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Pedigree conventions
Оглавление• = indicates a marriage, accompanied by ‘m-’ and the date and place.
• solid lines indicate definite connections: dotted lines indicate probable but unproven ones.
• wiggly lines are for illegitimacy (though straight lines are now acceptable) and ‘x’ for a union out of wedlock.
• loops are used if two unconnected lines need to cross over, just like electricians’ wiring diagrams.
• wives usually go on the right of husbands, though only if that doesn’t interfere with the chart’s overall layout.
• Common abbreviations are:
| b. | born |
| bach. | bachelor |
| bpt. or c. | baptized or christened (same thing) |
| bur. | buried |
| d. | died |
| d.s.p. or o.s.p. | died without children |
| d.v.p. or o.v.p. | died before father |
| inft | infant |
| m. | married |
| MI | monumental inscription |
| m.i.w. | ‘mentioned in the will of…’ followed by f. for father, gf. for grandfather and so on. |
| m. proc. | marriage proclamation |
| spin. | spinster |
| test. | testament |
| unm. | unmarried |
| wid. | widow or widower (as appropriate) |
| w.wr./pr. | will written/proved |
debit card, and spend them making searches and viewing digital images of the records themselves. Searching the index to wills and testaments is free but you pay to view an image of the document. At the time of writing, the site contains the following material:
• Statutory (General Register Office) Registers: Births 1855-2006; Marriages 1855-2006; Deaths 1855-2006.
• Old Parochial Registers: Births and Baptisms 1553-1854; Banns and Marriages 1553-1854.
• Censuses: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.
• Wills and testaments: 1513-1901.
If, by the time you use the site, more material has been added, all well and good!
Births, marriages and deaths are indexed up to nearly the present day, but for privacy reasons, digital images are only available up to 100 years ago for births, 75 years ago for marriages and 50 years ago for deaths, though you can order ‘extracts’ of these from GROS, or examine the originals at the ScotlandsPeople Centre.
The website works out more expensive than visiting the archives in Edinburgh, but if you don’t live nearby then www.Scotlands People.gov.uk is a godsend. Besides bringing indexes to your computer, it has indexed the indexes, making the searching process vastly easier than ever before. And, because it’s now possible to view images of the original documents online, people across the globe can now trace their Scottish ancestors properly. This has encouraged many new people to start exploring their Scottish roots.
Take a few minutes to explore the site’s extra features. There are fairly detailed explanations of the records, and ‘Research Tools’ contains many helpful features, such as tips on reading old handwriting and understanding old money.
