We and everyone with an interest must do all we can to stop this happening . Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Stokes <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: [SUT] ORIGINALS FOR THE BIN! > The ABERDEEN & North East SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY JOURNAL Nov 2002, the > Chairmans report includes the following: > > "The GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE in EDINBURGH has an ongoing project to digitise > the SCOTTISH STATUTORY CERTIFICATES of BIRTH, MARRIAGE and DEATH. We are > hearing, from contacts at the registrars offices, that after the > digitisation has been completed the ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES held in the > REGIONS will be DESTROYED. Yes, I said DESTROYED. The copies of the > original certificates held in EDINBURGH will be RETAINED." > > Thought this might be of general interest to you all. Seems like maybe the > fight to keep the original certificates in Sutherland was a waste of time! > > Christine > Northamptonshire, England > www.highlandhearts.com > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > To check out previous messages > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >