This is a summary of the talk given to the Annual Conference of SAFHS, hosted by the society, in the Mitchell Theatre Glasgow by Dean J. Hunter Collection Development Specialist, Family History Library in Salt Lake City e mail hunterdj@ldschurch.org
Address - 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400
Opened - 23 October, 1985 - 142,000 square feet on five floors - (four open to public)
Start 1894 library for Genealogical Society of Utah. Owned and operated by Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints Open to public at no charge. Averages about 2,000 patrons per day
Hours Monday >7:30 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday - Saturday 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
General - 2.2 million rolls of microfilm 742,00 microfiche 300,000 books 4,500 periodicals
Growth 2000 Averaged 4,100 rolls of film and 700 books per month
Camera - 242 cameras filming in 40 countries. Have filmed in 110 countries, territories, and possessions.
England Books - 32,795 Microfiche - 159,476 Microfilms - 111,172
Ireland Books - 4,237 Microfiche - 3,807 Microfilms - 16,492
Wales Books - 2,248 Microfiche - 2,857 Microfilms - 3,557
Great Britain Books 511 Microfiche - 12,964 Microfilms - 38,727
Channel Isles Books - 67 Microfiche - 59 Microfilms - 632
Isle of Man Books 166 Microfiche - 125 Microfilms - 882
Scottish Collection
Books - 4,272 Microfiche - 8,485 Microfilms - 12,232
General Register Office - New Register House
Central Library, Edinburgh
National Library of Scotland
Scottish Records Office - National Archives of Scotland
Inveraray Castle
Argyle - Surnigh House, Isle of Islay
Ewart Public Library
City Chambers, Glasgow
Greenock Department of Burials
Ayrshire Archives
Glasgow - Mitchell Library
Caithness - The Lodge, Thurso
Records obtained include the following
Church of Scotland parish registers (two filmings) 1553-1855
Civil Registration
Indexes - 1855-1955 - Births, 1855-1956 - Marriages and Deaths
Certificates - 1855-1875, 1881, 1891
Censuses 1841 to 1891
Census 1841 (two filmings)
Census 1851 (two filmings)
Lord Lyon records
Coats of Arms from Lord Lyon Register Office
Coats armoriale for the registers in the Lyon Office ms.
Family Histories assembled by the Lord Lyon Registry House
Index to arms contained in the various armorial preserved in the Lyon Office
Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland in the Lord Lyon Register House
Register of genealogies and birth brieves in Lord Lyon Register House
Register of petitions and processes in the court of the Lord Lyon
Roman Catholic parish registers
Edinburgh 1775-1815
Interments - Dundee
Blotter registers
Family histories
Genealogical and heraldry manuscripts
30 rolls
Commissariot court records - pre 1823
Indexes pre 1823 either printed or microfilm
Aberdeen - Registers of testaments - 1715-1823
Brechin - Registers of testaments - 1576-1823
Caithness - Registers of testaments - 1661-1824
Dumfries - Registers of testaments - 1624-1827
- Minute book of confirmed testaments 1684-1774
Dunblane - Registers of testaments - 1539-1825
Dunkield - Registers of testaments - 1687-1823
Edinburgh - Registers of testaments - 1567 - 1829
Glasgow - Registers of testaments - 1547-1823
Hamilton and Campsie - Registers of testaments - 1564-1823
Inverness - Registers of testaments - 1630-1820
Isles - Registers of testaments - 1661-1823
Kirkcudbright - Registers of testaments - 1594-1823
Lanark - Registers of testaments - 1594-1823
Lauder - Registers of testaments - 1561-1782
Moray - Registers of testaments - 1684-1827
Orkney and Shetland - Registers of testaments - 1611-1688
Peebles - Registers of testaments - 1678-1820
Ross - Registers of testaments - 1802-1824
St. Andrews - Registers of testaments - 1549-1823
Stirling - Registers of testaments - 1607-1728
Wigton - Registers of testaments - 1641-1823
Sheriff court - Commissary records - post 1823
Argyll - Register of Inventories 1815-1877
- Register of Confirmations 1819-1875
Caithness - Deeds and Probate writs 1635-1879
East Lothian - Register of Inventories 1830-1877
Fife - Register of Testaments 1824-1875
- Register of Inventories 1824-1877
Kirkcudbright 1750-1839
Midlothian - Register of Inventories 1823-1877
- Testament Testamentors & Dative 1823-1876
- Testamentary Deeds 1844-1876
Perth - Register of Inventories 1820-1877
- Register of Confirmations 1824-1876
Renfrew - Register of Inventories 1824-1877
- Register of Confirmations 1833-1860
Ross - Register of Inventories 1824-1877
Stirling - Register of Inventories 1809-1875
West Lothian - Register of Inventories 1831-1880
Indexes to Inventories of Personal Estates of Defuncts
Edinburgh, Haddington and Linlithgow 1827-1867
Other counties 1846-1867
Service of heirs
Original records 1586-1901 (in Latin until 1848)
Abstracts 1544-1700 Printed volume A Inquisitionum an Capellam Regis Retornatarum Abreviato@
Decennial Index 1700-1959 in printed form and microfiche
Registry of deeds
1st series 1542-1660 - Minute books
2nd series 1661-1737 - Minute books
2nd series 1737-1811 - Indexes
3rd series 1812-1851 - Indexes
Repertory of general and particular registers 1599-1868
Index to General Register of Sasines 1616-1700
Minute books of General Register of sasines 1717-1782
Aberdeen - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1699-1782
Angus - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1660-1781
Ayr - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1661-1785
Banff - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1660-1650
Clackmannan - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1686-1783
Dumfries - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1671- 1793
East Lothian - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1599-1780
Fife - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1617-1660
Inverness - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1663-1789
Kincardine - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1600-1655
Kinross - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1688-1791
Kirkcudbridge - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1671-1738
Lanark - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1622-1790
Glasgow - 1661-1784
Midlothian - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1599-1780
Moray - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1666-1781
Nairn - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1666-1781
Orkney - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1661-1791
Peebles - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1624-1786
Perth - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1660-1783
Index to secretary= >s register 1601-1609
Renfrew - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1661-1784
Cromarty - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1663-1789
Ross - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1663-1789
Roxburgh - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1624-1786
Selkirk - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1624-1786
Shetland - Minute books of particular register of sasines1661-1782
Stirling - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1685-1783
Sutherland - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1663-1789
West Lothian - Index to sasines 1700-1760
Wigton - Minute books of particular register of sasines 1621-1773
Abridgements of sasines - Particular Registers
Abridgements of sasines 1781-1868
Index to Persons - abridgements of sasines 1781-1868
Index to Places - abridgements of sasines 1781-1868
Aberdeen, Angus, Argyll, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannan,Dunbarton, Dumfries, East Lothian, Fife, Inverness, Kincardine, Kinross,Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Glasgow, Midlothian, Moray, Nairn, Orkney, Peebles,
Renfrew, Cromarty, Ross, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Shetland, Stirling, Sutherland,West Lothian, Wigton
Hearth tax - 1691-95 (E69)
47 county and parish lists
Poll tax - 1694-1703 (E70)
73 parish lists
Kirk session records - (CH2)
Filming not complete
Nonconformist records - (CH3)
Army muster rolls
1641 - 1707 (E100)
Burgh records
Aberdeen
Sasines Minute Books 1573-1862
Annan
Sasines Minute Books 1762-1862
Anstruther-Wester
Sasines Minute Books 1809-1939
Arbroath
Sasines Minute Books 1809-1864
Authermuchty
Sasines Minute Books 1823-1867
Ayr
Sasines Minute Books 1597-1861
Register of Deeds Minute Books 1662-1843
Register of Incarceration, etc. 1684-1838
Craft Minute book 1611-1853
Banff
Sasines Minute Books 1810-1874
Brechin
Sasines Minute Books 1748-1873
Burntisland
Sasines Minute Books 1620-1873
Guild Council Books 1617-1691
Craft Minute Books 1648-1741
Crail
Sasines Minute Books 1809-1862
Craft Minute Books 1592-1743
Culross
Sasines Minute Books 1846-1889
Cupar
Sasines Minute Books 1822-1879
Dumbarton
Sasines Minute Books 1810-1866
Dumfries
Sasines Minute Books 1705-1862
Minute Books of Bonds, Etc. 1704-1769
Poll Tax Roll 1698
Dunbar
Sasines Minute Books 1678-1879)
Register of Deeds Minute Books 1700-1876
Register of Services 1813-1847
Burgess Books 1691-1735
Dundee
Sasines Minute Books 1717-1861
Dunfermline
Sasines Minute Books 1822-1866
Dysart
Sasines Minute Books 1823-1898
Burgess Rolls 1738-1927
Edinburgh
Sasines Minute Books 1602-1861
Deed Minute Books 1639-1854
Ratification of Deeds by Married Women 1622-1673
Services of Heirs 1606-1792
Register of Apprentices 1583-1852
Elie and Earlsferry
Sasines Minute Book 1822-1923
Forfar
Sasines Minute Books 1737-1866
Sasines Index to persons 1819-1921
Register of Deeds 1809-1916
Fortrose
Services of Heirs 1799-1845
Haddington
Sasines Minute Books 1823-1874
Index to Register of Sasines 1671-1869
Burgess and Guild Books 1835-1887
Burgess and Guild Books 1700-1826
Craft Minute Books 1582-1807
Inverbervie
Sasines Minute Book 1811-1927
Inverkeithing
Sasines Minute Book 1716-1807
Inverurie
Sasines Minute Book 1817-1867
Irvine
Sasines Minute Books 1739-1868
Index to Sasines 1755-1844
Deeds Minute Book 1786-1882
Service of Heirs 1786-1847
Jedburgh
Sasines Minute Books 1855-1865
Stent Roll 1693-1704
Kinghorn
Sasines Minute Book 1810-1892
Kintore
Sasines Minute Book 1855-1942
Kirkcaldy
Sasines Minute Book 1825-1865
Sasines Index 1595-1895
Kirkcudbright
Sasines Minute Book 1681-1912
Kirkwall
Sasines Minute Book 1682-1945
Lanark
Sasines Minute Books 1616-1867
Deeds Minute Books 1649-1890
Lauder
Sasines Minute Books 1809-1878
Linlithgow
Sasines Minute Books 1682-1868
Sasines Index 1682-1876
Craft Minute Books 1625-1862
Lochmaben
Sasines Minute Books 1841-1864
Montrose
Sasines Minute Books 1703-1869
Deeds Minute Books 1772-1923)
Services of Heirs 1639-1847
Musselburgh
Craft Minute Books 1668-1827
Nairn
Sasines Minute Books 1751-1864
Newburgh
Sasines Minute Books 1822-1882
North Berwick
Sasines Minute Books 1834-1943
Stent Roll 1658-1841
Peebles
Sasines Minute Books 1823-1865
Cess and Teind Rolls 1772-1855
Perth
Sasines Index 1820-1842
Queensferry
Sasines Minute Book 1843-1919
Rothsay
Sasines Minute Books 1671-1865
Sasines Index 1671-1811
Rutherglen
Sasines Minute Books 1757-1869
St. Andrews
Sasines Minute Books 1673-1869
Guildry Records 1604-1861
Craft Minute Books 1594-1869
Stent Rolls 1618-1856
Billet Masters Book 1798-1857
Sanquhar
Sasines Minute Book 1841-1897
Selkirk
Sasines Minute Book 1823-1871
Sasines Index 1810-1882
Register of Cess 1770-1794
Craft Minute Books 1717-1835
Stirling
Sasines Minute Books 1593-1863
Wigtown
Sasines Minute Book 1820-1863
Argyll - Inveraray Castle
Pedigrees - Campbell
Argyll Transcripts
Argyll - Surnigh House, Isle of Isly
Estate records
Campbell family records
Death notices of South West Scotland
Monumental inscription
Parish Register transcripts
Cemetery records
Newspapers
Poor law records
Other Scottish records
Scottish LDS Records
First LDS missionaries arrived in Scotland on 20 Dec 1839
Membership records
Branch records
Microfilms for 97 Scottish localities that have branch record during the period 1840-1948
Emigration
Passenger lists those who emigrated with LDS church companies.
Electronic sources
Mormon Emigration Index
1881 Census Index
Scottish Church Records
Family History Library Catalog
Pedigree Resource File
FamilySearch.org
Ancestral File
Pedigree Resource file
Accessing the collection
Family History Centers
Scotland
Visit the main library
Future plans
Digital image project
Records Profile