Course image Scottish: Old Parish Registers
Basic Scottish Records
Price: $119.00
Contact Hours: 15
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Before the introduction of Statutory Registration in Scotland, the
most easily accessible source of information about our ancestors is
the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) of the Church of Scotland.
This course will examine in detail the pleasures and pitfalls of the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) and the extent to which they survive. The various indexes to the OPRs and sources to find copies of the OPRs will be examined.
The course will cover the main categories of records for christenings, marriage banns and deaths; and will consider irregular marriages and discuss the major alternative sources for death records: local authority burial records and Monumental Inscriptions.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 15
This course will examine in detail the pleasures and pitfalls of the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) and the extent to which they survive. The various indexes to the OPRs and sources to find copies of the OPRs will be examined.
The course will cover the main categories of records for christenings, marriage banns and deaths; and will consider irregular marriages and discuss the major alternative sources for death records: local authority burial records and Monumental Inscriptions.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 15
Course image Scottish: Wills and Testaments
Basic Scottish Records
Price: $119.00
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Wills are one of the most valuable sources genealogists because
they usually mention several family members, even from collateral
branches of the family. They are often the easiest means of
extending a family tree before the introduction of Statutory
Registration in Scotland.
This course will examine Scottish Confirmations and Inventories (the equivalent of English Wills and Admons) in detail. It will cover the legislation defining what could be willed at various periods and the courts which had jurisdiction.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18
This course will examine Scottish Confirmations and Inventories (the equivalent of English Wills and Admons) in detail. It will cover the legislation defining what could be willed at various periods and the courts which had jurisdiction.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18
Course image Scottish: Census Records
Basic Scottish Records
Price: $119.00
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
This course looks at the history, structure and contents of the
1841-1911 censuses of Scotland. Strategies for searching and
locating the records will be discussed together with the
limitations of the various sources. We will then look at the
research possibilities of earlier census returns, together with
their survival back to Rev. Dr. Alexander Webster’s census of 1755.
We will also look at the National Identity Register of 1939.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18
Course image Scottish: Statutory Registration
Basic Scottish Records
Price: $119.00
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Birth, marriage and death certificates are the fundamental building
blocks of genealogical research in Scotland. This course looks at
the development of the Statutory Registration system in Scotland.
It will provide the practical details needed to understand the
system of civil registration, where to find and how to use indexes
and certificates. The course looks in detail at what the
certificates can tell us and at the legislation that affected what
was included in certificates at the different periods and in both
copies of the registers and certified copies of the
certificates.
We will also look briefly at other, less well-known, birth, marriage and death registers including the Minor Records, register of Stillbirths and the Register of Adoptions.
While civil registration started, eighteen years later in Scotland than it did in England and Wales, the records hold much more information and are easier to access.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18
We will also look briefly at other, less well-known, birth, marriage and death registers including the Minor Records, register of Stillbirths and the Register of Adoptions.
While civil registration started, eighteen years later in Scotland than it did in England and Wales, the records hold much more information and are easier to access.
Approximate contact hours to complete this course: 18