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Completed Census Requests / Re: 1881 Scotland Census
« on: Thursday 02 November 06 15:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi MM
Entries in the Statutory Register of Births for any Scottish Birth after 1855 can be downloaded from scotlandspeople.gov.uk
It is a pay-to-view site but you can pay by creditcard on-line on a secure line. they hold all Scottish births, deaths and marriages from 1855 up to the present date but there are confidentiality rules so that births you can access are only up to 1905. Marriages are only up to 1930 and Deaths right up to 1955.
It costs £6.00 for 30 credits. To see the results of a search costs 1 credit; to download the certificate (provided it is the correct person) costs 5 credits. So you would be able to access possibly 5 different certificates for your money.
From a birth certificate you would find out parents names (possibly only Charles' mothers name )
Before you start to search I would recommend that you read all the guidance they give about how to set search parameters, how to use 'wild cards' and how to refine searches.
Don't expect perfect spelling (i.e. what you think it should be!) and always allow a bit of leeway in dates.
Once you have found his cert you will want to find out more about his mother, then his ? father... and so on. You will spend the credits in no time. You can save the certs to your own computer. Print them off, and still have them available on SP(scotlandspeople) should you wish to see them at a later date.
Don't rush into a search and get excited. that way costs a fortune. It certainly cost us plenty till we learned.
Happy hunting
Russell
Entries in the Statutory Register of Births for any Scottish Birth after 1855 can be downloaded from scotlandspeople.gov.uk
It is a pay-to-view site but you can pay by creditcard on-line on a secure line. they hold all Scottish births, deaths and marriages from 1855 up to the present date but there are confidentiality rules so that births you can access are only up to 1905. Marriages are only up to 1930 and Deaths right up to 1955.
It costs £6.00 for 30 credits. To see the results of a search costs 1 credit; to download the certificate (provided it is the correct person) costs 5 credits. So you would be able to access possibly 5 different certificates for your money.
From a birth certificate you would find out parents names (possibly only Charles' mothers name )
Before you start to search I would recommend that you read all the guidance they give about how to set search parameters, how to use 'wild cards' and how to refine searches.
Don't expect perfect spelling (i.e. what you think it should be!) and always allow a bit of leeway in dates.
Once you have found his cert you will want to find out more about his mother, then his ? father... and so on. You will spend the credits in no time. You can save the certs to your own computer. Print them off, and still have them available on SP(scotlandspeople) should you wish to see them at a later date.
Don't rush into a search and get excited. that way costs a fortune. It certainly cost us plenty till we learned.
Happy hunting
Russell