An additional fee will be charged per certificate for priority processing.All certificates are issued by 1st class UK mail or standard airmail or by the alternative delivery option selected by the customer.Certificates will normally be produced electronically from images of the actual register page entry. The records are indexed by personal name. To order a birth, death, marriage, civil partnership, divorce, dissolution, census or Old Parish Register certificate online go to A priority certificate is one that is needed urgently. Stay in touch with ScotlandsPeople You will need a credit or debit card to use this service.
This can be done via email to The receipt of the documentation will be recorded and then the copies of the ID and proof of address will be confidentially destroyed thereafter.In the use of information provided by NRS, customers must comply with their obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018 and the Human Rights Act 1998. You can sort search results by any field except Ref which combines the registration district and entry numbers.People who visit the ScotlandsPeople Centre or local family history centres can also choose to search entries recorded in 1929 and later by mother’s maiden name.In 1855, the first year of statutory civil registration, the following additional information was recorded:As a result entries cover two pages and are especially valuable to researchers. Click on the image to view the full register page showing entries one to three. The statutory register of births dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. Statutory registers Search the statutory (civil) registers of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland from 1855 to the present. This example shows entries 11 to 15 from the 1855 statutory register of births for the parish of Cruden in the county of Aberdeen (registration district reference 185). The registrar then sent a copy to the registrar of the district where the parents lived. Please go to the The search form includes tips for each field with links to more detailed research guides where appropriate. Click on the image to view it full size.1855 statutory register of births for Cruden (National Records of Scotland, 1855/185/11-15)This example from the statutory register of births for the parish of Fossoway in the county of Kinross (registration district reference 461) shows the first entry for 1869. If you use the NRS same day service your certificate will cost £30 per certificate, plus postage. The term '(illegitimate)' is included in column one and no father's name is given.
The details were transcribed into that register. In line with advice from the Scottish Government and to delay the spread of Coronavirus we have decided to close our Historical, Legal and ScotlandsPeople search rooms in Edinburgh. The statutory register of births dates from 1 January 1855 when compulsory, civil registration was introduced in Scotland. In most cases this means the addition of the father's name following a paternity case or the subsequent marriage of the parents after the birth of their child. Coronavirus – ScotlandsPeople Services. You will need a credit or debit card to use this service. Although Elizabeth Scott was born on 10 December 1868 her birth wasn't registered by her mother until early in the following year. 1. You can order a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate from any registrar in Scotland. The standard cost for ordering a certificate is £15 per certificate, plus postage. Search Search by place Find out how to search the records for places. Search Image library Search for archive photographs and illustrations. You have to register and log in to use this service. ; Census returns Search the lists of people recorded in censuses taken every 10 years in Scotland from 1841 onwards. This applies from 1855 to 1934 when a child was born outside the registration district of their parents’ usual residence. This means that any sensitive information such as children’s details or financial arrangements given in the Decree will not be included in the certificate. To order a birth, death, marriage, civil partnership, divorce, dissolution, census or Old Parish Register certificate online go to Certificate search. The contents of any certificate (official extract) containing personal data about any living individuals For information about ordering in person, in writing, from a local registration office or by phone please go to the A partnership between the National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon This redacted certificate is still valid for legal purposes.Should the data subject or legal representative of the data subject wish to obtain an unredacted version, they will need to provide a copy of their ID (passport, driving licence etc.) Images of entries with an RCE include a link to the RCE page, which is free to view.You can find further information and an example of an RCE in the topic guide If you order an official certificate of a birth entry with an RCE it will be typed with any corrections or insertions applied.You may find corrections on a register entry along with notes in the margins of the page indicating which column(s) has been amended and the registrar's initials. Find out how you can order certificates (also known as extracts) online, the type of certificates available, the information needed for ordering and how much they cost.You can search for and order certificates online. Types of certificate you can order online. If you need a birth certificate for official or legal purposes please go to certificates and copiesfor guidance about online ordering. These are known as clerical errors and are not RCEs.A partnership between the National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon Search for people Search for people in records indexed by personal name. Get a copy from your local registrar. If you want to carry out research in the statutory registers of births there are options to view, save and print digital images of 1855-1919 records and to order offic… Purchase either a certificate (also known as an extract) which is a certified paper copy of a register entry or a digital image of the entry.