ScotlandsPeople (New website now live).

[Forfarian]

Great! I hadn't tried that search.

[Stuart P]

Regarding the statutory marriage search, which does now work with name of spouse: Example - search for Alexander Cockburn marrying Edith Milton, I get one result 1951 in Aberdeen South. If I then remove the name Edith Milton and ask for a marriage of Alexander Cockburn in 1951 in Aberdeen, I find that Edith has 2 names Milton and Elphinstone. If I then search for marriages  between the surnames Elphinstone and Milton I get Edith Milton marrying Francis Mitchel Elphinstone in 1927 in St Machar. Males can also have more than one surname indexed, but not in this example.

[kooky]

Can I just chip in here? I found a pile of old SP vouchers and was not sure if they had been used or not.
I e mailed SP with the nos and asked. I had a reply the next day asking me to send a scanned image of them. Panic have new scanner, as yet unused. Sorted it out and sent off the scan. On the same day I had a response informing me that all the searches had been transferred to my account and that There were some credits! Great service.
Kooky

[carolineasb]

Has anyone else had problems with RCEs on certificates? I tried to see one for a death in 1960 the other day and got an "Access denied - this is a modern day index" error message! I contacted SP on the button on the message to contact them. First I got an email back with the wrong RCE, but when I mailed again they sent the right one so I thought it was just a wee glitch! Yesterday, I tried to see the RCE from a death in 1925 and this time just got "Access denied" message with no contact button so I had to use the contact us bit on their homepage. All a bit weird??

[dowdstree]

When I read your reply carolineasb I went in to check my saved images on SP as I have a couple of RCE's myself - exactly the same as you.

My first one is an RCE for a divorce in 1945 ( the marriage was in 1940 )
My second one was an RCE to a death in 1941.

OK looking at this the 75 year rule to RCE for the divorce might apply but not with the death RCE.
I was able to access both of them earlier this month.

I will now contact SP and see what kind of a reply I get - furious as I used credits for view these ages ago.

Dorrie

[carolineasb]

Not just me then

[dowdstree]

Not just you carolineasb. 

I wonder if any others on rootschat are experiencing this problem too ?
Maybe if we all emailed SP we would get an answer or they would sort the obvious problem with their site.

I just posed it as a general question in my email to SP. I didn't mention any actual RCE's. Just asked why access was suddenly being denied.

By the way I have just found another one of mine's - a death and RCE for 1923.

Dorrie

[dowdstree]

Hi everyone,

I have just had an email back from SP.

To quote " I am sorry but we are experiencing a technical issue with RCE's at the present time whilst our technical team investigate but as soon as the matter is resolved you will be able to gain access."

Dorrie

[carolineasb]

No answer for me but they had the caveat of the 3 working days to reply