Birth, Marriage and Death Records in Scotland

The records in Scotland are categorized into two different sets: OPR (Old Parish Records) and Civil Records. Here is a description of the two sets of records.

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General Indexes to the Civil Records (after 1855)

Birth Index

Marriage Index

Death Index

Births, Marriages and Deaths
From the OPR (before 1855) and the Civil Records (after 1855)

(Sometimes you might see the word 'shire' appended to the end of some of the following county names. In the UK, 'shire' usually means county.)

Parish Nbrs	County	OPR Microfiche Extracts Pre 1855 Births, Marriages	OPR Films Pre 1855 Deaths, Burials, Mortcoth Dues	Civil Films 1855 onward Births, Marriages, Deaths
1 - 12	Shetland (Zetland)	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
13 - 33	Orkney	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
34 - 43	Caithness	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
44 - 56	Sutherland	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
57 - 89	Ross & Cromarty	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
90 - 119	Inverness	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
120 - 123	Nairn	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
124 - 144	Moray (Elgin)	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
145 - 167	Banff	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
168 - 249	Aberdeen	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
250 - 268	Kincardine	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
269 - 322	Angus (Forfar)	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
323 - 398	Perth	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
399 - 459	Fife	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
460 - 464	Kinross	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
465 - 468	Clackmannan	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
469 - 491	Stirling	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
492 - 503	Dumbarton	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
504 - 551	Argyll	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
552 - 558	Bute	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
559 - 575	Renfrew	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
576 - 620	Ayr	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
621 - 660	Lanark	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Rcds 1855 - 1867 Civil Rcds 1868 - 1891
661 - 673	West Lothian (Linlithgow)	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
674 - 701	Midlothian	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
702 - 725	East Lothian (Haddington)	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
726 - 757	Berwick	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
758 - 773	Peebles	OPR Extracts	NEW! OPR Films	Civil Films
774 - 779	Selkirk	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
780 - 811	Roxburgh	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films
812 - 854	Dumfries	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
855 - 884	Kirkcudbright	OPR Extracts	OPR Films	Civil Films
885 - 901	Wigtown	OPR Extracts	No Records	Civil Films

from Jan 6, 1999