There is no one source of birth, marriage and death records in Scotland. We have indexed a selection of records from across Scotland which provide birth, marriage or death information. You can see precisely which records we have indexed here. Struggling to find a pre-1855 birth, marriage or death in Scotland? Find helpful tips in the Scottish Genealogy Learning Zone.
Enter the forename(s) in the first box, and the surname in the second box.
Remember that spellings in historical records can vary widely, so use wildcards to help you find your ancestors. See our search help page.
Less is often more! If you don’t find the result you are looking for try leaving this box blank or see our search help page.
Enter a parish name in the first box; a county name in the second box; and a country name in the third box.
This can be a useful tool to speed up the display of search results. If you find your advanced search is taking a long time to return results you can use this box to narrow your search to a few years at a time. By narrowing the year range you can also reduce the number of results when searching on common surnames.
Enter the forename(s) in the first box, and the surname in the second box.
Remember that spellings in historical records can vary widely, so use wildcards to help you find your ancestors. See our search help page.
