Scotland and Ireland

Civil registration began in Scotland in 1855.

You can search for and order certificates online through official government sources: records are kept at National Records Scotland in Edinburgh where you may inspect them and make notes.

Click on the links below and in the side panel to the left to discover more information to guide your research:

ScotlandsPeople

Official records kept by the Scottish government: Civil Registers, Census Returns, Valuation Rolls, legal records, poor relief and migration records.

Northern Ireland General Register Office

You can search and order certificates - Births over 100 years old, Marriages over 75 years old, Deaths (including World War II death records) over 50 years old.

Ireland: National Archives

Official information on the household returns and ancillary records for the Censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911.

Irish Genealogy: Civil Records

Civil Records (Births, Marriages and Deaths). Free to view and download. Links often lead to original documents.