Findmypast - Scotland

[davidgodalming]

Could someone who knows  about Scottish parish records help me please? On findmypast there are excellent records for English & Welsh parish records but very little for Scottish parishes. Please please excuse my ignorance but did Scotland have parishes or am I just using findmypast wrongly?

Does anyone know anything about the surname Jonathan in Scotland?

Any comments gratefully received. I'm particularly interested in pre 1800.

[nanny jan]

Hi,

I think this site might be useful to you:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/


Nanny Jan

[Gadget]

Hi

As Nanny Jan says, the Scotland's People site is the best for Scottish records.

I think this site might be useful to you:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

However, for free searches there is Family Search which contains many of the Scottish Parish records up to 1875-ish.

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND

Use this site before Scotland's People.


Gadget


Added - only 10 Jonathan/variation surnames listed on FS Scottish baptisms and no marriages - have you got any more details?

[JMStrachan]

Scottish birth, marriage and death records since official registration in 1855 are only available on ScotlandsPeople, which is the official Scottish government site. It has the census on there as well, plus surviving parish registers and some valuation rolls. It's pay to view, but it's a lot cheaper downloading a certificate from there than it is sending off for  an English one.

For OPR births and marriages it is, as Gadget says, worth checking FamilySearch first, but I have found some OPR records on ScotlandsPeople that are not on FamilySearch.

[Gadget]

Slightly wrong there, JM. about the 1855+  records.

I think most of the birth/marriage records from 1855-1875 are shown as indexed transcriptions on Family Search - see for eg:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=24468.msg1429486#msg1429486

and the rest of that thread.

I think FreeReg also has some records now.

Also, transcription  of census records are available via  Freecen (partial), FindMyPast, Ancestry, etc., often not very well transcribed but cheaper than the 1 + 5 credits on SP. Use these indexes first and then go to SP.


Gadget

[Gadget]

I'm puzzled by the Jonathan surname in Scotland. I've always regarded it as mainly a Welsh surname and, given the paucity of records among the Family Search  Scottish records, I'm wondering about it.  Have you got particulary names/dates in mind circa 1800?

Gadget

[JMStrachan]

Yes, transcriptions of census are available on several sites, though as you say often poorly transcribed, but the actual census pages are only available on ScotlandsPeople.

But as the original post was about Parish records, I didn't want to overburden my reply with detail. For Scottish parish records FamilySearch is a good starting place, but needs to be followed up by ScotlandsPeople. They certainly aren't available at all on FindMyPast.

[osprey]

think the OP may be looking for this family from another thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=657486.0

More likely that Llansawel baptisms aren't online yet.

 

[Gadget]

Thanks, osprey 

Nothing showing on the Scottish sites. I note:

1851 he is born c 1786 Llansawel also.

Gadget

Added - there are som Llansawel records up but no Jonathans before 1830 that I can see.