Scotland's People Website

[3sillydogs]

I (and I am sure many others) have just received an email from Scotlands People giving free access to the Catholic Parish Registers Indexes from today the 3rd January 2016 until the 9th January 2016

"" For seven days only the Catholic Parish Register indexes are free to search* on ScotlandsPeople!  You can explore the indexes for Catholic Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Events for free from now until 9 January at 23:59 GMT. ""

[DavidG02]

Cheers for that 3SD

Now to find some Catholics

[3sillydogs]

I don't have any either

Well not that I've come across yet..............

[DavidG02]

I did note that Births/Baptisms go up to 1992

Marriages 1736-1934

Deaths to 1742-1955

[ankerdine]

It's strange but I couldn't find my gtx2 grandparents who married "according to the Roman Catholic Church" in Kirkcudbright in 1855 in a private dwelling house presumably by a visiting priest. I have posted enough on Rootschat before so don't wish to clog up the system.

I did find just 2 of their offspring baptised at St. Joseph's Stranraer; Alexander Williamson and Robert Marshall Williamson but not my gt. grandmother who was born in 1860 and other brothers. Strange but maybe they just didn't bother.

It's good to have a little more information though. Thank you Scotland's People.

Judy

[MonicaL]

I haven't received that email, so thank you for posting that info, 3sillydogs 

Judy, like we know with old records, RC records are patchy. The RC archivists went round some years ago to RC churches around Scotland to check for old registers is my understanding. Had a long old chat with the RC priest at Mingarry in Argyll a couple of years ago. They took registers to copy and return (either as copy registers or originals). As with the OPRs, many registers were lost and destroyed over the years.

Monica

[Rosinish]

I (and I am sure many others) have just received an email from Scotlands People giving free access to the Catholic Parish Registers Indexes from today the 3rd January 2016 until the 9th January 2016

Thanks for that 3sd

I haven't had an email either...........maybe just sent to people who haven't really used that index?

I have plenty RC's (Roman Catholics) not RC's (Rootschatters) 

Annie

[Finley 1]

I got it ...   and I am going to see what I can find regarding first communions....!!!!!

Not blooming likely surely they do NOT have records of peoples first communion... did I read the email wrong.


My head is not with it at the moment.. so maybe I did (read it wrong )

xin

[Rosinish]

Cheers for that 3SD

Now to find some Catholics

Sods law David.............always offers for things we don't need but this time it does suit me!!!

Annie