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...Exact names only Searches for records matching the exact spelling of your input, ensuring precise results without variations or misspellings. Fuzzy matching Finds records that closely resemble your input, allowing for slight variations or common misspellings in names or terms. Wildcards allowed Use special characters (e.g., *, ?) in your search input to represent unknown or variable characters ......
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Search the records | Scotland's People
...Search records of the Highland and Island Emigration Society 1852?57, set up to relieve Highland destitution, and the Napier Commission public inquiry into the condition of crofters and cottars, appointed in 1883....
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Quick people search | Scotland's People
...Use our quick people search to search for records relating to people across the categories of records which have been indexed by personal name. Or use our advanced search to search specific record types in one category at a time. The categories of records are: Statutory registers of births, marriages, deaths, divorces, dissolutions and civil partnerships. Church registers of baptisms, births ......
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Order a certificate | Scotland's People
...Prices and postage A certificate costs £12. Additional copies of the same certificate will cost £10 each. Our standard processing time is 15 working days to dispatch your order. Postage options are available at checkout, including priority processing for next-day dispatch. If you order priority processing, we'll dispatch your order the next working day....
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Kirk session records | Scotland's People
...Kirk session recordsKirk sessions are local church courts, held by the Church of Scotland since 1560. Their records comprise one of the most important sources for Scottish history from the sixteenth century until the late nineteenth century....
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Highland and Island Emigration Society records - ScotlandsPeople
...Highland and Island Emigration SocietyThe Highland and Island Emigration Society was a voluntary organisation set up in 1852 by private subscription with the aim of alleviating destitution in the Highlands by promoting and assisting emigration. Between 1852 and 1857, the Society assisted 4919 men, women and children to leave western Scotland for Australia....
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Births | Scotland's People
...The statutory register of births dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. Read how to search for births and understand their contents in our statutory register of births guide. You can also read how to: sort and filter search results use search tips A birth, marriage or death record may be indexed under more than one surname. Read guidance on ......
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Statutory register of deaths | Scotland's People
...Statutory register of deathsThe statutory register of deaths dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. The records are indexed by personal name....
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Tax rolls search | Scotland's People
...Search 17th-19th century tax rolls submitted to the Scottish Exchequer, listing different types of people in each of Scotland's parishes and burghs. Images of most original tax rolls are accompanied by searchable transcriptions of the text. Read how to search tax rolls and understand their contents in our tax rolls guide. You can also read how to: use Virtual Volumes sort and filter search ......
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Census returns | Scotland's People
...Census returnsThe census provides a snapshot of the people at a particular address on a given night. This information can be used to further your search for direct ancestors, to broaden your knowledge of the local community and to act as a bridge between the statutory registers and parish records....
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