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Scottish birth records

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Lulubelle

Lulubelle Report 3 May 2013 16:25

Quite a newbie to family tree research. Can anyone point me in the right direction for Scottish Birth records please?
Thank you. :-)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 3 May 2013 16:29

Scotlands people. Pay-to-view.

Credits cost £7.00 for 30

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 3 May 2013 18:11

Depending on area and year you may have some luck on familysearch.org and freereg.org.uk (both free).

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 4 May 2013 12:10

Welcome to the Community boards Lulubelle....



Lulubelle is a new poster. I've sent a friendly message to let her know how to return to her thread. :-)

Researching:
ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 4 May 2013 15:49


Family Search holds quite a bit on Scottish Records
MARRIAGE BANNS up to 1854
MARRIAGES 1855-1875
BAPTISMS up to 1854- may include a birth date, but where a child has no given name, this will relate a death of an unbaptised infant. This info was taken from mortcloth rolls and converted to reflect a birth.
BIRTHS from 1855-1875
To obtain the actual record, Scotlands People is the site.
£7 purchases 30 credits. Purchase of one certificate uses 6 credits

EDIT:
From another thread, I have just discovered that the old (and easier ) version of the IGI still exists.
If you know the place/town of birth, try this one..http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryScotland.htm#PageTitle

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016