I saw this today, but wasn’t sure when it posted on e-mail sent out yesterday by IAJGS – (Scotland) Scotland’s People Adds 250,000 Birth, Death and
Marriage Entries (IAJGS Public Records Access Alert): https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/statutory-register-births. IAJGS Public Records Access Alert posted it to their mailing list on January 10, 2021 To view the list, you have to registered on their list. You can register at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts. Read the instructions if you aren’t already on the list.
Scotland’s People has added 250,000 birth, death and marriage entries (~147,000 online images) which include 48,728 marriages in 1945 and 64,943 deaths in 1970. For 1920 births of 136,546 living children during that year were reported. There was a marked decline in birth-rate during World War l.
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While searching their indexes is you need to use a pay per view to view and download digital records of the historic records you find. To learn more bout the pay-per view costs see:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/our-charges
Copies of statutory registers of births less than 100 years old; marriages, divorces and dissolutions less than 75 years old; and deaths less than 50 years old can only be purchased as official certificates. Read more about official certificates and how to pay for them.
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Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
