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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: ElaineG1971 on Saturday 03 July 10 22:03 BST (UK)
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Hi there
i am just starting out on researching my mother in laws family (from North Uist) but I have very little info to go on as unfortunately her father died when she was 3 and her mother only a few years later. i found Scotlandspeople but at £10 an extract it is just too expensive to research. Can anyone give me any pointers for finding information without having to pay a fortune.
Thanks
Elaine
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try free mbds im up against the same problem but found people on ere are verry helpfull
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Scotlands people is the primary site for all Scottish records ..... unlike the English system you do not need to order an extract if the image is available to view online unless you need a certified copy for some specific purpose.
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I don't think Scotland's People is £10 an extract. Do you mean £1? it should be 30 credits for £6 and a certificate/image is 5 credits. that is very cheap compared to English certificates - and they contain a lot more information.
Milly ;D
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Family search is free and has lots of info...not so good for Scotland but still worth a look
www.familysearch.org
Milly ;D
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Unfortunately none of my searches have had an image to view. Maybe i'm doing something wrong?!?!?!? ???
E
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On Scotland's People or Family Search?
Milly
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Hello Elaine,
Unfortunately until you get back beyond the limits set within Scotlands People for bmds - you have as you said to order extracts. Once you're looking for births before I think 1909, marriages before abt 1934 and deaths before 1958 ish you can download the entries for £1.20 - assuming a first time hit.
I don't know where you live. However the cheapest way if I were you would be to get as much info as you can chronically arranged, then contact the Search Room at the address below. It should be the best £15.00 ever spent on research. They should be able to work you back from 2006 and in an hour should get you back to 1855. I've visited their facility in person for an hour (a couple of years ago and they were very professional and helpful
http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Births/bir/bir_searchroom.asp
If you have any queries - please get in touch.
Regards, Steve :)
www.familysearch.org is only of value once you get as far back as 1875 when it's really good, depending on what religion your ancestors were (Ideally the established church), and whether theyy bothered to record their marriages or births.
If you're on the mainland or in a largish town your local library will often have access to online services which can access census records for free - currently from 1901 back to 1841. Next year it'll be from 1911 back to 1841.
Quite often people on here will kindly do census look ups for you.
Is there a Family History Society local to where you live.
The following Rootschat link gives useful tips.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html
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Hi Elaine,
I echo the suggestions above. It's pretty annoying when the certificate you need is one of the dreaded ones that are not available online, but there are ways around it to still find the information you are looking for.
For instance, say you have found the death of someone. From their death entry, this gives an approximate age and will (hopefully) allow you to find their birth too. You then go on to search for marriages in the town (or even county if it's not too common) around the time of birth and note down the maiden names of the brides. You can go back to the deaths now and enter known relatives details and go through the "mother's" maiden names one by one until you get a match.
Obviously this is not guaranteed and unfortunately it only applies to deaths after a certain point (early 1970s, I think) but this has saved me a lot of money and credits in the past. I always make sure to confirm though if the link is rather sketchy. In most cases though, I have been able to find online certificates - therefore no need to order at all - that have confirmed finds.
And obviously there is RC here too ... post what you have and someone will be able to give ideas.
Hope this helps. :)
hume
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If you live near Edinburgh you could visit the Scotlands People Centre in Register House at the east end of Princes Street where for £10 you can search and view computerised records from 9am to 4-30pm. You would be able to view more recent bmd's that are not accessible online.
http://www.scotlandspeoplehub.gov.uk/
I believe this facility is also available at Park Circus in Glasgow.
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Elaine - why don't you detail who it is you are looking for - don't provide any information about those people still living.
You have 2 names presumably - perhaps a marriage date and place; and approximate years of death perhaps. Dare I say, that's more than most start with.
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Hi Elaine
This is useful if you get back as far as the mid 19th century....
http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
Set the year to 1841, and the Census Place to North Uist, then enter the relevant surname.
Hibee
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Elaine, a very friendly site, non profitmaking, is Scotland's Family Tree, "scotfamtree", join as a free member and try it out. An annual sub' is £10 but it might be on offer at £8, ask as many questions as you like. Skoosh.