Ships and shipbuilding
This guide provides an overview of the John Brown (Upper Clyde Shipbuilders) photographic collection and other photographs of ships and shipbuilding in the Scotland's People Image Library.
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Social history
This guide provides a brief overview of the records available on Scotland's People for researching social history.
Soldiers' and airmen's wills
The soldiers' and airmen's wills include the last wishes of 26,000 ordinary Scottish soldiers. Most of them were killed in action, died of wounds or went missing on the Western Front or at Gallipoli, Salonika or in Mesopotamia.
Statutory register of births
The statutory register of births dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. The records are indexed by personal name.
Statutory register of deaths
The statutory register of deaths dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. The records are indexed by personal name.
Statutory register of marriages
The statutory register of marriages dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. The records are indexed by personal name.
Statutory registers
The statutory registers date from 1 January 1855 when civil registration was introduced in Scotland to replace the system overseen by the Church of Scotland (the Established Church). Registration of births, deaths and marriages became compulsory from that date, regardless of religious denomination, and followed a standard format for each record type.
Surnames
This guide concerns surnames and how to search effectively by surname in records that are indexed by personal name.
Tax Rolls
This guide concerns historical tax rolls from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries