FINDMYPAST PUBLISHES 700,000 NEW SCOTTISH RECORDS

 I received this email Friday morning:

 

Findmypast publishes 700,000 new Scottish records in celebration of Burns Night 2019

Leading British & Irish family history website, Findmypast, is marking the 260th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, with the release of almost 700,000 new Scottish records.

Many of these new additions have been made available online for the first time and cement Findmypast’s place as the home of the fastest growing online collection of Scottish Records.

Over 275,000 brand new records have been added to Findmypast’s collection of more than 2 million Catholic Sacramental Registers records. Covering all eight Scottish Dioses, fully indexed and scanned in full colour, these important documents can’t be found anywhere else online.

Almost 75,000 records from the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745 have been digitised from The National Archives and are now searchable for the first time, forming an expansive collection of assorted documents including lists of prisoners and those banished or pardoned along with correspondence, commission records, briefs of evidence and more.

Over 30,000 records of Glasgow smallpox vaccinations from 1801-1850, indexed for the first time and available with images of the original documents have been added from the library of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. These cover the very poorest parts of the city, and may be some of the only records that survive for many of the individuals found within these pages.

From the same archive, come documents relating to almost 2,000 newly indexed names taken from class rolls of those who studied Anatomy under Professor George Buchanan at Anderson’s College, Glasgow from 1860-1874.

Over 280,000 new burials from cemeteries across Glasgow have joined our Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index. These valuable records have been supplied by the latest Scottish family history society to partner with Findmypast, the Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society.

Andrew Eadie, chairman of the GWSFHS said of the release;

‘As one of the oldest family history societies in the country, Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society has been assisting those with Scottish roots for more than 40 years. We are delighted that, by partnering with Findmypast, our records have taken their place among a growing and vibrant collection that people across the world can enjoy, discovering their ancestors and, fittingly on this day, making new connections to the homeland of Rabbie Burns.’

Myko Clelland, licensing manager for Findmypast said;

‘Findmypast has always been well regarded as the home of British & Irish family history, and with our Dundee headquarters, it’s only fitting that that Scottish records are one of our crown jewels. We’re working with so many wonderful people to build a collection that really stands out as something truly unique and powerful, where Scotland comes to life and in the spirit of the ploughman poet himself, new stories can be discovered and retold for generations. Keep checking the Findmypast Friday blog for news of the millions of other Scottish records that we’re excited to be publishing every month, throughout 2019.’

These newly released additions sit alongside millions of other records from family history societies, archives and repositories holding records that cover the whole length and breadth of the country. If you have Scottish heritage, Findmypast is an indispensable tool for discovering your ancestors.