Burgh Registers
The Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act 1926 discontinued Scotland's burgh registers. However it allowed burgh registers to continue for as long as their current keeper remained in office. As a result, many burgh registers continued well into the middle of the 20th century.
Burgh Register | Date of Discontinuance | Modern Registration County |
|---|---|---|
Glasgow | 1 June 1927 | Barony and Regality of Glasgow |
Kinghorn | 1 June 1927 | Fife |
Kirkcaldy | 1 June 1927 | Fife |
Paisley (Bookings etc) | 1 July 1927 | Renfrew |
Lochmaben | 30 June 1927 | Dumfries |
Edinburgh | 31 August 1927 | Edinburgh |
Inverbervie | 31 December 1927 | Kincardine |
Wigtown | 31 March 1928 | Wigtown |
Dundee | 31 December 1928 | Angus |
Renfrew | 30 April 1929 | Renfrew |
Dysart | 31 December 1930 | Fife |
Aberdeen | 30 September 1931 | Aberdeen |
Queensferry | 31 July 1932 | West Lothian |
Linlithgow | 31 January 1934 | West Lothian |
Forres | 28 February 1934 | Moray |
Forfar | 30 April 1935 | Angus |
New Galloway | 31 May 1935 | Kirkcudbright |
Nairn | 31 July 1935 | Nairn |
Auchtermuchty | 30 September 1935 | Fife |
Inverness | 30 September 1935 | Inverness |
Cullen | 30 June 1936 | Banff |
Kirkcudbright | 31 March 1938 | Stewartry of Kirkcudbright |
Culross | 31 May 1938 | Fife |
Falkland | 31 August 1938 | Fife |
Dumfries | 31 October 1938 | Dumfries |
Rutherglen | 31 October 1938 | Either Barony and Regality of Glasgow or Lanark |
Tain | 31 January 1939 | Ross and Cromarty |
Stirling | 30 September 1939 | Stirling |
Inverkeithing | 30 September 1939 | Fife |
Jedburgh | 31 May 1941 | Roxburgh |
Lanark | 31 July 1941 | Lanark |
Dumbarton | 31 July 1941 | Dunbarton |
Arbroath | 31 August 1941 | Angus |
Elgin | 31 October 1941 | Moray |
Burntisland | 28 February 1942 | Fife |
Kintore | 31 March 1942 | Aberdeen |
Banff | 31 August 1942 | Banff |
Fortrose | 30 November 1942 | Ross and Cromarty |
North Berwick | 31 March 1943 | East Lothian |
Cupar | 30 April 1943 | Fife |
Stranraer | 31 August 1943 | Wigtown |
Perth | 31 March 1944 | Perth |
Whithorn | 31 March 1944 | Wigtown |
Montrose | 31 July 1944 | Angus |
Irvine | 31 August 1944 | Ayr |
Annan | 31 October 1944 | Dumfries |
Kirkwall | 31 October 1945 | Orkney and Zetland |
Selkirk | 31 December 1945 | Selkirk |
Newburgh | 28 February 1946 | Fife |
Inverurie | 31 May 1946 | Aberdeen |
Ayr | 30 June 1946 | Ayr |
Dunfermline | 31 July 1946 | Fife |
Brechin | 30 November 1946 | Angus |
Dunbar | 31 December 1946 | East Lothian |
Rothesay | 31 October 1947 | Bute |
St Andrews | 31 August 1948 | Fife |
Lauder | 31 August 1948 | Berwick |
Peebles | 31 October 1948 | Peebles |
Haddington | 31 May 1951 | East Lothian |
Anstruther (Wester) | 31 March 1953 | Fife |
Crail | 31 March 1953 | Fife |
Sanquhar | 30 September 1953 | Dumfries |
Pittenweem | 29 February 1960 | Fife |
Earlsferry | 1 November 1960 | Fife |
Dingwall | 30 June 1963 | Ross and Cromarty |