Scotlands People - National Records of Scotland

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Location: Scotland
Surnames/tags: Scotland Church Records National Archives

Scotlands People Website

The ScotlandsPeople website is maintained by the National Records of Scotland, a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. Our purpose is to collect, preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations. We were established on 1 April 2011, following the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland and the National Archives of Scotland.

Records available include:

• Statutary Records (Births, Marriages, & Deaths) from Scotland, 1855-Present
• Old Parish Records - Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials before 1855
• Registers of baptisms, marriages and burial from the Scottish Roman Catholic Church before 1855
• Census records of Scotland

Research on the site is free, but you must register to download actual documents. Viewing and copying all documents is provided for a fee.

Citation Formats

Source:

• Crown Copyright, <span id=CROWN></span> (National Records of Scotland; [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotlands People Website], ''year'')

Inline References

• <ref>[[#CROWN|Statutory Registers]]; ''information in parens on downloaded document'' page ## of ##</ref>
• <ref>[[#CROWN|Church registers]]; Old Parish Records ''information in parens on downloaded document'' page ## of ##</ref>
• <ref>[[#CROWN|Census Returns]]; ''information in parens on downloaded document'' page ## of ##</ref>
• <ref>[[#CROWN|Valuation Rolls]]; ''information in parens on downloaded document'' page ## of ##</ref>
• <ref>[[#CROWN|Legal Records]]; ''information in parens on downloaded document'' page ## of ##</ref>
• Also available are: Emmigration Records, Prison Registers, certain Employment Records, and Kirk Session Records.
• You can also use the <ref name=xxx> reference source to avoid duplicate entries.

Associate Organizations

• The Court of the Lord Lyon

The Court of the Lord Lyon is the official heraldry office for Scotland. On behalf of the Court of the Lord Lyon we make available an index to the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

• The Church of Scotland

The National Records of Scotland is the official repository for historical records of the Church of Scotland and also keeps the Old Parish Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials before 1855. On the ScotlandsPeople site you have access to the Old Parish Registers and the registers of other presbyterian congregations which united with the Church of Scotland at various times.

• The Scottish Catholic Archives

A national agency of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland and preserves, selects and makes available the archives of the Catholic Church in Scotland and abroad. On the ScotlandsPeople site you have access to the registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and other events from Roman Catholic churches and chaplaincies in Scotland and abroad.

• Local archives and family history centres

A version of ScotlandsPeople is available at several local family history centres in Scotland. Several local authority archives and university archives in Scotland share the responsibility for looking after the records of Scotland's government, court and churches.

Added: Lamberton-139 15:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)