ScotlandsPeople (New website now live).

[Archivos]

I see the problem with the 1911 census only being available for those outside of Scotland on Scotland's People (for those resident in Scotland, if you're wanting to do a parish / street / one-name study it's possible to pay for access at your local registrar, so while it is still expensive, it's doable).  This was pointed out when the 1911 was made available that the census is not only used for family history purposes, and that searching without a name was impossible.

There is a reason that not everything is online, but I'm still amazed at how much is - the valuation rolls, for example, are a fantastic resource.  People do rely on the internet, which is only natural now, but there are other ways of accessing information as well, whether it's information already digistised or not.  Also, just because something is behind a paywall somewhere doesn't mean to say you can't get it for free somewhere else, just not online.

[carlineric]

Forforian has a point about the availability of the OPRs and censuses in libraries. The problem is what happens when they wear out or get damaged or the readers do not get replaced? I believe NRS are no longer supplying microfilms to libraries/societies and actually sold their surplus copies. Another problem is knowing where a particular film is located. When I started in the 80s I had to visit Hamilton, East Kilbride and the Mitchell to look at the censuses for Carnwath and Carstairs, it was only much later that Lanark acquired a set.

Eric

[anne_p]

Something really odd happened on my SP acct this morning.

When I logged into SP today, I realised that I had 12 credits more in the acct than I had at my last log-in last night?
I checked that all my purchases were still in the saved searches.
None were missing.
Where did the extra 12 credits come from?
Been in and out of SP a number of times today but I did not use any credits.

I just logged in again and they have disappeared !
I've now got exactly the same number of credits as I had at close of play last night.

LOL

[Gadget]

A similar thing has happened to me, Ann. Only my unexplained 18 credits are still there for the moment.

On Saturday, I used up all my credits, However, when i wnet in to get some more this evening, I found that 18 had miraculously appeared.

[anne_p]

Use them fast Gadget.
They will be gone tomorrow.

I had 4 credits last night.
16 credits all day today.
I used none and my acct reverted to 4 credits again tonight

[Rosinish]

Don't think this has been mentioned but I didn't notice it on the "Old" site?

Doing a Marriage look-up;

Options in this order;

Surname
Forename
Spouse surname
Gender
Year range

Gender (To me that was asking about the spouse)? They need to make it more clear it's the gender of the person you 1st input!

There's enough things to be clicking for this 'n' that as it is.
Don't know why they don't index it all in 1 straight line as it was before, no need to click to different pages?
So much for making life easier, takes double/triple time the way they have it set out 

Annie

[Wisetreeangel]

Just wanted to let everyone know I had a really nice experience on the ScotlandsPeople Website.  I am going to name a great member of staff at the National Records of Scotland as this Wise Owl Angel was having logging in problems and I did not realise that the new website only allowed one username in each account - ALISON D sorted me out.  She was patience, positive and wiser than I and a total asset to to SP. I could not keep all my usernames but I now have all my previous searches, images and she even explained how to find my old timeline - you certainly got the impression she knew her stuff.   So if you have problems ask her.... 

Posted by staff member

[Forfarian]

That's a great accolade, Owl. I think the staff are all pretty keen to be helpful. It's just the new system that lets them and us down.

[Stuart273]

Add me to the "not impressed by the searches" list please.

Margaret Green - b. 11.05.1915, but other than her parents and siblings I know nothing about her. Ancestry (yes, I know) has a Margaret Green on record as marrying a George Imrie in 1845 so I thought it might be an idea to look for the death of a Margaret Imrie with Green as the other surname on SP. In the past that may have worked to my advantage, though it might have taken a few credits to find the correct death. Now? It's all speculation and probably a lot more expensive.
Obviously they didn't think about those of us who live nowhere near Scotland!