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The Armstrong Clan Society Dedicated to the Armstrongs, Crosiers, Fairbairns, Grosiers, Nixons and those interested in these surnames The Armstrong Clan Society offers you One Hundred Thousand Welcomes! |
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Armstrong Clan Society Membership All Armstrongs, Croziers, Fairbairns, Groziers and Nixons, regardless of spelling, and their descendants, are eligible for full membership in The Society. All others interested in furthering the goals of The Society may become associate members. In the United States and Canada, dues are $25 per year, this includes two adults and all minor children. In all other countries dues are $35 per year, payable in US funds. Yclick here to download a membership application. |
ScotlandsPeople
Center By Bill Armstrong, Webmaster
The ScotlandsPeople Center in Edinburgh recently opened
and could well be a rewarding experience for genealogical research. The
Center brings together computer facilities providing access to the records
and resources of: The National Archives of Scotland; The General
Register for Scotland; and The Court of the Lord Lyon. It is
located at the east end of Princes Street in The General Register House
and The New Register House. Visitors can look at images of the records of
births, census returns; marriages and deaths, old parish registers,
testaments; and coats of arms. The goal of the search engine is to enable
visitors to discover two centuries of their family history in less than
two hours. The ScotlandsPeople Center will be open only weekdays during
business hours. www.scotlandspeoplehub.gov.uk
is a pay-per-view site which allows viewing images of the historic
records. One can also reserve an internet seat at this site.
National Archives of Scotland. At the National Archives of
Scotland one can access original documents including: taxation records;
estate records; civil and criminal court records; church records;
valuation rolls; records of some job categories and government officials.
A limited amount of emigration lists and maps and plans are also available
for viewing. Church (Kirk) records are accessible at www.scottishdocuments.com.
One will be able to work with a staff member’s assistance, for up to two
hours, to try trace your lineage. General
Register Office. The Office built up a useful reference library over
the years and accessible at the center. Included are: maps and gazetteers;
surnames; guides to occupations; language and medical dictionaries which
can help interpret recorded information in the records; and gravestone
inscriptions. Also accessible
are: pre1855 death and burial records; post office directories for some
major cities; and some family history handbooks. A register of Church of
Scotland ministers from 1560; partial statistical accounts of Scotland;
some church histories are also available as source references.
Court of the Lord Lyon. This Court deals with Coats of
Arms whose beautifully illustrated records form part the Centers database.
The Court is located within New Register House. Birth, marriage and death
records going to 1855 and census records from 1841 to 1901 are located at
the Court.
The Book of Scottish Connections is a new database that
allows people around the world to record their Scottish roots. They will
have an opportunity to have recorded in Scotland a birth, death or
marriage that took place outside of Scotland. The book will be held by the
General Register Office. It will be accessible at the ScotlandsPeople
Center. See www.gro-scotland.gov.uk for more information. ______________________________Return to the ACS homepage_____________________________ New 15 Nov 2008 |
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