At the Edinburgh based centre, this will be the first set of records that will allow customers to search for a place without inserting a name, so should be a useful tool for finding people. Also at the centre limited help text will be available on the search page and can be viewed by hovering the cursor over the question mark associated with the search field. The main bulk of the help text has not yet been uploaded to the centre website, however, help text will be available at the online site at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
I will post further information on this once I've had a chance to play with the online version!
(With thanks to Dee Williams and Ken Nisbet)
Chris
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Well done for breaking the story first, Newshound Paton! I'm particularly looking forward to the earlier ones, as all branches of my family had found their way to Glasgow by then and the 1913-14 VR for Glasgow is online at The Glasgow Story http://www.theglasgowstory.com/valindex.php
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of limitations to using that site, but it is free, and comes with some terrific maps.
The maps are very good! Some other records are also available, for Dumfriesshire at http://www.maxwellancestry.com/ancestry/resources/dumfriesshirevaluationroll.htm (1896-97), whilst Ancestry has some for Perthshire up to 1899, as well as earlier cess and stent rolls - see http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1948
ReplyDeleteThe records are in fact all digitised from 1855-1915 at the NRS, but can also now be accessed on a stand alone terminal or two in the ScotlandsPeople Centre. Indexed only for the mid census years (ending in a 5!), but rest in between can be browsed.
Lots of fun ahead!!
Chris