How to Find Someone in Scotland
If you are looking for a long-lost friend or relative in Scotland, there are a number of resources available to help you locate them. These services are free and can be used over the Internet to save you time and money.
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Search Scotsmart. Scotsmart is a one-stop online resource that's a great place to start if you're looking for a lost relative or friend in Scotland. The website has links to a number of free Internet services, including the largest database of telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, a database for reuniting old friends from schools and colleges throughout the UK, British maps and street searches, and links to genealogy databases.
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Contact the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). This is a valuable resource if you are having difficulty finding someone in Scotland. As a part of the Scottish Administration, GROS hold records of births, marriage, divorce, deaths, civil unions and adoptions. They also run, document and archive the Scottish Census. This organization is the main source of individual and family history records in Scotland.
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Search at Scotland's People. Through this website you can gain free access to Scottish birth records from 1855 to 2006. In the archive of statutory registers, their parish records go as far back as 1538. They also have complete Scottish census records dating back to 1841. Other records that may be of help in your search include coats of arms and wills and testaments.
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Tips & Warnings
• Search court records. Even if your missing friend or relative only has a parking ticket, it will show up in the records and this may give you a good lead. • Check search engines such as Google, MSN and Bing. You may find that your missing person has a website. • In addition to using Internet resources, you can also put ads in local papers and magazines.
If someone contacts you claiming to be the person you are looking for, check his or her credentials. When meeting for the first time, choose a public place.
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hello, how are you? After so many years...
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I am looking for some friends I made when I worked at a camp in IL during 1989 called Camp Henry Horner, for the mentally challenged. Most of these people were from Great Britian and I have not had contact in a very long time. If you are Shagir, Jane, Angie, Liz, Sharon, or one of the other people I visited with in Scotland during Christmas; please respond to this message. My two sons, Briant and Brad, would also like to have contact with you.
