Two more Edinburgh City Archives collections added to Ancestry

Two more Edinburgh based collections have joined Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), as sourced from Edinburgh City Archives (https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/archives/edinburgh-city-archives-1/3):

Edinburgh, Scotland, Lord Provost Passports, 1845-1916
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62350/

About Edinburgh, Scotland, Lord Provost Passports, 1845-1916

This collection contains registries of passports from Edinburgh, Scotland between the years of 1845 and 1916. All records are handwritten in English.

Passports from Scotland before 1916 are rare and mostly associated with the business owners or those wealthy enough to travel abroad.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:
Person's name
Residence
Date of residence
Spouse's name
Names of next of kin
Relationships to next of kin
Destination

If you are searching for family members who emigrated permanently, you might not find them in this collection. During this time passports were primarily used as letters of reference or for identification purposes. Emigrants traveling one-way would require different types of permissions.


Edinburgh, Scotland, Alien Registers, 1794, 1798-1825
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62348/

About Edinburgh, Scotland, Alien Registers, 1794, 1798-1825

General collection information

This collection contains registries of aliens living in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1794 up to and including 1825 and contains handwritten declarations made by aliens to a magistrate. Most records are handwritten in English, however the preprinted forms are bilingual; typed in both English and French.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:
Person's name
Any known aliases
Age
Occupation
Birthplace
Date of residence
Statements of intent

Registries made on pre-printed forms are more standardised and will usually contain more information, including the addition of residents' current address and their port of entry into Great Britain.

While these records are associated with French migrants, the collection is not limited to people of French heritage. It was compulsory for aliens of all ethnicities to register.

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