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Hi John
Thanks for the advice - I didn't realise about the Scots 1901 census. Is it a
free to view service, or do you have to buy vouchers like the (alleged!!)
English one?
Sue
Hi Sue,
Sorry to say, it is not for free. It'll cost you £6 to do any searches.
For your money you can do 30 searches of all the records available
(1901, 1891, 1881 censuses, plus all BMD statutory records from 1855
(when they started) through until 1901?, plus all Old Parish Records
prior to 1855 (some go back to about 1500).
I have used the site frequently over the years, and have ordered many
records. Each record costs £10 to have a copy of the original sent to
you. They are printed on a nice quality paper with an embossed seal of
the SGRO. Some you could almost frame and display on a wall!
Records vary in quality, from the statutory forms - which are quite
easily read in most cases - to some earlier OPR records which consist of
one line of text which sometimes is barely legible.
Have a look at my own web-site:
http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/
- for many samples I have scanned.
Have a look at the record of my gggg-grandfathers birth (David Chalmers
b. 1795) - and you'll find just one line of text - with little
information. Then have a look at the record of his gg-grandfather -
(Francis Chalmers) marriage 1688. The record is no longer - but does
tell us he was a 'pyper' - so more informative.
For a record after 1855 have a look at the birth record of my mothers
grandmother Marjory WILSON b.1864.
There are many more examples of early and late records on the web-site.
You might also be interested in my "Chalmers Study" web-site:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/
- where I am gathering more general information about the surname
Chalmers.
I can't help you too much after 1881, but prior to this I have
accumulated quite a collection of Chalmers related data, which I'll
gladly delve into for you.
If it's not just your Chalmers line that comes from Fife, can I suggest
you join the Rootsweb SCT-D-FIFE newsgroup, which you will find is quite
an active newsgroup, and POSSIBLY someone within the group can look into
the 1901 census for you.
Joining either the Fife FHS of the Tay Valley FHS (which also covers
Fife) means that someone will look up records for you in Edinburgh (cost
I think is £3 / record) and transcribe them for you - but you have to be
a member! Can't remember off-hand annual membership fees. I belong to
both PLUS the Central Scotland FHS, which covers CLK, STI, and some of
PER.
John
John Gibson Chalmers
- john(a)dgnscrn.demon.co.uk
... also at john.chalmers(a)us.abb.com
Homepages ...
http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/
and ...
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/