GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CDs IN THIS SERIES Parish records--primarily births, baptisms, marriages, and burials--provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration. This collection includes parish records and similar sources in the United Kingdom approximately 1538 to 1837. The records include baptisms, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records.
What is the original source of the data on this CD-ROM? The 347,610 records in this database come from wills, monumental inscriptions, marriage records and other similar sources from South Scotland around 1538 to 1837. Records like these can provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration. This CD is fully searchable on any word, including names and places.
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Dedinburgh, West Lothian, & Midlothian; Gloucestershire: Edinburgh; Bristol- Commissariot Record of Edinburgh, Register of Testaments, 1514-1600; Bristol Wills, 1572-1792
Dumfries: Annan - Parish Censuses 1801-1821
Lanarkshire: Glasgow - Burgesses and Guild Brethren, 1751-1846 and 1811-1825
Lanarkshire: Glasgow - Burgesses and Guild Brethren, 1751-1846 and 1825-1840
Lanarkshire: Glasgow - Burgesses and Guild Brethren, 1751-1846 and 1840-1846
Roxburgh: - Services of Heirs, 1636-1847
Kincardineshire, Perth, & Forfar: - Commissariot Record of Dunkeld, Register of Testaments, 1682-1800, and the Commissariot Record of Kirkendbright, Executry Papers, 1663-1800
Berwick: Lauder - Commissariot Record, Register of Testaments, 1561-1800
Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800
Lanarkshire, Scotland: Glasgow - Burgesses and Guild Brethren, 1573-1750
Selkirk: Selkirk - Burgh Court Book, 1503-45
Dumfries: Gretna - Marriages at Gretna Hall, 1829-Apr 30 1855
Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800
Dumfries & Krikcudbright: - The commissariot record of Dumfries, Register of testaments, 1624-1800
Renfrew: Kilbarchan - Index to the Register of Marriages and Baptisms, 1648-1772
Roxburgh: Melrose - Register of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls
Wigtown and Kirkcudbright: - Parish Lists of Wigtownshire and Minnigaff, 1684
Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564-1800
Selkirk: - Burgh Court Book, 1503-45
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