Many people are aware of valuation rolls but are not sure what they are or what information they hold that can be helpful for family historians.
The Valuation Rolls were compiled every year from 1855 until 1987. Valuation rolls for the inter-census years
1855-1856, 1865-1866, 1875-1876
1885-1886,1895-1896, 1905-1906,
1916-1916, 1925-1926, 1935-1936
1945-1946, 1955-1956
have been indexed along with the years
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1920-21, 1930-1931, 1940-1941, 1950-1951.
At the moment, you can search the
1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 and 1920 rolls
on the Scotland's People website and all the indexed Rolls from 1855-1955 can be searched in the National Records for Scotland (NRS) Historical Search Room in Edinburgh. For more information, check on the NRS website.
So why might you want to use the valuation roles?
- They can help to track down ancestors. This can be especially useful if an ancestor is known to be alive but has not been found on the census.
- It's useful for information on your ancestors for recent years where the census is yet to be released.
- It is also a way of finding out about the history of a house. It can be especially interesting if it is your house!
- Finding out who were the owners of the property can reveal a lot about your family's history. Did they own a property or were they tenants?
- It can reveal if your ancestors were tenants of a house attached to a work place for example. That can often explain why they might move locally if they go to work for a new employer.
- If your ancestors owned a property or more than one property, it can give more of an idea of their financial position.
- It's a way of finding out about the wider community in which your ancestor lived - shops, businesses, churches, schools, hospitals to name but a few. The social history of the area can be great to build up a picture of your relatives.
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