For those who have never used scotlandspeople online or who have missed this message, this should be of interest to all still "sleuthing." Maisie ----------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "ScotlandsPeople" <unmanned@scotlandonline.co.uk> To: "ScotlandsPeople Updates" <scotlandspeople-updates@lists.scotland.net> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: Whats New At ScotlandsPeople > Dear Customer > > > We are delighted to announce the following new features now available > online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. > > > **OPR Images Now Online: > > Images of Old Parish Register (OPR) records are now publicly available > online for the very first time. These comprise the records of births & > baptisms and banns & marriages kept by individual parishes of the > Established Church of Scotland, before the introduction of civil > registration in 1855. The earliest records available date from 1553. > > In addition, a major OPR index update has been deployed with over nine > million entries updated and linked to the associated images. > > > **OPR County Search: > > Customers can now search the Old Parish Register records by county as well > as parish, offering greater search flexibility. > > > **Time Limit Extended: > > The session time limit has now been extended from seven days to ninety > days. Further details can be found at > http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/faqs/questions/index.aspx?150. > > > **Search Filters: > > The addition of search filters offers customers the ability to search > through and filter their Previous Searches, Viewed Images and Timeline. > > > **Mother’s Maiden Surname: > > A Mother’s Maiden Surname field has been added to the statutory deaths > search form. This should, however, be used with caution. See > http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?1301 for further > information. > > > **Reference data added to images: > > A reference has now been added to each image for ease of recognition. > > > **Vouchers: > > ScotlandsPeople is pleased to announce a new method of paying for credits. > You can now order vouchers by post, and pay by cheque or by credit card. > Further details at > http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&1277 > > > **New years data released: > > Following the release of almost 100,000 new statutory index entries > comprising the new year data for the statutory births, marriages and > deaths, customers can now access records from the Statutory Register of > Births for 1906, the Statutory Register of Marriages for 1931, and the > Statutory Register of Deaths for 1956. Images for the new years are also > available for download. > > > **Future Items: > > Look out for the launch of RCEs in the near future. > > > Thank you for your interest in ScotlandsPeople. > > Regards > > ScotlandsPeople > > > If you do not wish to receive email updates from ScotlandsPeople then > please opt out by checking the "Opt out of email announcements" option in > the "My Details" section of your account. > > To stop receiving ScotlandsPeople announcements, please log into your > account at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk , click on “My Details”, > check the opt out of email announcements box and then click on the Update > Details button to commit the request. >