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The Common Room / GDPR in Genealogy Data
« on: Wednesday 02 January 19 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I have tried to research (this site and others) the applicability of the recent EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to genealogy data but landed up going round in circles and more confused than when I set out. Can anyone advise on the following:

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GDPR replaces the UK Data Protection Act (DPA). My understanding was that genealogy data was exempt from UK DPA because the act related to living persons data only and also genealogy data was collected for personal research. However if the data of living persons was collected and passed onto others the exemption was voided. Does the same apply under GDPR ie basic genealogy data on living persons cannot be passed on without their permission?

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Recent developments in genealogy software packages means that data may be transmitted from user PC’s across the internet to match that data against databases on servers. These are often located in foreign (non EU) countries. Are users of this kind of software service who have living persons in their family tree software unwittingly contravening GDPR?

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Scotland / Scottish Marriage Procedure 1900
« on: Sunday 29 January 17 12:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I have been studying the SP pdf extract from “Jock Tamson’s bairns: a history of the records
of the General Register Office for Scotland” by Cecil Sinclair (Edinburgh, 2000)

It states that the registration of marriages post 1855 involved the couple obtaining a schedule from the registrar which was completed by the clergyman officiating at the marriage, the various parties then signing the document. No further details of the procedure are given.

I am aware that the modern marriage registration process requires the couple to provide birth certificates before the schedule is issued by the registrar. Could anyone advise if this was also the case around the period 1900? If so, would an illegitimate child have to be married under their birth name and not the one that they may have adopted in later life?

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Scotland / Use of RCE in illegitimate births
« on: Thursday 02 June 16 13:42 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

This month’s Scotands People newsletter highlighted an article on the use of the Register of Corrected Entries (RCE). I found the section on the use of RCE in illegitimate births where the parents subsequently married slightly confusing.

If a child was originally registered under the surname of the mother, marked illegitimate with no father recorded, and then the parents subsequently married I understand they could re-register the birth - assuming they were eligible to be married when child was born .

Could someone clarify if, following re-registration, the parents would then be given a new birth record for the child showing the father’s surname and with the word illegitimate absent? Or would they only be given a copy of the RCE entry which presumably only states the alterations to be made to the original entry.

Thanks

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England / Citing from 1911 England Census
« on: Tuesday 12 April 16 12:36 BST (UK)  »
Not very familiar with England/Wales Census. Would welcome some advice on how to record the details from an 1911 census. I have an image from 1911 census which I want to cite as a source. I have the full registration details ie RG14 piece, folio and page number. However in previous census I also recorded details of civil parish, ecclesiastical parish, ward etc which appeared as a header on the census page. These details do not appear on the image I have for 1911. Were these details not recorded in 1911 or have I missed them? I would like to record the location beyond the postal address which does appear.

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Scotland / Translation of OPR Banns/Marriage
« on: Sunday 06 March 16 15:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

Bit new to this so hope someone can help me understand an OPR. I have attached a snip of the last sentence. I am reading this to mean that banns were called on 19th Nov and twice on 26th November 1837. The date of marriage is not recorded. Is that all correct?

Also, what do the abbreviations in superscript mean?

Thanks

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