There s more information about getting married in scotland on the national records of scotland website.
Register of marriages scotland.
If you need a marriage certificate for official or legal purposes please go to certificates and copies for guidance about online ordering.
A civil ceremony for marriage civil registration for civil partnership.
If you are coming to edinburgh to see scottish birth death and marriage records then you should visit the national records of scotland which is the official source for these documents for those unable to visit in person some of the records covering the 16th to early 20th centuries are available for a fee on the scotlandspeople website.
National records of scotland marriage civil partnership section room 38 new register house 3 west register street edinburgh eh1 3yt.
The related records are as follows.
Records of births deaths and marriages.
You will need a credit or debit card to use this service.
Register of corrected entries now the register of corrections etc minor records of births deaths and marriages overseas.
For anyone researching their family history in scotland the aim of the exchange is to provide a free resource for sharing information about ancestors found in scotland.
Sinclair cecil the statutory registers of births deaths and marriages from jock tamson s bairns.
The records are indexed by personal name.
This is the case whether you intend to have.
The statutory register of marriages dates from 1 january 1855 when compulsory civil registration was introduced in scotland.
Scotland births deaths and marriages a free resource for scotland genealogy and scottish family history.
Civil registration of births marriages and deaths started in scotland in 1855 and parish registers started around 1553.
Statutory registers of births deaths and marriages.
Such irregular marriages were abolished by provisions in the marriage scotland act 1939.
Column six records that the couple obtained a warrant from the sheriff substitute of the county to enable them to register their marriage officially.
In scotland all paperwork for marriages and civil partnerships is dealt with by local authority registrars.
The irregular marriage was by declaration in front of two witnesses at an address in perth column one.
Our useful websites births deaths and marriages page includes links to the statutory indexes and records of other countries.
If you re not sure what you need to do you can contact.
Statutory registers and parish registers 1553 2009 search birth marriage and death registers online at scotlandspeople many registers are available to view online and you can download images.
A history of the records of the general register office for scotland edinburgh 2000 88kb pdf.
Searching the records on the nrs scotland s people website is free.
You can also order census records and old parish register certificates.
If you order a certificate it costs 12 per certificate plus postage.
Birth death and marriage records from 1855 to the present day.
