Genealogy Chat

Thanks Jackie.

Scotlands People have according to their site when I sign in
» Catholic Parish Registers 1703-1955

It is easy to register and it is pretty reasonable to do searches although visitng Edinburgh is much cheaper if you are able

Jackie

Thanks Jacqueline. Any idea where online there is a searchable catholic records database?

This is what Scotlands People says about the recent addition of the Catholic registers-

Catholic Parish Registers

Catholic Parish Registers comprise records of births and baptisms; marriages; confirmations; deaths and burials; communicants; sick calls; status animarum; converts; first confessions and sent rents. The records cover all Scottish parishes in existence by 1855 – before the introduction of civil registration; the records of the main Catholic cemeteries in Edinburgh and Glasgow and the records of the RC Bishopric of the Forces, which records all sacramental events for British service men and women serving in the armed forces worldwide. Under the provisions of Church Law, all faithful are to have sacramental information recorded in the registers of the parish. Record format and content varied over time, with the responsibility for the information gathered being placed with the parish priest - since there was no standard format proscribed, record keeping varied enormously from parish to parish and also from year to year. As a result, the information may be sparse, unreliable and difficult to read.



Approximately 700 registers have survived, the earliest dating from 1703, but most records only beginning in the 30 years following the relaxation of legislation against Catholics in the 1790s.

You might find something of use on here.


http://www.scottap.com/family/Lanark/index.html


http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/index.html

Thanks for the info.

I'm looking for mostly the Glasgow area prior to 1930 but with some later records.

Also, anyone know if there is any specific Catholic searches?

Oh Kay, I'm so glad. the thought of parting with ....95p would have broken my heart lol

Hi Marion..:}

Sorry ,its still £6, @30 credits.,,,,,,,,

hope you didnt have a turn>>>>>>

This site has some free records:

http://www.sctbdm.com/index.php

Also, familysearch has lots of Scottish records, both for before and after 1855 when civil registration started but for some parishes only one sex seems to be included!

freecen has good coverage of Scotland for 1841; some for the later censuses.

Hi was offered this one but haven't tried yet

http://www.freewebs.com/mmjeffery/index.htm

Karon

And what areas..

What years are you after?

Thanks.

Any free sites for basic info?

Scotlandspeople is a great site,depending on your dates.

Didnt realise it was up tp £6-95 Kay.

Marion

Scotland have their own indexes,


youll be able to find their site here..
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

registration is required,
credits will need to be bought,@30 for £6--

an Index search will cost 1 credit..to view the actual images cost 5 credits,from this you can download and print off,,,plus the site saves all the images and indexes you have viewed so you can return to these any time for extra copies.at no further cost

...certain images will not be shown depending on years being searched..but indexes are/

Can anyone help me find birth, marriage and death records for Scotland online? Somewhere like the search here or Ancestry but that covers Scottish records as none of the Scottish birth, marriage or death records show up on those sites.