How do I cite a scottish birth record [closed]

Question

I have been able to provide sources for my English relatives thanks to referencing FreeBMD, for example, here is my own birth reference -

yarnalldj. "Neil Perry Birth Record." FreeBMD. Accessed December 18, 2017.http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=9f8gRc6JT6yF2v5Ub5mqDQ&scan=1

However, my mothers side of the family is from Scotland, and FreeBMD does not cover Scotland and there is no equivelant Scottish site (that I am aware of?)

I have joined Scotland's people and have been able to find records of my family there, but I am not sure how I would reference it.

For example, my Grandfather Peter Dow

Born: 8th October in 1914 in the Parish of Blair Atholl in the County of Perth. It is listed in statutory register for Births 334/16. How much information and in what order do I show it please?

I have looked at things like Evidence Explained, but I come away more confused.

Many thanks for any assistance/guidance you can offer.

Neil

Answer 1

Neil,

Thank you so much for wanting source citations! As long as you are getting the basic information so that other's can find it, WikiTree doesn't have a set policy.

A general citation could be:

"Statutory Register for Births 334/16," database, ''Scotland's People'' ([putwebsitehere Statutory Register for Births] : accessed 2 January 2018), entry for Peter Dow, 8 Oct 1914, Blair Atholl Parish, County of Perth; citing Parish Records (or whatever it says the source is).

Comments

Thank you Neil for Best Answer