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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: Ewan on Tuesday 06 June 17 16:31 BST (UK)
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Can anyone tell me please how I can I find a listing for Scottish birth, marriage and death records.
Thank you
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Scotland's people would be the first suggestion.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
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You will need to register but you can search the indexes for free-
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/statutory-registers
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/church-registers
ev
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Familysearch
https://familysearch.org/search/
have a lot of Scottish records transcribed.
But as Pauline and ev have said, the only place to see the actual images is on scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
Familysearch is a free site, (as is scotlandspeople to just search), and I find it easier to search than scotlandspeople. You could try both! :)
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Can anyone tell me please how I can I find a listing for Scottish birth, marriage and death records.
This might help
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=24468.0
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Thanks for all your help. I haven't looked at the links as yet, I am looking for bmds from the 1950s though.
Ewan
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I have now found what I was looking for, easier than I thought it was going to be. Thank you again
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I am looking for bmds from the 1950s though.
Ah. You didn't say that to start with. That makes a difference.
You can search the online indexes free at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. However unless you are looking for a very unusual name you may struggle to pinpoint the ones you are interested in.
You can view online birth certificates more than 100 years old, marriage certificates over 75 years old, and death certificates over 50 years old. So you can see deaths in the 1950s but not marriages or births.
If you want to see certificates after the cut-off dates, you can do so by going in person to a Scotland's People Centre. The main one is in Edinburgh but there are other places, for example the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, where you can also see this information. You pay £15 for a day's research, and you can find a lot of certificates in a day. You have to transcribe them; you are not allowed to save to a memory device or print out certificates after the cut-offs.
If you can't get to a SP Centre, you would need to find someone to go there on your behalf. Someone who goes regularly might volunteer if you don't have too many certificates to find, but if you have a lot, you could think about hiring a professional searcher to find and transcribe them.
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I have now found what I was looking for, easier than I thought it was going to be. Thank you again
Oh, good. Looks like your post crossed with mine!
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Yes, it does happen sometimes ;)