Category Archives: Scotland

Update on release of 1921 Scotland Census

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you’re waiting to see the 1921 Scotland Census, you’re going to have to be patient. The team at ScotlandsPeople, where the census will be available online, said yesterday that the work is well advanced for the release. “We are … Continue reading →

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Early 19th-century Scottish assessment roll now available on Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives’ website

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Gail Dever

If some of your ancestors lived in Aberdeenshire, Scotland as my Youngs and Fyvies did, the recent addition of a 19th-century assessment roll for the town of Peterhead to Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives‘ website may interest you. The 30-page … Continue reading →

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Scottish Indexes shares tutorials on Kirk Session records

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you’re struggling with researching Kirk Session records, you may want to take a look at two free tutorials by Tessa Spencer, head of Outreach and Learning at the National Records of Scotland (NRS), that Scottish Indexes has made available … Continue reading →

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New birth, marriage and death entries on ScotlandsPeople

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Gail Dever

ScotlandsPeople issued a “New Records Alert” late yesterday. They’ve added birth entries from 1921, marriage entries from 1946, and deaths from 1971.

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Findmypast publishes 10.7 million Scottish parish records

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Gail Dever

With great excitement, Findmypast yesterday announced at a virtual launch event, attended by more than 230 genealogists from both sides of the Atlantic and perhaps even farther afield, the publication of a vast new online collection of Old Parish Registers … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s National Catholic Museum launches interactive virtual site

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Gail Dever

Scotland’s National Catholic Museum, Blairs Museum, has launched a new website featuring an interactive virtual museum and shop, thanks to £4 million in funding last July from the Scottish Government’s Museum Recovery and Resilience Fund established to protect Scotland’s culture … Continue reading →

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Scottish Indexes creates online Learning Zone

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors came from Scotland, you’ll want to look at Scottish Indexes’ new free web section, called the Learning Zone. The section was created to help family historians learn from experts, discover the archives, and learn new research skills. … Continue reading →

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Recording of presentation about Kirk Session Records on ScotlandsPeople available on Scottish Indexes website

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

If you missed watching the presentation, Kirk Session Records on ScotlandsPeople, by Tessa Spencer, head of Outreach and Learning at the National Records of Scotland, at the Scottish Indexes Conference IX last weekend — or saw it and want to … Continue reading →

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Kirk session records now available for free on ScotlandsPeople

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Gail Dever

More than a million new images from kirk session and other court records of the Church of Scotland, between 1559 and 1900, were added yesterday to ScotlandsPeople. These new records from thousands of volumes are free to browse online. You’ll … Continue reading →

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ScotlandsPeople adds mothers’ maiden names to 1 million death record indexes

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Gail Dever

Chris Paton yesterday shared good news about ScotlandsPeople on his blog, Scottish GENES. He wrote, “ScotlandsPeople has added a million or so mother’s maiden names to its online death record indexes, from between 1855 and 1880.”  ScotlandPeople’s announcement opened with, … Continue reading →

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