ScotlandsPeople adds 1875 Valuation Roll

From the ScotlandsPeople Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ScotlandsPeople):

We are delighted to announce the Release of Valuation Rolls 1875 on the ScotlandsPeople website.

The index is FREE to search for the first time, until the 31st December. The Valuation Rolls are an excellent companion to the census, and are a useful aid for locating where and how your ancestors lived.

To access the indexes and images visit www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk.

Incidentally, for more on the valuation rolls, which were recorded annually from 1855 until the early 1980s, and which name principle tenants and landlords/feudal superiors, my Unlock the Past book Discover Scottish Land Records is now available in Britain via My History at http://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalog/Discover-Scottish-Land-Records-UTP0283.html#SID=876. Normally priced at £8, the company is currenly offering a special 25% discount, meaning that until midday on Thursday 26th September, it will costs just £6.

Several other Scottish, British and Australian titles are also available via http://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalog/Unlock-the-Past-Booklets.html#SID=876.

Chris

Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks