Subject: [SCROOTS-L] General Register Office for Scotland
Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:07:39 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:08:39 -0500
From: Steven Coker
To: "[email protected]"
Many South Carolina families are of Scottish descent. So, I thought this might
be of interest to many here on the SCRoots email list service.
19 February 1998
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND INTERNET SERVICE
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.
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.
Searching will be possible on the following fields:
Surname
Event type (birth/baptism, marriage, death)
Sex
Forename (or first initial)
Year of registration (or range of years)
Age (or age range) - deaths only
Registration District (Statutory Index)
County (Old Parish Register)
This index will constitute one of the world's largest databases of genealogical
information, including nearly 30 million names. Users will be able to order
register extracts (eg a birth certificate, a census entry) from the GRO(S) via
the Web.
Charging for the service will be by credit card, using a highly secure payment
mechanism. Credit card details are transmitted in encrypted form, making this
method more secure than using a credit card in a store or restaurant.
Charges will be similar to those charged currently by the GRO(S) at New Register
House, in Edinburgh.
MORE INFORMATION
General Register Office for Scotland
Brian Philp, Deputy Registrar General
New Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YT, UK
Tel: +44(0)131-314 4434 Fax: +44(0)131-314 4405
Web: www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm
OMS Services Ltd
Dr Ian Galbraith, Managing Director
87 Moss Lane, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 3AT, UK
Tel: +44(0)181-866 5830 Fax: +44(0)181-868 1160
email: [email protected]
Web: www.aecserve.com/oms/who.html
Source: http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html
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