Scotland, Occupations & Professions

With every record, you will find a combination of the following details about your ancestor:

• Name

• Year – this is the year that your ancestor’s name appeared on an occupation or trade list

• Occupation

• County and country

• Source – this provides you with the name of the publication where your ancestor’s name appeared

• Notes – notes can include an address, physical description, employer, or other facts

This is a growing collection on Findmypast and we will continue to add more sources and records. We used the following sources to create this index:

• Aberdeen mariners, 1600-1700
• Aberdeen mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
• Aberdeen mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
• Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1600-1620
• Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1621-1639
• Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1640-1659
• Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1660-1679
• Aberdeen Obituaries, 1800-1822
• Aberdeen Obituaries, 1823-1839
• Aberdeen Obituaries, 1840-1854
• Aberdeen Testaments, 1715-1734
• Aberdeen University Alumni, 1840-1849
• Aberdeen University Alumni, 1850-1860
• Angus Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
• Angus Mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
• Banff Sasines etc, 1701-1720
• Clyde Mariners, 1600-1700
• Clyde Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
• Clyde Mariners, 1700-1800, part 2
• Dundee Whalers, 1750-1850
• Elgin Burgess Roll
• Fife Burgess Rolls, 1700-1800, part 1
• Fife Burgess Rolls, 1700-1800, part 2
• Fife Mariners, 1700-1800
• Kirkcaldy Mariners, 1600-1700
• Lothians Mariners, 1600-1700, part 2
• Lothians Mariners, 1700-1800, part 1
• Old Aberdeen Merchant & Trade Burgesses, 1605-1885
• Paisley Poll Tax, 1695, part 1
• Paisley Poll Tax, 1695, part 2
• Scots in Africa, part 1
• Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900, part 1
• Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900, part 2
• Scottish Catholics, 1701-1705
• Scottish Goldsmiths, 1600-1800
• Scottish Schoolmasters, 1600-1700
• Scottish Seafarers of the Eighteenth Century
• Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century
• Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe, part 1
• Scottish Soldiers, 1600-1800, part 1
• Scottish Whalers before 1800
• St Andrews & East Neuk Mariners, 1600-1700
• St Andrews Burgess Rolls, 1700-1750
• St Andrews Burgess Rolls, 1751-1775
• Clock & Watchmakers Of The Scottish Highlands & Islands
• List of Students of Veterinary Colleges, Recognised by Government, who have passed examinations, & obtained the certificate of the Highland & Agricultural Society, 1874, Edinburgh With supplements
• Photographers of Central Scotland
• Photographers of Edinburgh and the Lothians
• Photographers of Lanarkshire
• Photographers of North Eastern Scotland
• Photographers of Northern Scotland
• Photographers of Western Scotland
• The Edinburgh Police Register 1815-1859, P. Ruthven-Murray, Edinburgh, 1991
• 17th Century Ships Of Scotland
• A Directory Of Seafarers Of The East Neuk Of Fife, 1600-1800
• A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, 1890
• A list of All Merchants Matriculat in the Company of Merchants of Edinburgh 25 June 1687 - The Scottish Antiquary (1897)
• Aberdeen Shipping 1748-1751
• Dundee Shipping 1760-1769
• Dundee Skippers & Their Ships 1830-1850
• Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1581-1873
• Fife Shopkeepers & Traders
• Montrose Shipping Before 1776
• Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century
• The Shipping Of Anstruther 1742-1771
• The Shipping Of Dundee And Montrose, 1720-1750, Ships, Shipmasters And Voyages