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− | == Birth Certificates == | + | '''Click <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/163-Scottish-Records here]</span> to be redirected to the new location.''' |
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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>
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− | *Name<br>
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− | *Sex<br>
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− | *Date of birth<br>
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− | *Time and place of birth<br>
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− | *Name (and maiden surname) of mother<br>
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− | *Name, rank, profession or occupation of father (if named)
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− | *Informants' details<br>
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− | *Date and place of registration<br>
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− | ==== '''Certificates issued in 1855 only''' ====
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− | Also have the following additional information<br>
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− | *Mother; age and place of birth<br>
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− | *Father; age and place of birth<br>
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− | *Siblings; the number and gender of parents' other children are recorded, whether living or deceased<br>
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− | '''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 ==
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− | The information recorded on a death certificate and the dates of any changes are detailed as follows<br>
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− | ==== '''1855 to present day'''====
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− | *Name<br>
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− | *Gender<br>
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− | *Marital Status<br>
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− | *Rank, profession or occupation<br>
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− | *Date, time and place of death<br>
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− | *Age at death<br>
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− | *Cause of death<br>
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− | *Parents; name, occupation and "alive or deceased"<br>
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− | *Doctor; name of doctor certifying the death<br>
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− | *Informant; Qualification and signature<br>
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− | *Date and place of registration plus signature of registrar<br>
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− | ==== '''1855-1860'''====
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− | *Doctor; when last saw deceased alive<br>
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− | *Burial; Place and name of undertaker<br>
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− | ===='''1855 Only'''====
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− | *Deceased; <br>
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− | *Place of birth<br>
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− | *How long in the district<br>
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− | *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'''====
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− | Details of the deceased were changed as follows;<br>
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− | *Date of birth 1966 to date<br>
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− | *Duration of disease 1855-1964<br>
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− | Spouse details were recorded as follows;;<br>
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− | *Name of spouse 1855 and then 1861 to present<br>
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− | Informant details were recorded as follows;<br>
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− | *Residence of informant 1855-1965 then 1972 to present<br>
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− | == Ordering a BMD Certificate ==
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− | 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>
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− | The options available are;<br>
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− | '''ScotlandsPeople '''<br>
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− | '''General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)'''<BR>
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− | '''Local Register Offices'''<br>
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− | ===='''ScotlandsPeople'''====
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− | 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>
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− | '''Births 1855-1906'''<br>
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− | '''Marriages 1855-1926'''<br>
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− | '''Deaths 1855-1956'''<br>
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− | 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>
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− | ===='''General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)'''====
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− | 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>
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− | In person at New Register House, Edinburgh or<br>
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− | By Telephone, Post or Fax<br>
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− | 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'''====
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− | 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>
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− | 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>
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− | 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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