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Land records can help you determine where and when your family lived in a specific place. Sometimes these records will be based on inheritance, and such records will often mention two or more generations of a family. In Scotland the land system had feudal roots in which the crown owned all of the land. | Land records can help you determine where and when your family lived in a specific place. Sometimes these records will be based on inheritance, and such records will often mention two or more generations of a family. In Scotland the land system had feudal roots in which the crown owned all of the land. | ||
== Online Resources == | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34579 Scotland of Register of Deeds Index, Vll, 1667] ($) | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1925 Perth, Scotland, Register of Deeds, 1566 - 1811] ($) | |||
*[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=554&2080 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1854+], index, ($). | |||
*[http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] Look at the "Guides to Records". | |||
*[http://www.nas.gov.uk/ National Archives of Scotland] Look at the "Guides to Records and Google Books"] | |||
=== Jurisdictions === | === Jurisdictions === | ||
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=== Land Records ''Tailzies'' (entail)=== | === Land Records ''Tailzies'' (entail)=== | ||
Research use | *Research use | ||
To obtain names and residence and relationship of those who inherited land after death of individuals. They supplement parish register information. | |||
Record type | *Record type | ||
Settlement of heritable property inalienably on a specified line of heirs, not heirs at law. | |||
Time period | *Time period | ||
1688 to 1952 | |||
*Contents | |||
Information on distribution of lands, names, relationships, and pedigrees of land holders. | |||
''Location'' | |||
National Archives of Scotland<br> | |||
H.M. General Register House<br> | |||
Edinburgh<br> | |||
Scotland EH1 3YY<br> | |||
Population coverage: 20%. | Population coverage: 20%. | ||
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=== For More Information === | === For More Information === | ||
For more information about sasine, service of heir, deeds, and other Scottish land and property records, see the following | For more information about sasine, service of heir, deeds, and other Scottish land and property records, see the following books: | ||
Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Heirs 1683-1883.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D2d|disp=book 941 D2d}}.) | Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Heirs 1683-1883.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D2d|disp=book 941 D2d}}.) | ||
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Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents.'' Vol. 36. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Stair Society, 1985. (Family History Library {{FHL|437197|title-id|disp=book 941 B4st v.36}}.) | Gouldesbrough, Peter. ''Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents.'' Vol. 36. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Stair Society, 1985. (Family History Library {{FHL|437197|title-id|disp=book 941 B4st v.36}}.) | ||
''An Introductory Survey of the Sources and Literature of Scots Law.'' Vol. 1. The Stair Society. Edinburgh, Scotland: Robert Maclehose & Co., Ltd. for The Stair Society, 1936. (Family History Library{{FHL|248949|title-id|disp=book 941 B4st; film 1426033}}.) | ''An Introductory Survey of the Sources and Literature of Scots Law.'' Vol. 1. The Stair Society. Edinburgh, Scotland: Robert Maclehose & Co., Ltd. for The Stair Society, 1936. (Family History Library{{FHL|248949|title-id|disp=book 941 B4st; film 1426033}}.) | ||
Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office.'' Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D27s|disp=book 941 D27s}}.) | Sinclair, Cecil. ''Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office.'' Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|941 D27s|disp=book 941 D27s}}.) | ||
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