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Re: Scotsfind.org offline?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 17 February 11 14:29 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Nell.

Chris thanks for that link.

Regards Margaret

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Re: Scotsfind.org offline?
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 07 April 11 19:54 BST (UK) »
I too tried to find ScotsFind and while I was able to open the archived version, I wasn’t able to open any of the databases

I did, however, find two important ones at another site:

Edinburgh, Scotland Marriage Register, 1595 - 1800.   A register of the marriages in Edinburgh during the periods above. 
http://robertson-gorrie.com/documents/marriages.pdf   7.44 MB

 Volume for 1701 - 1750 has not been merged with the other two volumes, but is present as a separate database and is included in this folder.
Updated:  27 Sep 2004;  Volume for 1701 - 1750 updated: 19 Oct 2004
http://robertson-gorrie.com/documents/EdinburghMarriageRegister1701-1750.pdf
Gartlan, McLean, Dean, Brodie

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Re: Scotsfind.org offline?
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 10 April 11 14:00 BST (UK) »
It is a pity that the main Scotsfind.org site no longer seems to be available. It is a bit of a hit and miss affair with the wayback service on http://web.archive.org/web/20080602101740/http://www.scotsfind.org/   Sometimes, I get in no problem, other times, like you say, you get to the main index but cannot access the datafiles. You also get the 'failed connection' message other times, which doesn't let you access anything at all.

Some of these databases are available, like you have found, separately. Apart from the ones you mention, you can also access the St Cuthbert's Churchyard - Monumental Inscriptions from here http://waeve.co.uk/genealogy/sourcefiles/St.Cuthbert%27s_Cemetry.pdf

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Re: Scotsfind.org offline?
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 04 December 11 19:04 GMT (UK) »
See here http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,569798.0.html for look up offer from hiszafer regarding original Scotsfind databases.

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Re: Scotsfind.org offline?
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 23 October 19 10:59 BST (UK) »
I also tried accessing the files via www.archive.org and had no luck - the files wouldn't open, but I found I could access them through http://www.dustydocs.com/county/2/scotland/167/midlothian.html. Go figure. :)