Kilmarnock's ScotlandsPeople system access restored from May 2nd

From East Ayrshire Council, news about the ScotlandsPeople access at the Burns Monument Centre:

ScotlandsPeople Update

Please note that the ScotlandsPeople Centre will re-open week beginning 1st May 2023* and bookings can be made by calling 01563 576695 from 9am onwards on Friday 28th April 2023.

 

*Although it is week beginning May 1st, the centre will not open until Tuesday, May 2nd. From the centre's website at https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/BirthMarriageAndDeath/Scotlands-People/ScotlandsPeopleCentre.aspx:

 

PC room opening hours

Please note it is now essential to book your PC in advance. Bookings will be taken on a Friday from 9am by calling 01563 576695 for the following week.

Opening hours are Tuesday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm (where available).

The session will end at 3:50pm when the computers shut down.

Be aware that restrictions may be placed on service delivery at short notice.
Payments

We only accept payment by debit/credit card.

Chris

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Burns Monument Centre suspends ScotlandsPeople service

From East Ayrshire Council Registrars Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/EACRegistrars), news about a closure of the ScotlandsPeople service provision at the Burns Monument Centre:

*PLEASE NOTE*

Due to an increased number of death registrations it is with regret that we need to close our Scotland's People Centre until further notice.

Please follow our Facebook Page for further updates.

Thanks to a colleague on the Scottish Genealogy Network Facebook page, it seems to that the closure will be for at least another couple of weeks.

(With thanks to Catriona Haines)

 

Chris   

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Burns Monument Centre increases ScotlandsPeople access

I had another productive morning of research at the Burns Monument Centre in Kilmarnock, which has made some changes to its ScotlandsPeople service provision from this week (https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/BirthMarriageAndDeath/Scotlands-People/ScotlandsPeopleCentre.aspx). 

Since its re-opening following the Covid lockdowns, the centre's four terminals have been made available to customers with four hour slots that had to be booked in advance on Friday mornings for the following week. From this week going forward there are now eight terminals available, with each seat separated from the next by a perspex divider. The booking slots remain at four hours for now, and whilst they still must be reserved on Friday mornings for the following week, if any slots are going free during the week from cancellations, or from not having been booked in advance, these will be announced on the service's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burns-Monument-Kilmarnock/135969349778491).

We're not quite back to normal yet, but this is going to provide a serious service improvement in the current circumstances. Note that although the slots are offically from 9am-1pm, the doors actually open at 8.50am, and the computers are automatically switched off at 12.50pm (you get a fifteen minute on-screen notification just prior to the terminals going off), and that access remains via the side entrance (pictured). Forewarned and all that..!

(With thanks to the Burns Monument Centre)

Chris

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