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There are four primary record types for Scottish research:  
There are four primary record types for Scottish research:  


*[[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]] - government records of births, deaths, and marriages, beginning in 1855.  
*[[Scotland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] - government records of births, deaths, and marriages, beginning in 1855.  
*[[Scotland Census|Census records]] - a list of people who lived in a household on a specific night, taken every ten years beginning in 1841.  
*[[Scotland Census|Census records]] - a list of people who lived in a household on a specific night, taken every ten years beginning in 1841.  
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church records]] - registers of ecclesiastical ordinances of baptism, marriage and burial, beginning in the 1500's.  
*[[Scotland Church Records|Church records]] - registers of ecclesiastical ordinances of baptism, marriage and burial, beginning in the 1500's.