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From: Louise Park <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Scotland's People.
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:19:56 +0000
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Gavin Bell wrote:

>The "pitfalls" concern records earlier than 1855, when compulsory, free,
>civil registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages was introduced in
>Scotland.
>
Of course anyone who has been married in Scotland knows that the
registration process is not currently free. I have no idea if it was
when it was first introduced, but it currently costs £50 minimum to
register a legal marriage in Scotland.

Louise

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