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Valuation Rolls for 1905 online

29/1/2013

 
Valuation Rolls recorded the value of property in Scotland with the main run starting in 1855. They were the basis for assessing the old Rates (replaced by the Poll Tax in the 1980s). So, the rolls list the owners, tenants and occupiers of all the rateable properties in Scotland.

Over the last few years, the rolls have been gradually appearing in digital format, some searchable online via the Scotland's People webste or directly in National Records of Scotland.

The latest tranche -the rolls for 1905 - have now been launched. The total archive comprises 4.2 million indexed entries and 2.4 million indexed names and, like the previous examples, is fully searchable by name and by address. More years will appear online in the future but it is a big project and will take time.

It will mainly be of interest for genealogists but also very valuable for local historians - who was living in Stiring's Cowane Street at that time and were they property owners or tenants? How did these properties compare in value with those in other parts of town?

There is a charge for remote access though not if you search in NRS. So, if this sounds useful, get clicking.



Wha's Like Us? A inter-active ancestry event

28/1/2013

 
Stirling Council Libraries and Archives are planning an exciting event for 2014.

Wha’s Like Us? is an ancestry event which promises to be fun and interactive and to give  attendees a chance to meet other people interested in family history research,

It will include a lively selection of talks and workshops by local and national experts, aimed at unearthing the stories and experiences of this kind of research. As part of the planning there is an online survey at http://bit.ly/WhaSurvey.

Further information is also available from Sti Libraries or Archives

Ordnance Survey Books of Reference and Ordnance Survey Name Books

20/1/2013

 
Cairt, the ever-useful news sheet from the Map Room of the National Library of Scotland has arrived. It carries the announcment that the OS Books of Reference for the 25 inch OS maps of the 19th century are now available online.

You can seach for any parish and I just looked up Stirling; You need to use this information in conjunction with the ,maps themselves but those, too, are available online via the NLS itself.

Each plot of land,  house, garden and so on, is summarily described - even saying that some land is arable, other pasture and so on.
 
Perhaps even more useful, the Ordnance Survey Name Books are going on line. They are not yet complete but Stirlingshire is there! These are uniquely useful for a thousand things and, whilst they have been available in specialist libraries and archives in the past, this is a great deal more convenient.



Stirling Roller Skating Craze 1909-1911

18/1/2013

 
Some time ago we posted a page summarising the Stirling Roller Skating Craze of 1909-1911. This has now been undated and greatly expanded and the craze related to wider issues.

This was a fascinating episode, indicative of growing demand for entertainment at this period - a demand which was to culminate in the emergence of the cinema.

The experience of other towns is also brought into the picture. And if popular entertainment in Scotland is your interest, these pages are for you!

Dr Lucas's Diary 1808-1820

11/1/2013

 
Dr Thomas Lucas was an early nineteenth century Stirling doctor whose diary between 1810 and 1820 has survived.
Extracts were published in the Stirling Antiquary  a little over a century ago. But there was a lot unpublished and it was not always easy to find what you wanted in the published version - even if you had a copy to hand!

Now Stirling Council Archives have started to publish the diary for 1813 online as a blog. They intend, eventually, to put the whole thing online so it will be searchable and freely available.

Lucas notes all sorts of things, from the weather to food prices, from international affairs to local 'news' items [we recently used his entry about the first steam ships in Stirling on our own blog!].

The story of this exciting new publication has also made the BBC local news website. And from time to time we will post links to the diary on this website, too.

There is lots of scope for further research on Lucas, his diary and the stories me mentions. He wrote before there was a local press so his diary is particularly important.  You can comment on the blog and the Archives will welcome further background information.

So, if you are interested in the history of early nineteenth century Stirlling take a look!



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