Scottish Research and Scottish Civil Registration
Scottish Research and Scottish Civil Registration March 2004 by Terri Bradshaw O’Neill Volume 28, Number 3 Issue 244 A publication of the A Little Background Dallas Genealogical Society What we refer to in the US as Civil Registration, the recording of birth, marriage, and death records, is called Statutory Records in Scotland. Inside This Issue: While our states generally did not mandate the keeping of these records 41 Scottish Research & Scottish Civil until well after 1900 in most cases, Scotland began mandatory civil Registration registration in 1855. Before 1855, Parish records were kept for 42 President’s Column christenings, marriages and burial. Scotland’s decennial censuses were New Members taken one year after the US censuses. From 1841, the census takers Hats Off enumerated every person in the household by name. Census records are 43-44 2003-4 Society Programs available from the LDS Family History Library, but they are not indexed. AAGIG & CIG Programs Fortunately, the population of Scotland was lower than the US, thus Bad Weather information making a rural search less daunting. 44-47 Scottish Research – continued Begin with What You Know 47-49 NGS Family Papers Collection Naturalization papers can provide vital information as to your ancestor’s place of origin in Scotland. The IGI was searched for the family names, 49 FNGS Conference – September and likely ones were noted. What used to take hours of microfiche 50-51 DGS Writing Awards information reading at a Family History Center can now be done much more efficiently on FamilySearch.com. This research was undertaken in 2000, 52-55 New Acquisitions and nearly all of it was done in the Dallas Public Library Genealogy 55 Beginner Workshops Section.
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