The source library
Scotland: Births & baptisms, 1950 onwards
Civil births and parish baptisms. Baptism and registration dates must be distinguished from the date of birth.
4 collected reference items← All Scotland births & baptisms
Coverage, survival & limitations
Scottish Old Parish Registers
OPRs cover 1553–1854 and contain Church of Scotland baptisms/births, banns/marriages and deaths/burials. Survival and registration are uneven; some parishes begin late or have no surviving records.
Scottish statutory BMD registers
Compulsory civil registration began in 1855. Statutory births, deaths and marriages are index-linked digital images through ScotlandsPeople, with online privacy cutoffs; certificates or official extracts are distinct from indexes.
Reading the evidence: an index, transcript, provider search page and original image are different sources. A recorded image link does not mean its reading or identity match is confirmed. Inspect the assessment and source page before changing a family relationship. Repository guides checked 4 October 2026.
Collected references 4
Reference items in this project, not the total surviving archive. A reference can appear in several types or locations; several references can concern the same record. Countries are inferred from source descriptions and recorded places, so check the citation. Undated and ambiguous items remain available.
4 reference items · earliest first
Complete collection index — all reference links
- “Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers—Births and Baptisms,” National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 9 April 2025), Williame Symountoun, son of Williame Symountoun and Issobell Glesgow, parish 685/1, reference 20/284, frame 527
- National Records of Scotland, “Statutory Register of Deaths” (), accessed 18 May 2026
- National Records of Scotland, “Statutory Register of Marriages”, accessed 18 May 2026
- “Church registers,” Scotland's People, collection guide; accessed 30 August 2026