Free Access to 1930 Valuation Rolls
Post date: Mar 3, 2016 10:37:11 PM
ScotlandsPeople is offering free access to search the index for the Valuation Rolls 1930. The Valuation Rolls 1930 index contains the names and address of every tenant, owner, and occupier of property in Scotland in 1930.
Because the most current available census is the 1911 census (and the next census won't be available until 2021), these Valuation Rolls can be an invaluable resource when looking for information about your ancestors between the wars in Scotland.
Don't wait another 5 years to search for information about your ancestors in Scotland. Search the Valuation Rolls 1930 today.
The index to the Valuation Rolls will be free to search until 17 March 2016.
Get help with your research, contact Ancestors & Cousins today.
Below is a copy of an email received from scotlandspeople.gov.uk:
The last inhabitants of the remote island community of St Kilda are listed among the Scots digitally captured in the latest release of Valuation Rolls on ScotlandsPeople.
Over 2.5 million indexed names are now available and are FREE* to search as an introductory offer. Fully searchable by name and address, the new records provide a window into the lives of every owner, tenant and occupier of property in Scotland in 1930, and a glimpse into the industrial and economic landscape between the two World Wars, almost 20 years after the last published Census of 1911.
*Index for Valuation Rolls 1930 is free to search until 17 March 2016 and 1 credit per page of 25 results thereafter. Images can be viewed for 2 credits per record.
The last remaining households on St Kilda
The 1930 Valuation Rolls record a snapshot of the remote island community of St Kilda before the evacuation of the island’s dwindling population on 29 August 1930. St Kilda was Britain’s remotest settlement, lying more than 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s north-west coast. By 1930, life on the remote archipelago was becoming untenable, and only 36 islanders remained. Recorded in the 1930 Valuation Rolls are just 16 householders, many of whom petitioned for resettlement on the mainland later that year. Read more about St Kilda's last remaining inhabitants.
Learn more about ScotlandsPeople at National Records of Scotland
There are still places available for "Getting the most out of ScotlandsPeople", an upcoming family history event at National Records of Scotland. Iain Ferguson will deliver a talk on the records available on ScotlandsPeople and at National Records of Scotland at General Register House on 18 March 2016, from 2-3pm.
To book a place for this talk, contact the National Records of Scotland.
All the best,
The ScotlandsPeople team