| The OPR records begin around the time of the founding of each church within a parish and end in 1854. These microfiche contain extracts from the birth and marriage parish registers. Each fiche will usually list the event name, date, and parents or spouse along with some reference batch and serial numbers that are significant to the LDS research department.
Some parishes have lost parts or all of their records due to fires or other such phenomenon. Still others may never have been kept at all. I have not yet obtained the list of years for which each parish has OPR records available. These will come at a later date. For now, you can locate fiche that cover the parish your interested in and order them through your local FHC. Notes: When there are more than one line for a given parish, each line reflects a different denomination within that parish. Where a parish number is not listed this indicates the parish is a village or sub-parish of a larger parish and, in later years, is listed with the largers number. | The Civil records start in 1855 and continue through 1955 and consist of birth, marriage and death registries and indexes. The church has microfilmed all the indexes but was only able to film certain years of the actual registries: 1855-1875, 1881 and 1891.
The indexes are sorted first by year, then by parish number, then by surname and finally by given name. Each index entry lists the registry number of the event. This number can then be used to locate the actual entry within the registry films. The registry films are sorted first by year, then by parish number and finally by registry number. Use these films to find copies of the pages of the actual registry book in which the event was registered. If you happen to need a copy of an event that was not filmed by the church, you can request the NRH in Scotland send you a copy (for a fee of course). |