Mike, Do you realize that Scotland's People is the public interface for the General Records Office of Scotland? You have made a request for someone to send you a list of all records Boyd in Scotland since they began to keep track. Or did I miss a limit on your request? Yours Aye, Lauren

*The Wills & Testaments Index * The wills & testaments index contains over 611,000 index entries to Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1513 to 1925. Each index entry lists the surname, forename, title, occupation and place of residence (where these are given) of the deceased person, the court in which the testament was recorded, with the date. Index entries do not include names of executors, trustees or heirs to the estate. They also do not include the deceased's date of death, or the value of the estate. The newly released records from 1902 to 1925, cover the whole of mainland Scotland and the Western Isles. Plans are in hand to include Orkney and Shetland, whose testamentary records are held locally on behalf of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Special arrangements are being made to digitise them in order to complete the new resource. If you are searching for a will or testament, you should bear in mind that there was no legal requirement for individuals to make a will. Indeed, comparatively few Scots actually bothered to do this. Even if someone died intestate, there was no obligation for the family to go to court to have the deceased's affairs settled. Many families sorted things out amicably amongst themselves, in which case there will be no testament. It is always worthwhile checking the indexes, however, because they can include persons from quite humble origins. Sometimes the intervention of the court to settle the deceased's affairs was not required until many years after the death, possibly due to a dispute, therefore if a will or testament exists, it may be recorded much later than you would expect http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=554&407