RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY February 2003

Library Update________________________________________________________Recent additions to the ScotlandsPeople Centre Library continuedReferenceFamily historyMy ancestor was ... Scottish. A guide to sources for family historians F 701.031Scotland and her tartans: the romantic heritage of the Scottish F 701.500clans and familiesThe record interpreter. A collection of abbreviations, Latin words and F 701.196names used in English historical manuscripts and recordsHandbook of dates for students of English history F 701.197Scottish handwriting 1150-1650. An introduction to the reading of F 701.200documentsTracing your Irish ancestors: the complete guide. Fourth edition F 704.000Miscellaneous transcripts and indexesBerwickshire miscellany: a selection of documents from the kirk MT 247.003session recordsFamily history journals and magazines in Centre caféCopies of family history journals are being made available in the Centre café forreference. Some are duplicates and others have been circulated to search roomstaff first. Please note that Library copies of ‘The Scottish genealogist’ are availableon open shelf in the Alcove off the Historical Search Room in General RegisterHouse.Withdrawal of census name indexes from the New Register House LibraryCensus name indexes for the parishes and districts are no longer requested nowthat all the open census records are available as index-linked digital images online.As they are also taking up much needed shelf-space in the New Register HouseDome it has been proposed that they are withdrawn from the Library. ASGRAmembers have been consulted with no objections raised. One family history societyhas expressed an interest in taking all of the publications. Work on deleting therelevant catalogue records will begin soon and progress will be reported in the nextupdate. Census name indexes for the counties and urban areas are being retainedin the Library as back-up. Further details are available in the Library guide.English statutory birth, death and marriage indexesThere are several online indexes which can be accessed via the Useful websites –births, deaths and marriages page. FreeBMD, a volunteer project in agreement withthe General Register Office for England and Wales, now has near completecoverage for 1837 to 1950. We recommend searching this website before orderingmicrofiche from the set of indexes, 1837 to 2002, held in the Dome.________________________________________________________________________________ScotlandsPeople Centre Library