What records can I find in the Mitchell: Registrars?
“Glasgow Registration Service - Our Registrars Family History Centre will remain closed for the moment. This will be reviewed as we enter Phase 4 of the Scottish Government Route map. Any updates will be added to our GCC website page https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/17698/Family-History”
Accessing the ScotlandsPeople network through the Registrars allows you to explore the most comprehensive collection of Scottish vital records. This is the best option if you are just starting your family history research - or need to do lots of digging - and lets you really delve into records dating back almost 500 years. Using the network through the Registrars gives you access to images of more recent records that are not available offsite through the ScotlandsPeople website.
You can access the ScotlandsPeople network in the Registrars on payment of a daily fee. This includes access to digital images and a full index of the following records for all of Scotland:
Civil registration records
births, deaths and marriages, 1855 to present
divorces, 1984 to present
civil partnership indexes, 2005 to present
‘minor’ records of births, deaths and marriages of Scots abroad which are recorded in foreign returns, service returns, war returns and marine registers
Old Parish Registers
Catholic Parish Registers
births and baptisms, 1703 – 1913
marriages, 1703 – 1938
deaths (including burials at St Peter’s, Dalbeth and Mount Vernon, Edinburgh), 1703 – 1963
Census returns, 1841 – 1911
Valuation rolls for all of Scotland, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1920
Wills and testaments, 1513 – 1925
Soldiers' wills, 1857 - 1966
Military Service Appeals Tribunal records, 1916 - 1918
For more information on each of the above record types please see the relevant related guides.