help with searching on Scotland's People

[dawnsh]

Thanks goldie61, I'll keep your offer in mind if I need to go down that route.

[terianne]

Remember Birth records a covered by the 100 years rule

On scotlandspeople you can search for a birth, but unless the birth is before 2014 your can't download individual records, you have to buy a copy of the individual record required - very expersive process - try finding them using Marriage or Death records, but there is rules governing them too - think its 50 & 75 years or vica versa

[Forfarian]

Remember Birth records a covered by the 100 years rule

On scotlandspeople you can search for a birth, but unless the birth is before 2014

Slip of the finger - that should read 1914

you can't download individual records, you have to buy a copy of the individual record required - very expersive process - try finding them using Marriage or Death records, but there is rules governing them too - think its 50 & 75 years or vica versa

The rules are that you can download images of births over 100 full years ago, marriages over 75 full years ago and deaths over 50 full years ago. You can view and transcribe more recent ones in the Scotland's People Centre (and some other Registrars' offices in Scotland) but if you are too far away you have two options.

1. Order a copy of the certificate. (The most expensive method, and slow because it depends on sending a document by post)
or
2. Find someone who can get to the Centre to transcribe the certificate for you.
Either
2a. Hire a professional who specialises in doing this. (Cheaper than 1, and more reliable than 2b. Probably the quickest method because details can be sent by e-mail)
Or
2b. Find (perhaps via RootsChat) a kind and helpful person who is going to the Centre and is willing to transcribe a certificate for you. (Cheapest but least reliable and possibly slowest method)