Scottish Church Records Index: Difference between revisions

The SCRI is accessed by a disk operating system (DOS) platform. Because current technology no longer supports the DOS platform there is a very limited accessibility to the ten million, searchable names available to look up in the database. Furthermore, patrons who are able to access the index at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, are generally unaware that it exists.  

FamilySearch has two online databases, ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1771030 Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950]'' (SB&B) and ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1771074 Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910]'' (SM), which are generally used to find the same information. However, these indexes have known data issues and have not been regarded as reliable substitutes. Therefore, a study was conducted to determine how true SCRI is to the original parish registers by comparing the index to the digital images of the OPRs. A secondary objective was to learn how SCRI compared to the other major indexes, whether the data it contains is more complete than ''FamilySearch’s'' SB&B and SM, as well as the searchable index at ''[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-our-records ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk]'' (SP).