Research by Location

Guthrie Genealogy Research Collections

Research by Location

Find the place. Follow the records. Trace the Guthries.

Geography often determines where the records are—and which Guthrie families need to be compared. This hub connects you to Guthrie Genealogy research collections organized by country, region, state, and county. Some are broad research guides; others contain extensive Guthrie-specific records, source material, maps, timelines, and family research.

Choose Your Research Path

Start broadly, then narrow the search as the records lead you.

Around the World

Explore Guthrie research in Scotland, Ireland, England, Canada, Europe, Oceania, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Explore international collections → United States

Browse all 50 states, then dig deeper into the county collections available for locations with extensive Guthrie research.

Explore U.S. collections →
These are research collections—not claims of kinship. Finding two Guthrie families in the same county, parish, or region is a reason to compare the evidence. Geography by itself does not prove that the families share a common ancestor.
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Around the World

Follow Guthrie families across countries, colonies, migration routes, and changing jurisdictions.

Scotland Scottish Guthrie families, records, places, and research resources. Ireland & Northern Ireland Irish records, historical resources, and Guthrie families on both sides of the modern border. England English Guthrie research, records, and family connections. Canada Provincial records, Guthrie families, and migration into and across Canada. Oceania Australia, New Zealand, and Guthrie migration into the Pacific region. Western Europe Continental European Guthrie research and source collections. Eastern Europe Guthrie appearances, migration, and research sources across Eastern Europe. Northern Europe & Scandinavia Northern European locations, records, and Guthrie research. West Indies & Caribbean Caribbean Guthrie research, colonial records, migration, and historical context. Grenada A dedicated Caribbean collection with Guthrie-specific historical and genealogical research. Africa Guthrie families, migration, and genealogical resources across African regions. Asia & the East Indies India, China, the East Indies, and related Guthrie research. Mexico, Central & South America Guthrie families and research sources throughout Latin America.
Follow migration in both directions. A Scottish or Irish birth does not mean all of the useful records are overseas, and an American or Canadian family may leave important clues in the country from which an earlier generation emigrated.
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U.S. Collections That Go Deeper

Every state has a research page, but some locations also have dedicated county-level collections containing substantially more Guthrie material.

State + County Research

North Carolina

Start with the statewide collection or go directly to the dedicated coastal county research.

North Carolina Research →
Craven Carteret
Extensive County Network

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has one of the largest county-level collections in the Research by Location hub.

Pennsylvania Research →
Allegheny Armstrong Bedford Chester Cumberland Fayette Franklin Greene Somerset Washington Westmoreland
Historic Virginia + Modern West Virginia

Virginia & West Virginia

These collections are especially useful where the same family appears in historical Virginia records before West Virginia statehood.

Virginia / West Virginia Research →
Accomack Amherst Augusta Cumberland Fauquier Goochland Halifax Isle of Wight James City King and Queen King William Middlesex Nansemond Rockbridge Cabell Kanawha Monongalia Preston Wetzel
County pages can be much more than local resource lists. Some contain Guthrie-specific deed entries, transcriptions, timelines, family clues, historical maps, and links to original source images.
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Browse All 50 States

Open a region to browse its states. Every state listed here has a Guthrie Genealogy research destination.

Northeast
Connecticut CT Maine ME Massachusetts MA New Hampshire NH New Jersey NJ New York NY Pennsylvania PA Rhode Island RI Vermont VT
South
Alabama AL Arkansas AR Delaware DE Florida FL Georgia GA Kentucky KY Louisiana LA Maryland MD Mississippi MS North Carolina NC Oklahoma OK South Carolina SC Tennessee TN Texas TX Virginia VA West Virginia WV · shared VA/WV hub
Midwest
Illinois IL Indiana IN Iowa IA Kansas KS Michigan MI Minnesota MN Missouri MO Nebraska NE North Dakota ND Ohio OH South Dakota SD Wisconsin WI
West
Alaska AK Arizona AZ California CA Colorado CO Hawaii HI Idaho ID Montana MT Nevada NV New Mexico NM Oregon OR Utah UT Washington WA Wyoming WY
Start with the historical jurisdiction. If your ancestor lived in a place before the modern state or county existed, the older jurisdiction may hold the records you need.
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What Will You Find on a Location Page?

The contents vary because the surviving records—and the amount of Guthrie research completed for each place—vary too.

Records & Sources

Archive links, indexes, deeds, wills, court material, transcriptions, and original record images.

Guthrie Families

Known residents, family lines, project participants, and possible Family Group connections.

Maps & Places

Historical geography, county formation, localities, migration routes, and changing jurisdictions.

Research Notes

Working clues, historical context, unresolved identities, and questions still needing evidence.

Not every page contains all four. Some locations have extensive Guthrie-specific collections while others currently serve mainly as gateways to useful local records. These pages can grow as new material is found.
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Places Change—even When the Family Doesn’t

County lines move. New counties are carved from older ones. Territories become states. Parish and township boundaries change. Communities are renamed. Sometimes a family appears in several different jurisdictions while living on essentially the same land.

Research the place as it existed when the event happened. A modern county name may help you find the property today, but the courthouse that created the historical record may have belonged to a completely different jurisdiction.

This is especially important when searching deeds, taxes, probate records, court minutes, marriages, and other locally maintained sources. If a county was formed from another county during your ancestor’s lifetime, search both.

Follow the land, neighbors, and chronology—not just the place label. A different county name in the next record does not automatically mean your ancestor packed up and moved.
Boundary & Place Name Changes →
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Help the Location Collections Grow

Research by Location is a working collection. New records, local knowledge, maps, photographs, and well-documented family information can help expand what is available for the next researcher.

Have a Guthrie Record or Location to Share?

If you have discovered a useful record, source collection, historical map, cemetery, courthouse resource, or documented Guthrie family in a place that deserves additional coverage, send the details to Guthrie Genealogy.

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Start with the Place—and Let the Records Lead

A location can connect a family to a courthouse, parish, land tract, neighbor, migration route, or record collection that a surname search alone would never reveal. Choose a place, follow its history, and see where the Guthries turn up.