Scotland’s People has added 250,000 birth, death and marriage entries (~147,000 online images) which include 48,728 marriages in 1945 and 64,943 deaths in 1970. For 1920 births of 136,546 living children during that year were reported.  There was a marked decline in birth-rate during World War l.

To learn how to search birth records see their guide on register of births at:

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/statutory-register-births

To search the records see:

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-our-records

While searching their indexes is  you need to use a pay per view to view and download digital records of the historic records you find.  To learn more bout the pay-per view costs see:

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/our-charges

Copies of statutory registers of births less than 100 years old; marriages, divorces and dissolutions less than 75 years old; and deaths less than 50 years old can only be purchased as official certificates. Read more about official certificates and how to pay for them.

See: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/certificates-and-copies

There are some items that you can search for free.

See: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/what-can-i-do-free

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee