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The official Scottish genealogy resource

Welcome to ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through.

From Scottish census records, Scottish wills, birth certificates and death certificates, we have a comprehensive choice of Scottish records to bring your Scotland ancestry to life. Build the complete picture of your Scottish ancestry with ScotlandsPeople.

We hope your visit will be enjoyable and that you are successful in connecting generations.

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The Valuation Rolls for 1895 are now available!

We're delighted to announce that the Valuation Rolls in Scotland for 1895 have just been added to the ScotlandsPeople website. Please click here for more information.

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'Tee Names' in the 1895 Valuation Rolls

'Costie Stone', 'Wocker', 'Smacker' and 'Santa Upple'! Read about the use of 'tee names' in the 1895 Valuation Rolls.

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The 1905 Valuation Roll entry for the Burns Cottage and Museum

View the 1905 Valuation Roll for Alloway that includes the cottage that Robert Burns was born in.

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