If you have Scottish ancestors and have never visited the ScotlandsPeople website, now may be the time to do so.
Yesterday, the revamped website was launched, and so far, I like what I see. I tried out what I think is the new filter for searching through my saved searches, and it worked well. If it was there before the revamp, I never noticed it.
Now, here’s the really good part. For the first time, users will not be charged as they formerly were to search an index relating to the Birth, Death and Marriage Register, Old Parish Register, and Open Census records. With the revamp, searching these indexes is free. All you need to do is set up a free account. You will only be asked to buy/use your credits if you want to view or download a record image.
The cost to use this Scottish government website, however, has increased a wee bit from £7 for 30 credits to £7.50 ($13CDN, $10US) for 30 credits. Thirty credits enables customers to purchase five images at cost of £1.50 ($3CDN, $2US) per image of a document.
