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Genealogy Section
www.Ayrshireroots.com and www.Ayrshireroots.co.uk Genealogy Section
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Records Section
Almost all Scottish records which have survived are legal. It follows therefore that their wording is very important, so as to ensure that there are no loopholes and that they cannot be misinterpreted. Even a baptism recorded in a parish register is a legal document. It is dated, gives the names of the parties involved, states whether the child being baptised is 'lawful' or not and is often witnessed.
Details of the Archives and Libraries which can be used to research your local Ayrshire and family history. Details of Ayrshire Registry Offices. They can do local searches and prints of certificates where details are held in their registry. Voters Rolls or Electoral Registers are a record of each household member entitled to vote in local government and parliamentary elections. Valuation rolls are a record of properties and ratepayers which were introduced in 1855. As the majority of Ayrshire's population was rural rather than urban until the mid 19th century, Estate and family records are often a useful source for family historians. Local and National Newspapers are a good source for death information. Various directories have been produced over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries covering Glasgow and Ayrshire. These often give complete trades listings and descriptions of towns at that time. The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s, are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions in Europe. Learn more about the area in which you or your ancestors have lived, or use this key source to study the emergence of the modern British State and the economic and social impact of the world's first industrial nation Burials and Monumental Inscriptions Parish registers of burials are particularly defective in Scotland so gravestones and burial records are often the only death record to survive before compulsory registration began in 1855. The International Genealogical Index (IGI), compiled by the Church of the Latter day Saints ( Mormon Church) is an index to pre-1900 (approx) of birth, christening and marriage records, taken mainly from the Old Parish Registers (OPR) and other statutory registers. Plenty of help with how to go about your search on the internet.Old Parish Registers - For members of the Church of Scotland, church registers of baptisms, marriages and burials survive, often from the 17th or 18th centuries. While most family historians are familiar with the old Parish registers OPR , the records of the Kirk Session, in the form of baptismal registers, proclamations, poors' accounts, communion rolls etc., can provide useful genealogical information. Since 1617 the registration of sasines (transfers of land rights) has been compulsory outwith royal burghs. The Civil Registration was compulsory in Scotland from 1855. From that time ALL births, deaths, and marriages had to be registered at the local office. Various records have now been transcribed and are included here. The census records for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 are currently available. Some census transcriptions are available here. The whole of the 2% UK 1851 Census is available for browsing or downloading.
Wills have been traditionally registered in modern times in one of two systems:1) Registers of Scotland-Books of Council and Session; 2) Commissariot Courts. Adoptions The National Archives for Scotland Guide to Adoption Records
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