Scottish family history news and links

News

List of SSPCK schools and schoolmasters 1733 – online now

The 1940 Valuation Rolls for Scotland are now online at ScotlandsPeople. Valuation rolls can help you find people (owner, tenant or occupier but not whole families) between the censuses. The 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930 and 1935 rolls have been available for some time. How useful are valuation rolls?

I’m delighted to have played a part in getting the Blue Jacket Boy’s letter delivered – about a century late!

Links

Scotland is a big country when it comes to family history. So for now the links concentrate on:

• the Highlands where I now live
• Orkney where I was born and grew up
• North Walls and Brims, Orkney, my one-place study area
• Stirling where I used to live

The links will take you to sites you’ll find useful if you have ancestors from these areas or you are planning to visit.