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Statutory registers
Search the statutory (civil) registers of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland from 1855 to the present.
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Church registers
Search church registers of births (or baptisms), marriages and burials in Scotland from 1553 onwards.
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Census returns
Search the lists of people recorded in censuses taken every 10 years in Scotland from 1841 onwards.
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Valuation rolls
Search lists of owners and occupiers of buildings and other properties in Scotland from 1855 onwards.
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Legal records
Search wills and testaments, coats of arms, soldiers' and airmen's wills and the records of military service appeals tribunals.
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Poor relief and migration records
Search the records for the Highland and Island Emigration Society 1852-57, set up to relieve Highland destitution.
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Prison registers
Search registers of people admitted to Scottish prisons to 1921. Registers for Edinburgh Bridewell, Edinburgh (Calton) Prison, Largs Prison and Perth Prison are available.
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Employment records
Search employment-related records of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses (Northern Lighthouse Board) and the Scottish Women’s Land Army.
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Kirk sessions
Kirk session and other church court records can be found in Virtual Volumes.