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== Accessing Records == | == Accessing Records == | ||
The registers have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and are available at the Family History Library, or can be ordered through Family History Centers. To find microfilm numbers for the registers, click [[Scotland Old Counties pre 1974 and New Counties post 1974| | The Church of Scotland sent all of its known registers up to the year 1855 to the office of the Registrar General in Edinburgh | ||
(for more information, go online to [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk www.gro-scotland.gov.uk][http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk ] and click on the link for Family Records.) | |||
The registers have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and are available at the Family History Library, or can be ordered through Family History Centers. To find microfilm numbers for the registers, click [[Scotland Old Counties pre 1974 and New Counties post 1974|HERE]], or look in the 'Locality Search' of the Family History Library Catalog online at [http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.familysearch.org] under SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] – CHURCH RECORDS. | |||
'''Additional Information''' | '''Additional Information''' | ||
Scottish parish registers were microfilmed twice. In the first filming, some information in the margins of the registers is not readable on the film. The second filming corrected this problem. The later filming also has frame numbers to help you find an entry that was extracted (see '''Indexes''' below). | Scottish parish registers were microfilmed twice. In the first filming, some information in the margins of the registers is not readable on the film. The second filming corrected this problem. The later filming also has frame numbers to help you find an entry that was extracted (see '''Indexes''' below). | ||
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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||