Lesley Robertson
30-09-2004, 12:18 PM
Scottish BMDs are held at New Register House in Edinburgh. Certificates started in 1855, and can be quite informative - for example, mother's maiden names are nearly always given. Scotland's People (SP), the pay per use system asociated with GROS (General register Office Scotland), has an index to the older BMDs and certificates are available. The times spans are as follows:
Births 1855-1903
Marriages 1855-1928 except 1889, 1897, 1899-1901
Deaths 1855-1953
SP also has the 1891 and 1901 census indexes plus images of the original pages, and the 1881 as indexed and transcribed by the LDS. The other 19th century census info will be uploaded eventually.
SP carried the index to Baptism and Marriage registers of the Church of Scotland, where they have survived (check GENUKI for a survey of what has survived). They do not have the registers for any other denomination - where they have survived, they are generally in the National Archives for Scotland (NAS), and not on line. NAS are gradually putting their catalogue onto the web.
Lesley Robertson
Births 1855-1903
Marriages 1855-1928 except 1889, 1897, 1899-1901
Deaths 1855-1953
SP also has the 1891 and 1901 census indexes plus images of the original pages, and the 1881 as indexed and transcribed by the LDS. The other 19th century census info will be uploaded eventually.
SP carried the index to Baptism and Marriage registers of the Church of Scotland, where they have survived (check GENUKI for a survey of what has survived). They do not have the registers for any other denomination - where they have survived, they are generally in the National Archives for Scotland (NAS), and not on line. NAS are gradually putting their catalogue onto the web.
Lesley Robertson