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Showing posts with label ScotlandsPeople. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ScotlandsPeople. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 May 2026

National Records of Scotland services videos released

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The National Records of Scotland ( www.nrscotland.gov.uk ) has released two new videos showcasing its services.  You can view the first at h...
Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Medical Officer of Health Reports from 1891 on ScotlandsPeople

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I've just discovered that the Medical Officer of Health Reports for Scotland from 1891, previously available on the now defunct Scotlan...
Thursday, 16 April 2026

UPDATED: ScotlandsPeople Centre ceases half-day bookings

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From ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ): Changes to booking options for visitors We want to let you know about a change to our b...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

ScotlandsPeople expands prisoner records collection

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has added over 100,000 new prisoner records from Ayr and Inveraray jails from the Victorian ...
Sunday, 29 March 2026

Easter - certificate ordering disruption from ScotlandsPeople

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From ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ): Please note: Certificate Priority Ordering will be unavailable from 1 p.m. on Thursday...
Tuesday, 6 January 2026

ScotlandsPeople adds new records from 2010

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No, it's sadly not the update that you've been waiting for! ScotlandsPeople, now described by the National Records of Scotland as a ...
Sunday, 4 January 2026

ScotlandsPeople hints at its 2026 online records releases

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has given a hint on its Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/ScotlandsPeople ) about som...
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Saturday, 20 December 2025

ScotlandsPeople uncovers Christmassy names in the records

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has published a festive article entitled Santa Baby Found in Scotland's Historical Record...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

ScotlandsPeople adds new maps and plans

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From the latest ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) newsletter via email: New maps and plans Over 1,000 new maps and plans are no...
Wednesday, 5 November 2025

ScotlandsPeople releases Napier Commission records

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A major release from ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) for those with ancestors in the Highlands and Islands: Find your ancest...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

Doors Open Day at the National Records of Scotland

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From ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) via email: Visit us for Doors Open Day Join us at National Records of Scotland for Doors...

Napier Commission returns to be added to ScotlandsPeople in November

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has announced that the late 19th century Napier Commission returns are to be added to Scotlan...
Friday, 23 May 2025

ScotlandsPlaces hosted tax rolls and OS Name Books to join ScotlandsPeople

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has added an update to say that the Ordnance Survey Name Books, as well as the tax rolls curr...
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Thursday, 16 January 2025

Ancestry adds Dunbartonshire Valuation Rolls 1855-1930 collection

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Ancestry ( www.ancestry.co.uk ) has added the following collection, albeit it is a bit strange in the way it has been done: Dumbarton, Dunba...
Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Annual ScotlandsPeople BMD records update

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has updated its birth, marriage and death records by a year, as follows: - Birth records fro...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

ScotlandsPeople adds Barlinnie Prison records

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The ScotlandsPeople website ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has added 180,000 records of admissions to Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, from 1882-1...
Tuesday, 3 September 2024

ScotlandsPeople launches new look website - review

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ScotlandsPeople ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has relaunched with a new look website. One immediate thing I can see is that you cannot easi...
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Wednesday, 28 August 2024

ScotlandsPeople Centre closures in September

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The Dundas Room and Reid Room at the ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh will be closed next Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd September, as the ...

Glasgow registrars advise people not to attend ScotlandsPeople bookings next week

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From the Glasgow Registrars Serrvice: Scotland's People Refreshed Website - Launching 3rd September 2024 To prepare for these exciting ...

Unreliability of Burns Monument Centre continues

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According to its website at https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/BirthMarriageAndDeath/Scotlands-People/ScotlandsPeopleCent...