In which scottish prison/lockup did GG serve his sentence 1860.

[Forfarian]

I imagine it's a by-product of the change from NAS to NRS.  What did we do to waste time before we had malfunctioning computer systems? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

[MonicaL]

Has anyone tried the NAS catalogue in the last few days at www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue - I am still getting a problem page, ie not connecting. I can connect to the National Records of Scotland site OK via www.nrscotland.gov.uk but cannot connect either to the catalogue that way either.  Trying just www.nas.gov.uk remains a problem 

Monica

PS: Tried both via Firefox and IE.

It looks like a major problem at their end - I've sent a contact note to National Records asking if there is a problem with access.

[MonicaL]

Don't know what I did to arrive at that posting above  Maybe the gremlins are expanding!

Monica

[RJ_Paton]

Only an auomated response so far from NRS and trying the NAS sites returns the same error message as before.

[Forfarian]

I phoned NRS just now. The somewhat embarrassed person who answered said yes, there is a problem with the web site, yes, they are trying to fix it and no, he had not been given any indication how long it will be.

[ev]

Same here 

Trying since Monday to find out about the 26,000 WW1 Wills that are going online this year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26325654



ev


Added -
Forfarian - thank you for that information 

[MonicaL]

Indeed, thank you everyone for the ongoing updates. Must be a big problem 

Monica

[MonicaL]

From Tidybook/Tom's post elsewhere...NAS is back up and running...hurray!

George Frew can now be searched on the catalogue there:

AD14/60/202 - Precognition against George Frew for the crime of reset of theft at Princes Street, Glasgow 1860. Accussed George Frew, watch and clock maker, Address: Coatbridge, Lanark.

JC26/1860/242 - Trial papers relating to George Frew for the crime of reset of theft at Princes Street, Glasgow. Tried at High Court, Glasgow (Second Court). George Frew, Verdict: Guilty, Sentence: Penal servitude - 4 years.

The actual paper copies are available to order direct via post from NAS, using above references.

Monica

[Barbara348]

Hi Monica, thanks very much for the info.

Actually I was really lucky during the week. A  relative who happened to be up in Edinburgh just for the day, visited the NAS and is ordering some paper copies of relevant documents for me.

I really glad to hear that NAS seems to be fully operational again and I appreciate you letting us know.

Regards

Barbara.