Location Field Guidelines
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This is the Location Field Guidelines for the Scotland Project
Please match the selected Location to the period of research.
Historical Locations
Location Field Guidelines for the historical Kingdom of Alba and Kingdom of Scotland
| c.850 - 1231 - Provinces and Mormaerdoms
| 1231 - 1470
| Counties from 1471 - 1927
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Mormaerdom of Mar
(established prior to 1131) | Earldom of Mar | Aberdeenshire
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Mormaerdom of Angus
(established prior to 937) | Earldom of Findlater | Forfarshire
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| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | Earldom of Argyll | Argyll
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| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | Earldom of Carrick | Ayrshire
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| Mormaerdom of Galloway (Southern) | Earldom of Carrick | Ayrshire
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| Mormaerdom of Buchan | Earldom of Buchan | Banffshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Berwickshire
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| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | Marquisate of Bute | Buteshire
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| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | Earldom of Arran | Buteshire
|
Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Earldom of Caithness
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Caithness
(under Kingdom of Scotland)
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| . | | Clackmannanshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Dumfriesshire
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| Mormaerdom of Lennox | | Dunbartonshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Haddingtonshire
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| Mormaerdom of Fife | Earldom of Fife | Fife
|
Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | | Inverness-shire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Kincardineshire
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| . | | Kinross-shire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Kirkcudbrightshire
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| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | | Lanarkshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Edinburghshire
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| Mormaerdom of Moray | Earldom of Moray | Elginshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Nairnshire
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Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Earldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Orkney
(under Kingdom of Scotland)
|
| Kingdom of Alba | | Peeblesshire
|
| Mormaerdom of Atholl (Northern) | Earldom of Atholl | Perthshire
|
| Mormaerdom of Menteith | Earldom of Menteith | Perthshire
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| Mormaerdom of Strathearn | Earldom of Strathearn | Perthshire
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| Mormaerdom of Mearns | | Renfrewshire
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Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | | Cromartyshire
|
| Mormaerdom of Ross | Earldom of Ross | Ross-shire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Roxburghshire
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| Kingdom of Alba | | Selkirkshire
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Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Earldom of Orkney
(Under Kingdom of Norway) | Shetland
|
| Mormaerdom of Strathclyde | | Stirling
|
Jarldom of Orkney
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Earldom of Caithness
(under Kingdom of Norway) | Sutherland
|
| Kingdom of Alba | | Linlithgowshire
|
| Kingdom of Alba | | Wigtonshire
|
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Modern Scottish Locations
It is not a requirement to add Great Britain or United Kingdom after Scotland in their respective time periods, but it is acceptable and encouraged.
Modern Location Field Guidelines for the Kingdom of Scotland and Country of Scotland
| Counties from 1471 - 1927
| Counties from 1928 - 1975
| Regions from 1975 to 1996
| Councils from 1996 to present
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| Aberdeenshire | Aberdeenshire | Grampian Region | Aberdeenshire
|
| Forfarshire | Angus | Central | Angus
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| Argyll | Argyll | Strathclyde | Argyll and Bute
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| Ayrshire | Ayrshire | Strathclyde | North Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
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| Banffshire | Banffshire | Grampian | Aberdeenshire
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| Berwickshire | Berwickshire | Borders | Scottish Borders
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| Buteshire | Buteshire | Strathclyde | Argyll and Bute
|
Caithness
(under Kingdom of Scotland) | Caithness | Highland | Highland
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| Clackmannanshire | Clackmannanshire | Central | Clackmannanshire
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| Dumfriesshire | Dumfriesshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway
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| Dunbartonshire | Dunbartonshire | Strathclyde | East Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire
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| Haddingtonshire | East Lothian | Lothian | East Lothian
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| Fife | Fife | Central | Fife
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| Inverness-shire | Inverness-shire | Highland | Highland
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| Kincardineshire | Kincardineshire | Grampian | Aberdeenshire
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| Kinross-shire | Kinross-shire | Central | Perth and Kinross
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| Kirkcudbrightshire | Kirkcudbrightshire | Borders | Dumfries and Galloway
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| Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire | Strathclyde | North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
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| Edinburghshire | Midlothian | Lothian | Midlothian
|
| Elginshire | Morayshire | Grampian | Moray
|
| Nairnshire | Nairnshire | Highland | Highland
|
Orkney
(under Kingdom of Scotland) | Orkney | Highland | Orkney Islands
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| Peeblesshire | Peebleshire
(also known as Tweeddale) | Borders | Scottish Borders
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| Perthshire | Perthshire | Central | Perth and Kinross
|
| Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Strathclyde | East Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
|
| Cromartyshire (Cromarty) | Ross and Cromarty | Highland | Ross and Cromarty
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| Ross-shire (Ross) | Ross and Cromarty | Highland | Ross and Cromarty
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| Roxburghshire | Roxburghshire | Borders | Roxburgh
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| Selkirkshire | Selkirkshire | Borders | Selkirk
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| Shetland | Shetland | Highland | Shetland Islands
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| Stirling | Stirlingshire | Central | Stirling
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| Sutherland | Sutherland | Highland | Highland
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| Linlithgowshire | West Lothian | Lothian | West Lothian
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| Wigtonshire | Wigtownshire | Borders | Dumfries and Galloway
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| Scotland Administration Map.
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| Map of Scotland.
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