Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History

09/04/2024

Brand new dataset: Convict Criminal Records linking for the first time Scottish court records to Australian convict transportation registers - almost 8,500 convicts linked for the first time.

Linking Australian convict transportation records to Scottish court records

08/04/2024

New records! An index to criminal records of the Sheriff Courts from all over Scotland. More coming soon!

Indexes to criminal records in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland

02/12/2023

Delighted! This approval allows the process to transfer Taymount Wood in Kinclaven ( our Perthshire One Place Study parish) into Community ownership.

We are really thrilled to let you know that Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has approved WSWG’s Revised Wildwood Proposal and Business Plan for Taymount Wood. This is the first big goal achieved in our Community Asset Transfer Process to bring Taymount and Five Mile Woods into community ownership! Click here for more ...
WSWG Community Update November 2023 https://mailchi.mp/7ab990b1a03e/biodiversity-your-village-community-bioblitz-14612099

07/09/2023

We've added nearly 12,000 cases from 1900-1904 to our Crown Office criminal cases index.

Index to Crown Office cases. These are crimes referred to the Crown Office from 1890.

09/05/2023

Just published: Index to Crown Office Criminal Cases 1890-1899. Over 21,000 entries in this dataset of criminal allegations.

Index to Crown Office cases. These are crimes referred to the Crown Office from 1890.

28/02/2023

Still time to book for Fergus' talk By Habit and Repute: Marriage in Scotland, hosted by History Scotland and Family Tree Magazine.
https://www.facebook.com/familytreemaguk/photos/a.448036439463/10160628919909464/?__tn__=%2CO*F

Live Zoom talk, 1 March, 6.30pm (UK time) Don't miss our next talk - By habit and repute: a guide to marriage in Scotland - by Fergus Smith. We'll be exploring marriage law and customs in Scotland, from the Reformation to the present day. Ticket price £10, which includes on-demand access to the event recording until 31 March. Book at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6016705890036/WN_f-5XTd_fRDa9ZXMAjgeOgQ

31/08/2022

With the 1921 census finally due to be launched later this year, we thought we'd give you a heads-up as to what you can expect to find.

Work is well advanced for the release of the 1921 census records later this year and we are confident we will publish the census before the end of the year. We know customers are eagerly waiting this...

13/06/2022

Our friends at the University of Portsmouth are about to release some more fascinating data about historic railway accidents. They'd appreciate feedback about what they're doing.
You can also follow them on twitter ().

Exciting news! We’re gearing up to make our next data release – around 16,000 new records. But we need your help …  Provisionally we’re aiming for mid-July, as we’re cleaning up the dataset at the moment to make sure it’s as accurate and consistent as possible. This has been a long-term...

03/03/2022

Fergus has recorded a series of three talks on Sheriff Court records for , and they're now available to view.

https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/series/records-of-the-scottish-sheriff-courts

07/01/2022

We've just published an index of 100,000 reported crimes across Scotland 1822-1856, from the Crown Counsel Procedure Books. We'll be adding links to more detailed criminal records as we go.