Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Scottish History, School of History and Classics, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Welcome to the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database

To begin exploring the nearly 4,000 records of accused witches and documentation of witchcraft belief, click on one of the options listed below. Should you encounter any difficulties we have help pages along the way to guide you through your searches and to help you interpret your results. We have also provided a comprehensive Glossary of terms used in these web pages that also includes other helpful lists and supplemental reference materials. When you click on the glossary link, a new browser window will open so that you can refer to it throughout your time in our web pages.

Accessing the Database

• Search the database
  Allows you to create your own search of the database. You can call up information about accused witches by name, place and date. Or you can examine accusations by choosing specific cultural categories and motifs.
• Show data using interactive graphs
  Links you to our online interactive graphing capabilities. You can define and create your own graphs looking at witchcraft through time by county, biographical information, and cultural categories and motifs.
• Show data using interactive map
  Opens our online interactive mapping capabilities. This feature plots criteria of your choosing onto an interactive map of Scotland. Here, you can see how witchcraft accusations, cultural motifs, and other factors were distributed across Scotland. Or you can break down Scottish witchcraft accusation by decade to see how the content of accusations changed over time.
• Download the entire database for detailed analysis
  Gives you free use of all data recorded for the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database. This is meant for people with a specialist interest in the history of witchcraft. The database is in Microsoft Access 97 format and the accompanying database documentation is in Microsoft Word. To use the database, you will need to be familiar with database concepts and software. The database does not have a user interface (i.e. forms) and the project cannot provide any user support.