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=== Records Availability Charts === | === Records Availability Charts === | ||
Registers of Sasines is indexed from 1781 and easy to use. Prior to that are partial indexes. The registers are being digitized. This list covers availability at the NAS (National Archives of Scotland) and the FHL (Family History Library). | Registers of Sasines is indexed from 1781 and easy to use. Prior to that are partial indexes. The registers are being digitized. This list covers availability at the NAS (National Archives of Scotland) and the FHL (Family History Library). | ||
<center>SASINES</center> | |||
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{| class="prettytable" | |||
|- | |||
! Time Period | |||
! Kept by | |||
! Records | |||
! Availability* at FHL | |||
|- | |||
| Before 1540 | |||
| Notary Public | |||
| Notarial Protocol Books include some early sasines in abbreviated Latin (may require expert to decipher). Some included among Burgh registers (earliest 1485 in Edinburgh/Canongate, latest 1729 in Stirling) | |||
| 941 B4sr (various volumes, as follows) | |||
Edinburgh & Canongate – 1485-1515, vol. 74 | |||
Linlithgow – 1528-1578, Vols. 52 & 57 | |||
Melrose – 1547-1706, 2<sup>nd</sup> series, vols. 6, 8, & 13 | |||
Perth – 1534-1552, Vol. 65 | |||
|- | |||
| 1600-1609 | |||
| Secretary of State | |||
| Secretary’s Registers (only 8 of 17 districts survive) | |||
| FHL book Q941 B4sp (various volumes, as follows) | |||
Aberdeen – vol. 7, film 896586 it#1 | |||
Ayr – vol. 23; film 896593 | |||
Banff – vol. 18, film 896591 it#1 | |||
Edinburgh, Haddington, Linlithgow, Barthgate – vol. | |||
47; film 896602 it#3 | |||
Inverness, Ross, Cromarty, Sutherland – vol. 61, film | |||
896606 it#1 | |||
Kincardine – vol. 16, film 896590 it#2 | |||
Kinross, Clackmannan, Fife – vol. 55; film 896604 | |||
Perth – no book; film 217010 | |||
|- | |||
| 1617-1868 | |||
| Court of Session | |||
| Old General Register (whole country) | |||
Indexes | |||
<br> Minute books (indexed at end of each volume) | |||
<br> | |||
| Films 216970-216976 (1616-1700); book Q941 B4sp | |||
No. 3 (1701-1720) | |||
Films 216977-216979 (1717-1782); books 941 P2sc | |||
Vols 24-27 (1805-1808); vols 38-43 (1818-1824); | |||
Vols 50-55 (1830-1836); vols 61-66 (1841-1847); | |||
Vols 73-87 (1853-1868) | |||
|- | |||
| Particular Registers (by county) | |||
Indexes (some printed 1617-1780, see court) | |||
to persons | |||
to places | |||
Minute Books | |||
<br> Abridgements w/indexes 1781-1868 | |||
<br> Burgh Registers (dates vary by Burgh, 1616-1947) | |||
| 941 B4sp various volume #s | |||
Films 217026-217074 (1781-1868) | |||
Films 217075-217087 (1781-1830) | |||
Films 216980-217025 (see {{FHL|259942|item|disp=FHL catalog}}) | |||
Films 217088-217141 (see {{FHL|261488|item|disp=FHL catalog}}) | |||
Not available at FHL | |||
|- | |||
| 1869 and later | |||
| Court of Session | |||
| New General Register (whole country, no more | |||
particular registers) | |||
Burgh Registers | |||
| Book 941 P2sc vols. 88-174 (1868-1955) | |||
<br> Not available at FHL | |||
|} | |||
<nowiki>*all records available at National Archives of Scotland except some Burgh Registers, which are in local custody</nowiki>*all records available at National Archives of Scotland except some Burgh Registers, which are in local custody</nowiki> | |||
'''Burgh Records Held by the Family History Library and the National Archives of Scotland''' | '''Burgh Records Held by the Family History Library and the National Archives of Scotland''' | ||