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ScotlandsPeople
The official Scottish records — statutory registers, old parish registers, censuses and wills. Pay-per-view credits, and the only lawful route to most of it.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ↗
Last checked 2026-09-22. Tell us if this has changed.
The ground it holds
Record regions whose registers are filed here, and for which years.
- 1553–1855 Scotland — the Old Parish Registers
- 1855–2026 United Kingdom — statutory registration — THE TRAP, and it is a pleasant one. Scottish statutory certificates carry far more than English ones — a marriage names both mothers including maiden surnames, a death names both parents. The 1855 registers name more still, because the first year was over-ambitious and then cut back. If your family is Scottish, do not settle for an index entry.
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