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Anyone doing free Scottish lookups?

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Catherine

Catherine Report 4 Feb 2008 15:49

Have been researching my family tree, finding myself at a dead end, can anyone help?
CAT

Potty

Potty Report 4 Feb 2008 15:53

Cat

Many people on here will do census lookups if you post some details or if you want to do them yourself, look at the Ancestry website. It's a subscription site.

For BMDs you will have to use scotlandspeople, also a pay site.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 4 Feb 2008 16:09

At the risk of upsetting our friends from north of the border, BUT purely as a joke..........

Surely the terms 'free' and 'Scottish' are mutually exclusive..........

Reg

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 4 Feb 2008 16:10

Very true Reggie

Mhairi Queen of Scots

Mhairi Queen of Scots Report 4 Feb 2008 17:06

When you look at the overall cost though, its actually cheaper to get a BMD from Scotlandspeople than the GRO.

At £6 you can, if you use the credits right, get 5 certs compaired to £7 for just one cert from the GRO.

*gets down of soap box*

...offended?...at something thats quite true?...of course not...lol

ladybird1300

ladybird1300 Report 4 Feb 2008 19:02

Cat

If you copy & paste this :

http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/victorianbritain/default.aspx?o_xid=33724&o_lid=33724&offerid=0%3a7935%3a0
into your browser you should be able to get an ancestry free trial for 14 days.