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From: "Rosemary Kimble" <>
Subject: Scottish records
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 14:58:39 -0600


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I received this announcement yesterday in my Ancestry Home Town Daily:

Scottish Records Available on the Internet

Coming soon!! This news is from the General Register Office - Scotland
web site at http://www.open.gov.uk/gros/faq.htm

"...Spring 1998 a fully searchable index of Scottish birth and marriage
records from 1553 to 1897, and death records from 1855 to 1897 will be
available on the Web.=20

"The General Register Office for Scotland Internet service will be
formally launched by Henry McLeish, Minister of State at The Scottish
Office on Monday the sixth of April. Public access to the database will
be available immediately after the launch, from approximately 1.00 p.m.
UK time.=20

"The service will provide World Wide Web access to a fully searchable
index to births/baptisms and banns/marriages from the Old Parish
Registers dating from 1553 to 1854, and births,
marriages and deaths from the Statutory Index for 1855 to 1897. An index
to census records for 1891 will also be provided; 1881 census data will
be made available later this year.=20

"We have established a mailing list to inform customers when this
service is launched, to be added to it send a message (with 'on-line
indexes service' as the subject) to . Your e-mail
address will not be given to third parties."

"The General Register Office for Scotland is the UK Government
department responsible for the registration of births, marriages,
deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out
periodic censuses of Scotland's population."

For more information, visit their web site at
http://www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm

Hope this information helps!
Rosemary

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1553 to 1897, and death records from 1855 to 1897 will be<BR>available =
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Web. <BR><BR>"The General Register Office for Scotland Internet =
service=20
will be<BR>formally launched by Henry McLeish, Minister of State at The=20
Scottish<BR>Office on Monday the sixth of April. Public access to the =
database=20
will<BR>be available immediately after the launch, from approximately =
1.00=20
p.m.<BR>UK time. <BR><BR>"The service will provide World Wide Web =
access to=20
a fully searchable<BR>index to births/baptisms and banns/marriages from =
the Old=20
Parish<BR>Registers dating from 1553 to 1854, and births,<BR>marriages =
and=20
deaths from the Statutory Index for 1855 to 1897. An index<BR>to census =
records=20
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available later=20
this year. <BR><BR>"We have established a mailing list to inform =
customers=20
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(with=20
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href=3D"mailto:"></A>. Your=20
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parties."<BR><BR>"The=20
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responsible for the registration of births, marriages,<BR>deaths, =
divorces and=20
adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out<BR>periodic censuses of =
Scotland's=20
population."<BR><BR>For more information, visit their web site =
at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm">http://www.open.gov.uk/=
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<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Hope this information helps!</DIV>
<DIV>Rosemary<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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