
- Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd, 2004, https://www.dsl.ac.uk/
