Before 1781, the indexes to the sasines are incomplete. The General Register of Sasines is indexed from 1617 to 1735. The following is a guide to indexes to the particular registers of sasines.
Particular Registers of Sasines
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County
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Particular Register of Sasines (with references)
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Indexes
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeen till 1660 (RS4-5)
Aberdeen and Kincardine from 1661 (RS8)
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1599-1660
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Angus (Forfar)
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Forfar (RS33-35)
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1620-1700 1701-1780
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Argyll
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Argyll etc (RS9-10)
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1617-1780
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Ayr
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Ayr etc (RS11-14)
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1599-1660
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Banff
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Banff (RS15-17)
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1600-1780
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Berwick
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Berwick etc
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(RS18-19) 1617-1780
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Bute
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Argyll etc (RS9-10)
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1606-1780
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Caithness
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Inverness till 1644 (RS36-37)
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1606-1780
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Clackmannan
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Stirling etc (RS53-37)
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None
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Dumfries
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Dumfries etc (RS22-23)
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1617-1780
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Dunbarton
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Argyll etc (RS9-10)
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1617-1780
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East Lothian (Haddington)
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Edinburgh etc (RS24-27)
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1599-1700 1741-1780
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Edinburgh City
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Edinburgh etc (RS24-27)
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1599-1700 1741-1780
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Fife
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Fife and Kinross till 1685
Fife from 1685 (RS30-32)
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1603-1660
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Glasgow City
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Renfrew and Glasgow (RS53-54)
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None
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Inverness
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Inverness etc (RS36-38
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1606-1780
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Kincardine
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Kincardine till 1657
Aberdeen and Kincardine from 1661 (RS6-8)
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1600-1657
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Kinross
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Fife and Kinross till 1685
Kinross from 1688 (RS30-31, 39)
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1603-1660
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Kirkcudbright
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Dumfries etc (RS22-23)
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1617-1780
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Lanark
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Lanark (RS40-42)
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1618-1780
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Midlothian (Edinburgh)
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Edinburgh etc (RS24-27)
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1599-1700 1741-1780
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Moray (Elgin)
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Elgin and Nairn (RS28-29)
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1617-1780
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Nairn
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Elgin and Nairn (RS28-29)
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1617-1780
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Orkney
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Orkney and Shetland (RS43-47)
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1617-1660
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Peebles
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Roxburgh etc (RS55-57)
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None
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Perth
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Perth (RS48-52)
Stirling etc (RS58-59)
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1601-1609
None
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Renfrew
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Renfrew and Glasgow (RS53-54)
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None
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Ross and Cromarty
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Inverness etc (RS36-38)
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1606-1780
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Roxburgh
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Roxburgh etc (RS55-57)
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None
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Selkirk
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Roxburgh etc (RS55-57)
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None
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Shetland
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Orkney and Shetland (RS43-47)
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1617-1660
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Stirling
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Stirling etc (RS58-59)
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None
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Sutherland
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Inverness etc (RS36-38)
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1606-1780
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West Lothian
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Edinburgh etc (RS24-27)
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1599-1700
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Wigtown
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Wigtown (RS60-61)
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None
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Many of these indexes are published and can be found in good reference libraries.
If there is no index for the period or area in which you are interested, you will need to use the minute books as a substitute. These are notebooks that were compiled on a daily basis by the clerks writing the sasines into the register. They are in strict chronological order and give a quick summary of each document and are much faster to search than the full record. When you have found the minute for a particular sasine, this will provide the date of registration that will allow you to find the full document in the main register.
