jantyannie
31-12-2005, 01:53 PM
Just had this from Scotlands People
*** New Data Announcement***
We are pleased to announce that this year we have received permission to
release the new years statutory data earlier than in previous years.
Customers can now access, online, records from the Statutory Register of
Births for 1905, the Statutory Register of Marriages for 1930, and the
Statutory Register of Deaths for 1955. Almost 100,000 new index and
corresponding image entries have been added to the site, amounting to six
gigabytes of data. This is now available at
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
***Major Index Updates***
In addition to the new data release, we have just deployed the biggest
single index update on the site to date. These include corrections of
indexing and transcription errors in Statutory Birth, Death and Marriage
indexes (Census updates for all years will follow shortly). Please note
that some previous searches may change to reflect the updates, in that
incorrect returns will be removed whilst corrected records will be
returned. As always, we do stress that customers read the extensive help
regarding how to best find elusive entries. See, for example, Help with
Searching (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&556)
2005 has been a busy year for ScotlandsPeople with the 1871 Census launch
in April, the new site launch (including the addition of the Wills &
Testaments) in June and the 1861 Census made available in October. We plan
to launch the Census data for 1851 and 1841 as early as possible in the
New Year (Jan and Feb respectively). Look out for announcements regarding
the addition of other new data sets and enhancements to the site,
including the OPR images, as the New Year progresses.
Please note that our help desk is planning to observe the public holidays
2 and 3 Jan. During this time we will however keep you informed of the
site status via the login message - so please keep an eye on this.
A Happy New Year to everyone from ScotlandsPeople.
*** New Data Announcement***
We are pleased to announce that this year we have received permission to
release the new years statutory data earlier than in previous years.
Customers can now access, online, records from the Statutory Register of
Births for 1905, the Statutory Register of Marriages for 1930, and the
Statutory Register of Deaths for 1955. Almost 100,000 new index and
corresponding image entries have been added to the site, amounting to six
gigabytes of data. This is now available at
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
***Major Index Updates***
In addition to the new data release, we have just deployed the biggest
single index update on the site to date. These include corrections of
indexing and transcription errors in Statutory Birth, Death and Marriage
indexes (Census updates for all years will follow shortly). Please note
that some previous searches may change to reflect the updates, in that
incorrect returns will be removed whilst corrected records will be
returned. As always, we do stress that customers read the extensive help
regarding how to best find elusive entries. See, for example, Help with
Searching (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&556)
2005 has been a busy year for ScotlandsPeople with the 1871 Census launch
in April, the new site launch (including the addition of the Wills &
Testaments) in June and the 1861 Census made available in October. We plan
to launch the Census data for 1851 and 1841 as early as possible in the
New Year (Jan and Feb respectively). Look out for announcements regarding
the addition of other new data sets and enhancements to the site,
including the OPR images, as the New Year progresses.
Please note that our help desk is planning to observe the public holidays
2 and 3 Jan. During this time we will however keep you informed of the
site status via the login message - so please keep an eye on this.
A Happy New Year to everyone from ScotlandsPeople.