Scotland's People
Genealogy Scotland – the official government source of Scottish genealogical data
› What are the indexes?› What is not in the indexes?› From what sources are the indexes compiled?› Why can't I find this person in the index?› Are the indexes updated?› How do the surnames of married women appear in the index?› Are the GROS codes on ScotlandsPeople the same as the references in New Register House?› How do I know if this person is my ancestor?› I found two baptisms for members of my family on the same day. Are they twins?› What does "FR530" mean listed after a name on an OPR results page?› I seem to have found two baptisms for the same child.› What does the "U" mean in the sex column on an OPR results page?› Why does the statutory index for b,m,d not show the full date of an event?› Why is mother's maiden surname included on some statutory deaths index results and not on others?› What does "-" mean in the age column of statutory deaths index results?› Why is the date of death not included in the wills & testaments index?› What is the date in each wills & testaments index entry?› Can there be more than one entry in the wills & testaments index for the same person?› I know the name of somebody who was a beneficiary in a will. Will I find them in the index?› What do the words testate and intestate mean?› If someone is described as "testate" in the Description field in the index does this mean there will be a copy of the will in the document I purchase?› Will you be extending the wills & testaments index after 1901?› Will you be indexing all the beneficiaries/executors etc named in wills & testaments?› Are wills & testaments of Scots overseas included in the index?› I have found a will of someone who died in England, what sort of document will I get?› Why can't I search the wills & testaments index by parish and/or county?