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*"General" services of heirs mention inheritances but not specific lands | *"General" services of heirs mention inheritances but not specific lands | ||
'''Indexes.''' Annotated ten-year indexes are in print for service of heir records created between 1700 and 1860. After 1860, there are annual indexes. Both the Scottish Record Office and the | '''Indexes.''' Annotated ten-year indexes are in print for service of heir records created between 1700 and 1860. After 1860, there are annual indexes. Both the Scottish Record Office and the FamilySearch Library have these indexes. | ||
From 1700 to 1959 the indexes are in book form ( | From 1700 to 1959 the indexes are in book form (FS Library book Q 941 R2ch). These indexes are very valuable because they give more information than just name and page. The information can help you decide if a certain service of heir is really the one you want. The actual records are difficult to read because they are in Latin. From 1700 to 1860, the indexes are on microfilm (FS Library film 990340). | ||
=== '''Availability of Records''' === | === '''Availability of Records''' === | ||
The Scottish Record Office has the original service of heir records. The | The Scottish Record Office has the original service of heir records. The FamilySearch Library also has microfilm copies of original records from 1586 to 1901. Each volume is indexed. To find the microfilm numbers, look in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
SCOTLAND - LAND AND PROPERTY | SCOTLAND - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
The | At www.books.google.com has the three volume set to the Retours from 1544-1700 available (no cost) online: | ||
* Volume I (1811) - [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UCVDAAAAcAAJ&dq=editions:-Ly064yuh7YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s bit.ly/Retours1] | |||
* Volume II (1811) - [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false bit.ly/Retours2] | |||
* Volume III (1816) - [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ch1DAAAAcAAJ&dq=editions:-Ly064yuh7YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s bit.ly/Retours3] | |||
The FamilySearch Library has printed abstracts of services to heirs from 1544 to 1700, in ''Inquisition ad capellam domini regis refornatarum abbreviatio.'' [Scotland]: n.p., 1811-1816. (FS Library book Q 941 A2i; film 908847.) These records are in Latin. | |||
=== | === Record Availability Chart[[Image:Service-to-heirs.png]] <br> === | ||
Retours could have been recorded many years after the fact, so you should search accordingly. | |||
Before 1848, retours and services of heirs are also found in sheriff, burgh, and regality court records. Sometimes their verdicts were not ‘retoured’ to Chancery, so the records of these other courts should also be searched. | Before 1848, retours and services of heirs are also found in sheriff, burgh, and regality court records. Sometimes their verdicts were not ‘retoured’ to Chancery, so the records of these other courts should also be searched. | ||
Beginning in November 1847, services of heirs were granted from the Chancery Court only, though local courts continued to hold inquests and issue retours. | Beginning in November 1847, services of heirs were granted from the Chancery Court only, though local courts continued to hold inquests and issue retours. | ||
The <u>''records of inquest''</u>of the local courts may contain more information and may have survived. Locating a list of local archives and their websites at [http://www.scan.org.uk/directory/contactdetails.htm SCAN]. You will find indexes to Inquests and Services of Heirs. | The <u>''records of inquest''</u> of the local courts may contain more information and may have survived. Locating a list of local archives and their websites at [http://www.scan.org.uk/directory/contactdetails.htm SCAN]. You will find indexes to Inquests and Services of Heirs. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
The following book will be of special interest for people in North America using Scottish service of heir records: | The following book will be of special interest for people in North America using Scottish service of heir records: | ||
Dobson, David. ''Scottish American Heirs 1683-1883''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. ( | Dobson, David. ''Scottish American Heirs 1683-1883''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (FS Library book 941 D2d.) This work names every Scot who is listed in the service of heirs records who has a North American tie. | ||
An excellent guide to these records is produced by the [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/inheriting-land-and-buildings National Archives of Scotland]. | |||
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[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland Land and Property]] | ||
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