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Heritor records vary in the type of information they contain, but almost every family in the parish shows up in them at one time or another. Because the parish received its funds by assessing (taxing) the heritors, these records also contain assessment rolls that list the land owners and the value of their property. You will also find lists of inhabitants and poor persons. | Heritor records vary in the type of information they contain, but almost every family in the parish shows up in them at one time or another. Because the parish received its funds by assessing (taxing) the heritors, these records also contain assessment rolls that list the land owners and the value of their property. You will also find lists of inhabitants and poor persons. | ||
Heritor records are at the | Heritor records are at the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) in Edinburgh. You can find a list of them in the NAS (formerly Scottish Record Office) Finding Aids included in: | ||
''Index to National Inventory of Documentary Sources.'' London, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986-. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6341118 fiche 6341118].) | ''Index to National Inventory of Documentary Sources.'' London, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986-. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6341118 fiche 6341118].) | ||
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'''Scottish Archives Network''' | '''Scottish Archives Network''' | ||
'''http://www.scan.org.uk''' | '''[http://www.scan.org.uk http://www.scan.org.uk] ''' | ||
This is a free website that has digitized records to search. It can take you to the past and show you and teach you about the past to help with the present. There are teaching guides you can use to learn about what society might have been like. Each guide asks questions and you can interact and answer the questions. Some of these records are also on the National Archives of Scotland at http://www.nas.gov.uk/. | This is a free website that has digitized records to search. It can take you to the past and show you and teach you about the past to help with the present. There are teaching guides you can use to learn about what society might have been like. Each guide asks questions and you can interact and answer the questions. Some of these records are also on the National Archives of Scotland at [http://www.nas.gov.uk/ http://www.nas.gov.uk/]. | ||
=== Poor House Law After 1845 === | === Poor House Law After 1845 === | ||
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In 1845, a new law set up a parochial board to oversee the care of the poor. One of the main records created by the parochial board is the General Register of Poor Belonging to [Parish]. These registers contain information such as name, age, residence, amount of relief, and country and place of birth. If the person was born in Scotland, the record also gives the parish of birth. The column "Change of Circumstance" often contains information such an illegitimate birth. | In 1845, a new law set up a parochial board to oversee the care of the poor. One of the main records created by the parochial board is the General Register of Poor Belonging to [Parish]. These registers contain information such as name, age, residence, amount of relief, and country and place of birth. If the person was born in Scotland, the record also gives the parish of birth. The column "Change of Circumstance" often contains information such an illegitimate birth. | ||
The registers of the parochial board are mostly found in the regional archives and local libraries. However, you may find some among the heritors’ records | The registers of the parochial board are mostly found in the regional archives and local libraries. However, you may find some among the heritors’ records at the National Archives of Scotland. | ||
The Family History Library has very few of these registers. To see if the library has records for the parish you are interested in, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog]under: | The Family History Library has very few of these registers. To see if the library has records for the parish you are interested in, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||
SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - POORHOUSES, POOR LAW, ETC. | SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - POORHOUSES, POOR LAW, ETC. | ||
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To find out more about the records of the parochial board, read: | To find out more about the records of the parochial board, read: | ||
Withers, Charles W.J. "Poor Relief in Scotland and the General Register of Poor." ''The Local Historian''. 17 no. 1 (Feb. 1986): 19-28. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+B2ah 942 B2ah].) | *Withers, Charles W.J. "Poor Relief in Scotland and the General Register of Poor." ''The Local Historian''. 17 no. 1 (Feb. 1986): 19-28. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+B2ah 942 B2ah].) | ||
Applicants who were denied relief by the parish could take their case to the sheriff courts, so you may find information on your ancestor in the records of the sheriff’s court. Some of these records are at the | Applicants who were denied relief by the parish could take their case to the sheriff courts, so you may find information on your ancestor in the records of the sheriff’s court. Some of these records are at the National Archives of Scotland. Some could still be with the sheriff’s court or in the regional archives or local libraries (see [http://www.scan.org.uk http://www.scan.org.uk]'''[http://www.scan.org.uk ] '''for links to websites for regional archives). | ||
For more information or other records on the poor, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | For more information or other records on the poor, look in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||