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Detail from a valuation roll listing properties as uninhabitable after the bombing of Bank Row, Wick, 1 July 1940
Featured article News: Valuation Rolls for 1940 Go Online

2.8 million names and addresses for owners and occupiers of properties in Scotland added to the site

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Photograph of Lieutenant Douglas Hume
Our Records: Deaths of Scottish Seafarers
18/05/16

Learn about the death records of Scottish seafarers online at ScotlandsPeople.

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Did You Know? Facts from the 1901 Census
18/05/16

What was life like in Scotland on the night of the 1901 census?

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Our Records: Coco Chanel and the Duke of Westminster in the Highlands
18/05/16

The story of Britain's richest man and a world famous designer and their Highland retreat

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News: Valuation Rolls for 1930 Go Online
06/05/16

Valuation rolls for 1930 have been added to ScotlandsPeople.

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Title page of the valuation roll, Burgh of Aberdeen, 1860-1
Our Records: Valuation Rolls
12/01/16
Valuation rolls recorded a uniform valuation of landed property across Scotland from 1855
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