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Written Question · S4W-08367 · Session 4

Whether the National Records of Scotland will make available the information that it holds regarding the parish records of the Roman Cathol…

Answered Asked by Willie Coffey SNP Lodged 28 Jun 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the National Records of Scotland will make available the information that it holds regarding the parish records of the Roman Catholic Church available to all of the country’s genealogy centres.

The answer

Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 Jul 2012 · 29 days after it was lodged, on time

The records referred to are the property of the Roman Catholic Church and it is their decision where they can be accessed from.
They are available on the internet at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-08367 by reference.