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How do you search Scottish records?

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Lynn

Lynn Report 17 Aug 2014 13:21

Can anyone out there give me any guidance please?

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 17 Aug 2014 13:28

The best site for Scottish Records is:-

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 17 Aug 2014 13:32

You need to buy credits on Scotlands people, 30 Credits cost £7, one credit to view search results and 5 credits to view an individual record which you can then download and save at no extra cost.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 17 Aug 2014 18:52

BUT

Civil Registration began in Scotland in 1855 so before that date you need parish records.

Births within the last 100 years can not be viewed online, nor marriages within 75 years or deaths within 50 years

Images for the Scottish census are on SP but transcriptions are available on other sites

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.