Coverage - Registers of Deeds
This record set contains indexes to both the national Register of Deeds and selected deed registers in local courts. Find our more in our Learning Zone.
We are indexing the national Register of Deeds (or Books of Council and Session) using the Minute Books and the original register volumes, held at the National Archives of Scotland. The periods 1585-1660 and 1705-1769 are largely unindexed at present. Our index so far covers one volume from 1652-1653, as well as the month of December 1769, but we hope to add more months and years shortly.
We are also indexing deeds from local sheriff and commissary courts, with the coverage so far shown below:
Dumfries Sheriff Court Deed Warrants (selected) 1675, 1699-1702, 1708-1709, 1714, 1717-1719, 1725-1729, 1759-1779 Duns Sheriff Court Register of Deeds (selected) 1815-1816, 1831, 1834 Jedburgh Sheriff Court Deeds Minute Book (excluding protests) 1745-1753 Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deed Warrants (selected) 1647-75, 1704, 1758-1765, 1775-1780, 1835, 1857-1859 Peebles Commissary Court Deeds 1755-1761 Selkirk Sheriff Court Deeds 1714-1724
The Register of Deeds index now contains 5,071 entries.