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Birth, Death, Marriage and Census records
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Wills and Testaments
The wills and testaments index, images and all related website content are the copyright of Scottish Archive Network Limited.

Coats of Arms

Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland: Indices and digital images are Crown Copyright, and permission to reproduce, copy or transmit them for any purpose, or in any medium, must be sought from the Court of the Lord Lyon. For the avoidance of doubt, no permission is given for the transfer of any of this material to an open internet site.

Catholic Parish Registers

Catholic Parish Register indices and images are reproduced with permission of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, acting as representative of the owners of the original records.

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Birth, Death, Marriage and Census records
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Wills and Testaments
You may not (a) store or print out copies of them (or any part of them) other than for the permitted use purposes set out above; or (b) reproduce, copy or transmit them (or any part of them) in any other way for any purpose or in any other medium, without prior written permission from the Scottish Archive Network :

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Catholic Parish Registers

Catholic Parish Register indices and images are copyright data. Visitors to this website are granted permission to access Catholic Parish Register material, to download and copy such material on to electronic, magnetic, optical or similar storage media and to make printed copies of any such downloaded material, provided that such activities and copies are for non-commercial private study and research only.

Permission to reproduce, copy or transmit them for any purpose, or in any medium, must be sought from the Keeper of the Scottish Catholic Archives.  For the avoidance of doubt, no permission is given for the transfer of any of this material to an open internet site.

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