Useful Scottish Genealogy Site

[Peter_Martin]

Just in case anyone has not heard of this site I attach a link to Scotland's People. This is the official site of the General Register Office for Scotland. It is the only place where you can search online and download actual certificates! You can download digital images of:

- original birth certificates from 1855 - 1905,
- marriages from 1855 - 1930
- deaths 1855 - 1955.
- The census for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 is also available.
- The old parish registers of the Church of Scotland will be available some time later this year.

I thought it might of use to someone.

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

[scottishlover]

Does is cost?

[McDink]

AFRAID SO, although some say it infringes on the Freedom of Information Act by levying a charge.

Charges

Wills & Testaments
Searching the wills & testaments index is free and it costs 5GBP(approx. 7EUR or 9USD) to view any document.

Old Parish Registers, Statutory Registers and Census
It costs 6GBP (approx. 8EUR or 11USD), to search the Old Parish Register, Statutory Register and Census indexes in the database. This gives you 30 'page credits' and allows access for a period of 7 consecutive days (starting from the time your credit card payment is authorised), however many times you log on and off in that time. If you download 30 pages before your 7 consecutive days are up, you can buy a further 30 page credits for 6GBP, and your access time is extended for a further 7 consecutive days. You will not lose your existing credits when your 7-day session is expired; when you buy more credits they will simply be added to your existing credits.

When you are logged in to the site but have been inactive for more then 60 minutes, you will be asked to log in again the next time you try to use the site.

You can access any of your previous searches and downloaded images, without charge, simply by logging in to the site. There is no time limit on how long you can keep these searches and images. You can also order copies of any of your previously viewed records at any time.

Charging is based on the number of pages actually displayed, not on the number of records retrieved. Each time you do a search, you are told how many records have been found; each record refers to a specific event, ie a particular birth/baptism, marriage or death. Before displaying the records, you have the opportunity to re-define, and narrow the search, without displaying the results. If you decide to view these records, they are displayed in pages each containing a maximum of 25 records. So if a search returned 45 names, this would be equivalent to two pages; a single name would be equivalent to one page. Since you can view a maximum of 30 pages of records for each 6GBP access fee, this means that you might download anywhere between 30 records (ie 30 pages each containing a single name) and 750 records (ie 30 pages each containing 25 names). To view an image costs 5 credits. To view an 1881 census transcription costs 1 credit.

Extracts
An extract is an officially certified copy of a statutory register entry or copy of a parish register entry or census page and can be ordered online also. Your request is automatically forwarded to the General Register Office for Scotland to fulfil the order and mail the extract to you. A fixed fee of 10GBP (approx. 14EUR or 19USD) is payable per extract. See Extracts for more information.