Sunday, 6 November 2022

FindmyPast adds Scottish poor law and occupational records

Just added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):

Scotland, Poor Law & Poor Lists

16,820 records added to this collection, spanning 1816-1901. Including:

  • Dreghorn Poor Relief, 1872-1901
  • Inverness Poor Relief, 1846-1894
  • Wick Poor Relief, 1870-1887
  • Stirling & Perthshire Poor Relief, 1816-1899


Dreghorn takes the majority of the records, and with the most detail.


Scotland, Occupations & Professions

16,000 records added to this collection from various sources. Including:

  • Merchants Matriculat in the Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, 1687
  • Scotland, Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons 1581-1873
  • A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, 1890
  • Scottish Seafarers Index
  • Fife Shopkeepers and Traders


For further details and links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/scotland-poor-occupations

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

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