Scotland Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

Local registrars were appointed in virtually every parish in Scotland. The local registrar kept two registers of all of the births, marriages, and deaths registered in his district. The District Examiner annually examined the registers and sent one copy of the register to Edinburgh. The other copy remained with the local registrar.  

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The extracted records are not 100% complete as those records already in the IGI when the extraction took place in the 1980's were not included in the batches.

Birth and marriage records from 1855 to 1875 have been extracted and appear in the databases [https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1771030&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950]&nbsp;and [https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1771074&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D Scotland Marriage<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294680186586_538" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294680186586_305" />s 1561-1910], which are available through FamilySearch.org in the 'Historical Records Collections'.&nbsp;Death records have not been extracted and are not indexed on FamilySearch.org. <br>

On the home page - Toward the&nbsp;bottom of the screen,&nbsp;click on 'All Record Collections.'&nbsp; Type 'Scotland' in the Search box.&nbsp; The two record collections will be listed in the search results.

'''Follow these steps to find the indexes and records in the catalog:'''  

*''Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Scotland''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library, 1987. (Family History Library{{FHL|593463|title-id|disp=&nbsp;book Reg 941 V2; fiche 6035516.)}}&nbsp; This source is arranged first by event, then by county, then by date.&nbsp; At the beginning of each county is a list of the parishes giving their number.

Every parish in Scotland (beginning with the parishes in Shetland in the north and working south through Wigtonshire) has had a number assigned to it to assist with the organizing of records.&nbsp;&nbsp;When civil registration began&nbsp;in 1855, the civil parishes also became civil registration districts, and they had the same identification numbers.&nbsp; The numbers are used&nbsp;to identify parishes&nbsp;in civil, church, and census records.&nbsp; However, in large populated areas, it was necessary for the districts&nbsp;to be&nbsp;sub-divided, and the&nbsp;identification numbers were also sub-divided.&nbsp; For instance, the civil parish and district of Glasgow, Lanarkshire has the number of 644.&nbsp; When the districts were created in 1855, an area of Glasgow called High Church was created as a separate district and given the number of 644/2, indicating that it is part of the greater Glasgow area.&nbsp;  

Continue to watch this page for the list of districts and their numbers, which will be added shortly.  

The Registrar General Office created nationwide indexes after receiving the records from the local registrars.&nbsp; Indexes&nbsp;will help you find your ancestors’ civil registration records.&nbsp; The indexes are arranged by year and give name, place of registration, and record entry number.