Compiled for the beginning genealogist, this selected list of references includes introductory books about do genealogical research and compiling a family history in the United States.

This web guide includes bibliographies of works containing passenger lists and immigrant ships.

This web page, part of a larger Scottish Genealogy guide compiled by Judith P. Reid, has been prepared primarily as an aid for those who are researching Scottish genealogy and local history at the Library of Congress, but it will also be useful for those searching in other large libraries.

On the first Saturday in December, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia is transformed by the sight of colorful tartans representing Scottish clans, light-footed country dancers, and the mournful wail of bagpipes.

This festival highlights the common cultural threads interwoven into the fabric that is the Celtic peoples. It features music, dance and heritage of Welsh, Irish, Scots, Cornish, Breton, Manx and English. Fiddlers, pipers, harpers and other musicians combine with storytellers, historical reenactors, athletes and Celtic vendors to provide a day of education and fun.

Florida's largest and oldest continuous Highland Games are held each April in Dunedin, a Gulf Coast city. For one week, the whole city is Scottish with dancing, games, and authentic Scottish food.

The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is the largest assembly of clan society members in the world. Scottish-Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans, Scots and would-be Scots converge each year on two rock-strewn pastures in North Carolina, known as MacRae Meadows, in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain, at 5,964 ft., one of the highest peaks in the Blue Ridge mountains.

The Ligonier Highland Games in Ligonier, Pennsylvania draw top bands, dancers, and athletes. They have continually expanded to include many aspects of Scottish culture. Military re-enactment groups demonstrate the life lived by those Scottish soldiers who first came to Fort Ligonier.

Open Access online book

Article about the song, noted for being played to introduce the President of the United States, but which originated in a musical adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake.

Blog post about Scottish author who, with Sir Walter Scott, helped romanticize the image of the Highland Clans.

1752 map of Scotland

Article about Scottish music and its impact on American song genres.

Images of Scottish Chieftans taken at the 1948-1954 Braemar Games, from the Prints and Photographs Division.

1806 Map of Scotland