Here's an announcement from ScotlandsPeople about their latest release of Valuation Rolls. Over one million indexed names and addresses from 1855 are now available to search for FREE* as an introductory offer. Fully searchable by name and address, the new records provide a detailed snapshot of Scotland in a time of industrial expansion and economic growth, and offer a fascinating window into the lives of Victorian Scots. Find out more about Valuation Rolls here: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?2349&utm_campaign=news&
utm_medium=email&utm_source=sp&utm_content=583002 *Index for Valuation Rolls 1855 free to search until 13 October 2015 and 1 credit per page of 25 results thereafter. Images can be viewed for 2 credits per record. Among the 1855 Valuation Rolls are many notable figures, including Professor James Young Simpson, Hugh Miller, David Octavius Hill and Sir David Brewster. Humbler people include the shoemaker father of the future missionary, Mary Slessor, and the landlady of the lodgings where Pierre Emile L'Angelier died, allegedly at the hand of Madeleine Smith, the Glasgow socialite who was notoriously tried for his murder in 1857. Read more about the famous figures here: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?2350&utm_
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