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www.scottishindexes.com?Over the last few years we have been steadily increasing the collections on Scottish Indexes so we thought it may be useful to summarise what we have available.
Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Lists
These have less information than the 1841 census but can still be useful. We have some pre-1841 census and population lists from the South of Scotland.
1841, 1851 and 1861 Census
Our site gives you free access to 471,001 entries from the south of Scotland and in many cases links to the location of the house on modern and historical maps.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcensus.aspxMental Health Records
We are working to index records from the ‘General Register of Lunatics in Asylums’, which covers all of Scotland, as well as the ‘Notices of Admissions by the Superintendent of the Mental Institutions’, which also covers all of Scotland.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learninghealth.aspxPrison Registers
We have indexed most prison records for the Scottish Borders as well as many in Dumfriesshire. We are now indexing records from all over Scotland. We have indexed 18,785 entries so far.
Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees
These are an invaluable source to trace the fathers of illegitimate children in Scotland. So far we have indexed 14,703 entries from the sheriff courts of Aberdeen, Airdrie, Dumfries, Duns, Edinburgh, Hamilton, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Paisley, Peebles, Selkirk, Stranraer and Wigtown! More records are added most weeks.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningcourt.aspxNon-OPR Births/Baptisms, Banns/Marriages and Deaths/Burials
We have been indexing BMDs which are not on the ScotlandsPeople website. We have 7,325 entries in the Births/Baptisms; 1,531 entries in the Banns/Marriages; and 2,583 entries in the Deaths/Burials.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningopr.aspxKelso Dispensary Patient Records
This is one of our favourite record sets as it shows times in our ancestor’s lives where they were struggling but given a helping hand by those they knew. The index so far covers the first volume, for the period December 1777 to May 1783, but we hope to add more data shortly.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningdisp.aspxRegister of Deeds
The Register of Deeds index now contains 1,072 entries from across Scotland.
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http://www.scottishindexes.com/learningdeeds.aspxRegister of Sasines
Our index so far covers the Particular Register of Sasines for the counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles for the year 1780, as well as covering entries from the General Register for the same counties in that year, but we hope to add more months and years shortly.
