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National records

General Register of Lunatics in Asylums - a complete index to all patients admitted to asylums in Scotland 1858-1915
​Board of Supervision Poor Law appeals - these appeals are shown on individual parish pages (see Records by County) below.

Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Index to over 33,000 Sheriff Court affiliation and aliment decrees. When a single mother took the father of her child to court, seeking maintenance payments for her child, she would often go to the Sheriff Court. The extract decrees typically identify the father and mother, give the date of the child's birth, and stipulate the amount the father was required to pay. This index currently covers all records at least from 1855 to 1900, with the exception of Orkney and Shetland.

School leaving certificates

Indexes to Scottish school leaving certificates and exam results. This record set currently contains over 88,000 entries covering 1908-1914, and will be updated soon.

Anatomy registers

Indexes to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland, 1842-1949.

Fathers found

We've been working to identify fathers of "illegitimate" children who are not named in birth records. So far we've found over 8,000 - is your ancestor among them? Visit Fathers Found to find out.

Records by county

These records are arranged by parish. They include Rolls of Male Heads of Families 1834-1842, Kirk Session minutes, Poor Law appeals to the Board of Supervision and records of births with no father named (1855-1874).
​Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Fife
Glasgow
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross
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​Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
Nairnshire
Orkney
Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
Shetland
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtonshire
Not sure which county your parish is in? Use this search to find the right parish page, or to search for records with your ancestor's name.
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  • Home
  • Records
    • Board of Supervision
    • Fathers Found
    • Asylum Patients
    • Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees
    • Sheriff Court Extract Decrees
    • School Leaving Certificates
    • Crown Counsel Procedure Books
    • Registers of Deeds
    • General Register of the Poor
    • Registers of Sudden Deaths
    • Anatomy Registers
  • Resources
    • Scottish Genealogy Sources
    • KINCLAVEN One Place Study >
      • Kinclaven 1911 census
      • Kinclaven Parish Church Books
      • Kinclaven Communion Roll 1880-1894
    • Archives in Scotland map
    • Scottish surnames >
      • Surnames-A
      • Surnames-B
      • Surnames-C
      • Surnames-D
      • Surnames-E
      • Surnames-F
      • Surnames-G
      • Surnames-H
      • Surnames-I
      • Surnames-J
      • Surnames-K
      • Surnames-L
      • Surnames-M
      • Surnames-N
      • Surnames-O
      • Surnames-P
      • Surnames-Q
      • Surnames-R
      • Surnames-S
      • Surnames-T
      • Surnames-U
      • Surnames-V
      • Surnames-W
      • Surnames-Y
      • Surnames-Z
    • Statutes
    • Auchterarder in WWI
  • Blog
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    • Managed Service Customer Login
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  • Shop