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You may also access testamentary records online through the ScotlandsPeople web site (see Indexes below). | You may also access testamentary records online through the ScotlandsPeople web site (see Indexes below). | ||
=== Online indexes to Testamentary Records === | |||
Indexes are being compiled for these wonderful records: | |||
[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&407 www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk 1513-1901] The wills & testaments index contains over 611,000 index entries to Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1513 to 1901 | |||
[http://www.ancestry.co.uk www.ancestry.co.uk][http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 1861-1941 is a patial index] | |||
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=== Indexes to Testamentary Records === | === Indexes to Testamentary Records === | ||
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*Testaments for women may be under their maiden name.. | *Testaments for women may be under their maiden name.. | ||
=== Help to Understanding the Records === | === Help to Understanding the Records === | ||
*Burness, Lawrence. A Scottish Genealogist’s Glossary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society, c1990. (FHL British Ref 941 D27bL) | *Burness, Lawrence. A Scottish Genealogist’s Glossary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society, c1990. (FHL British Ref 941 D27bL) | ||
*Burness, Lawrence. A Scottish Historian’s Glossary. [Scotland]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, c1997. (FHL British book 941 H26b) | *Burness, Lawrence. A Scottish Historian’s Glossary. [Scotland]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, c1997. (FHL British book 941 H26b) | ||
*Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland. 16 vols and 2 supps. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1926. (FHL British book 941 P36e) Note: Vol. 11 is available at [http://www.archive.org/details/greensencyclopae11chis archive.org] | *Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland. 16 vols and 2 supps. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1926. (FHL British book 941 P36e) Note: Vol. 11 is available at [http://www.archive.org/details/greensencyclopae11chis archive.org] | ||
*Gibb, Andrew Dewar. Student’s Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1946 (FHL British book 941 P36g) | *Gibb, Andrew Dewar. Student’s Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1946 (FHL British book 941 P36g) | ||
*Gouldesbrough, Peter. Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. (FHL British book 941 B4st v. 36) | *Gouldesbrough, Peter. Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents. Vol. 36 Edinburgh: The Stair Society, 1985. (FHL British book 941 B4st v. 36) | ||