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Government in Scotland

• Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Government
• Scottish Government - Statistics
• Scottish Government - ScotStat
• SCROL (Scotland's Census Results Online)
• National Archives of Scotland
• The Court of the Lord Lyon
• The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (list of all Scottish Local Authorites)
• Scottish Assessors' Portal (council tax bands and rateable values)

Government in rest of United Kingdom (UK)

• Directgov (general information on government services)
• Office for National Statistics (population and vital statistics, England & Wales; social and economic statistics, UK)
• General Register Office (births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales)
• Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 
• Home Office Identity Fraud Steering Committee
• Home Office Identity and Passport Service (UK Passports)
• Home Office Identity and Passport Service (Identity Cards)
• The National Archives  (historical records in England and Wales)
• Ordnance Survey (geographical data, UK)

Statistics UK

• UK Statistics Authority
• 2001 Census of Population Programme
• Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research
• Scottish Public Health Observatory
• Histpop (historical census and demographic reports)

Statistics worldwide

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Demographie at Humboldt University, Berlin
• Statistics Canada 
• EUROSTAT (Statistical Office of the European Union)
• Central Statistics Office, Republic of Ireland
• Korea National Statistical Office
• Statistics New Zealand
• Queensland Government Office of Economic and Statistical Research
• United Nations Statistics Division
• US Census Bureau
• National Center for Health Statistics (USA) 

International Organisations

• UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) 
• World Health Organisation

Genealogical

• Ancestorsonboard
• AncestralScotland.com
• FamilyRecords.gov.uk
• GENUKI (UK & Ireland Genealogy)
• General Register Office (Northern Ireland)
• General Register Office (Republic of Ireland)
• Scotclan
• ScotlandsPeople
• ScotlandsPeople Centre 
• Scottish Archive Network
• Scottish Association of Family History Societies
• Scottish Genealogy Society

Registration of births etc.

• The Scottish way of birth and death: from the records of the Registrar General for Scotland, 1855-1939 (a project by the Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow)
• All Babynames
• Muslim Baby Names
• Baby Names (Russian)
• Baby Names Country
• Sure Baby
• Parentzone
• The Parents' Centre (England)
• Think! Baby Names 
• Tigerchild
• Your Scottish Wedding (Luath Press website)
• Guides for Brides