Millenium Files

[BigOoms]

Hi Folks,
Can someone tell me abot Millenium Files?    I found reference to them on Ancestry in regard to confirming a Birth in Scotland (1700+).
Also where would I find.   "UK Probate Records" relating to Scotland, on land rather than paying a large fee to Ancestry? would it be in the National Archives in Edinburgh?
Thanking you,
BigOoms.

[MonicaL]

Hi BigOoms

Never heard of Millenium Files 

For Scotland, the only source of original BMD data is the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk which has both pre 1855 parish register records (presbyterian/established Church of Scotland and also more recently Roman Catholic registers) and post 1855 and the start of official registration, statutory registers' BMD indexes and up to certain years, original images from the actual registers that you can download direct.

The https://familysearch.org/#start indexes for Scotland are also a good guide up to certain years. But these are just indexes, useful, but original images with further details are only available via SP.

Probate Records a.k.a. Will & Testaments can also be searched and viewed online up to 1925 on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk  Searches are free (often give you enough info on the search results to know if you have the right entry) and you then pay via units to download the documents.

Scotlands People is the front end online vehicle for searching and viewing of Wills up to 1925. After this date, you would need to search further at the National Records office for Scotland.

If you are local(ish!) to Edinburgh, you can view so much of this there at both the National Archives and also the Scotlands People Centre.

Monica 

[BigOoms]

Thanks Monica,
I wonder if it is something to do with the Church of the Latter Day Saints?
There were 150 "so called Trees" on Ancestry relating to the person I was looking for.I wonder how many of them really are related to him? Most had the same information on them available on the IGI.
BigOoms

[MonicaL]

There is this: http://www.lineages.co.uk/2009/07/04/millennium-file/

If you click on the 'for more...', it takes you through to A/try.

As I mentioned, the main Scottish sources for information are shown above 

Monica

[IMBER]

Just to avoid potential confusion should you proceed further, just bear in mind that Probate is an English term.  The equivalent in Scotland is Confirmation.

Imber

[sharonwesley1]

Hi
Millennium File is a database created by the The Institute of Family Reseach, it holds records from all over the world, ive found quite alot 

[imchad]

Hi

Probate is not a word used in Scotland. the equivalent is called "Confirmation".  The only mention of Probate in Scottish records is a series known as 'Probate Resealed' which refers to wills which have been proved in other countries but where the deceased had assets in Scotland. That can be useful as you generally find a copy of the original will from England, or wherever.

Most Scottish wills pre 1925 are available through the Scotlandspeople website, however one should be aware that not every will was recorded in the same way. Prior to 1868 only moveable goods were dealt with by a 'last will and testament'. Land was bequeathed via a 'service of heirs'.  To get round this problem, many people set up a TDS (Trust Disposition & Settlement). Whilst most of these were recorded in the Testamentary books, used by scotlandspeople, many are recorded in Registers of Deeds and NOT found on scotlandspeople. Another version was a Mutual Disposition and Settlement, where a husband and wife, or a brother and sister, had a joint will.

Best wishes

Ian