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Finding Scotland's People

Among the most useful web sites is Scotlandspeople.gov.uk with on-line access (for a fee) to Scotland's official register of births, marriages and deaths as well as indexed census records and digitised wills and testaments from Scotland’s National Archives. In an exciting, world-leading initiative, a one-stop family history service is currently being developed, integrating the records of the project partners and making ancestral research easier than ever before. So if you know of an ancestor who was born, married or died in Scotland after 1553 – the date of the earliest records - you may very well be able find out about them online.

Once you have found your ancestors online you’ll know where they lived.

Register now for AncestralScotland.com’s e-newsletter you will receive 30 credits (worth £2 sterling) in vouchers to use on the ScotlandsPeople website. 

Research resources

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