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== Birth Certificates ==
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Over the course of time the details recorded on Scottish birth records has changed slightly.<br>
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==== '''From 1855 to the present day''' ====
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All birth certificates should include the following information<br>
 
 
 
*Name<br>
 
*Sex<br>
 
*Date of birth<br>
 
*Time and place of birth<br>
 
*Name (and maiden surname) of mother<br>
 
*Name, rank, profession or occupation of father (if named)
 
*Informants' details<br>
 
*Date and place of registration<br>
 
 
 
 
 
==== '''Certificates issued in 1855 only''' ====
 
 
 
Also have the following additional information<br>
 
 
 
*Mother; age and place of birth<br>
 
*Father; age and place of birth<br>
 
*Siblings; the number and gender of parents' other children are recorded, whether living or deceased<br>
 
 
 
 
 
'''Date and place of parents' marriage''' is recorded on certificates in 1855 and from 1861 to the present day.
 
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== Marriage Certificates ==
 
 
 
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== Death Certificates ==
 
 
 
The information recorded on a death certificate and the dates of any changes are detailed as follows<br>
 
 
 
==== '''1855 to present day'''====
 
 
 
*Name<br>
 
*Gender<br>
 
*Marital Status<br>
 
*Rank, profession or occupation<br>
 
*Date, time and place of death<br>
 
*Age at death<br>
 
*Cause of death<br>
 
*Parents; name, occupation and "alive or deceased"<br>
 
*Doctor; name of doctor certifying the death<br>
 
*Informant; Qualification and signature<br>
 
*Date and place of registration plus signature of registrar<br>
 
 
 
 
 
==== '''1855-1860'''====
 
 
 
*Doctor; when last saw deceased alive<br>
 
*Burial; Place and name of undertaker<br>
 
 
 
 
 
===='''1855 Only'''====
 
 
 
*Deceased; <br>
 
*Place of birth<br>
 
*How long in the district<br>
 
*Children, name and age of any surviving children or death details of children who died before their parents<br>
 
 
 
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==== '''Odds and Ends'''====
 
 
 
Details of the deceased were changed as follows;<br>
 
 
 
*Date of birth 1966 to date<br>
 
*Duration of disease 1855-1964<br>
 
 
 
 
 
Spouse details were recorded as follows;;<br>
 
 
 
*Name of spouse 1855 and then 1861 to present<br>
 
 
 
 
 
Informant details were recorded as follows;<br>
 
 
 
*Residence of informant 1855-1965 then 1972 to present<br>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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== Ordering a BMD Certificate ==
 
 
 
Scottish Certificates (known as an "extract") can be obtained in a number of ways depending on the date and type of the event concerned.<br>
 
 
 
The options available are;<br>
 
 
 
'''ScotlandsPeople '''<br>
 
 
 
'''General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)'''<BR>
 
 
 
'''Local Register Offices'''<br>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===='''ScotlandsPeople'''====
 
 
 
The ScotlandsPeople website offers search and downloads of the following certificates, if you require a certificate within the dates shown the site offers the easiest,quickest and cheapest method to obtain certificates:<br>
 
 
 
'''Births 1855-1906'''<br>
 
 
 
'''Marriages 1855-1926'''<br>
 
 
 
'''Deaths 1855-1956'''<br>
 
 
 
A visual introduction to ScotlandsPeople, showing how to search the records and obtain copies of certificates can be found within the wiki at [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Visual_Introduction_to_ScotlandsPeople Visual Introduction to ScotlandsPeople]<br>
 
 
 
 
 
===='''General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)'''====
 
 
 
The GROS can supply copy extracts for all events from 1855 to the present day, charges vary according to the level of service selected ("standard" applcations should take 5 working days, "priority" applications are supplied on a sameday/nextday basis).Application can be made as follows;<br>
 
 
 
In person at New Register House, Edinburgh or<br>
 
 
 
By Telephone, Post or Fax<br>
 
 
 
Full details of current charges and service options are available by visiting [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/index.html Family Records Information]at the GROS website.<br>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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===='''Local Register Offices'''====
 
 
 
Unlike their English and Welsh counterparts the local offices within Scotland have a digitised records system. This allows most of the local registrars to supply copies for '''any event, regardless of whether it is within their district or not'''. <br>
 
 
 
In effect it means that as well as ScotlandsPeople and the GROS there are over a hundred locations where you can obtain a copy certificate for family history purposes.<br>
 
Links to the council registration services can be found by clicking any county name from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Scotland Scotland County Index Page]<br>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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