Scottish Marriage search

[JBee]

When you purchase an image you should click on "put it in your timeline" and label what it is - so a quick look there should say what images you've paid to view. Even if its the wrong one you can put a label to that effect so you don't do it again.

I have pages of viewed images so the above is the quickest way to see what I already have looked at.

[Merry]

I have the image from when I paid to view it in 2006, but initially I had forgotten about that and searched again. As far as I can see I would have paid again except I don't have any credits, so that stopped me!

I don't have any Scottish ancestry myself, and haven't used SP for seven years so don't have many images previously viewed, so it's not a bit deal to look through them, just to remember to do that as there doesn't seem to be any prompt to stop you paying again.

Oh, whilst we are talking about Scottish records, can someone tell me (for civil registration) if there are time periods when middle names are recorded as initials only like with Eng/Wales 1910 Q2- 1965 Q4?

[JBee]

I have a marriage in 1861 in Edinburgh where the groom's first name is just an initial on the certificate.

His first name was Thomas but it just had the initial T

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Merry

Oh, whilst we are talking about Scottish records, can someone tell me (for civil registration) if there are time periods when middle names are recorded as initials only like with Eng/Wales 1910 Q2- 1965 Q4?

I don't think so, but hopefully a Scottish expert can confirm this?

I did find this page with has a link to a PDF copy of the instructions for how to create the index entries, which makes fascinating reading:
http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/researc...isters/indexes

[Kit]

Merry if you have paid twice for something contact them to query it. SP are very good and I would think they would refund the credits to you.

[Merry]

Thanks I haven't done (just almost!), but that's good to know.

[James18]

AFAIK full names are always used on SP records, at least until the point they get cut off due to the name being too long for the box. But I've yet to see a record which is just a first name and then an initial.

[Merry]

Thanks James, I will try to remember that!