PA MediaThe births, deaths and marriage entries for a number of famous Scots have been published online by the National Records of Scotland (NRS).
Included in the new 245,000 entries release is the late Robert “Rikki” Fulton, best known for portraying Reverend IM Jolly in sketch show Scotch & Wry.
Mr Fulton was born on April 15 1924, dying on January 27 2004, aged 79.
Also added was Gordon Smith, one of Hibernian Football Club’s “Famous Five” footballers who played in the club’s forward line during the 1950s.
Mr Smith cemented his place in the sport’s hall of fame for being the only footballer to win the Scottish league championship with three clubs: Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian and Dundee.
He scored 400 goals in 900 appearances and died in 2004 aged 80.
The 1949 marriage entry of George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, who was the 10th Earl of Selkirk, and Audrey Sale-Barker has also been published.
PA MediaThe pair had both served as pilots during the Second World War, and Ms Sale-Barker, a professional skier, had captained the British women’s skiing team at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
The death of Orcadian bird expert Eddie Balfour in 1974 was also documented.
He was originally hired for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in 1953, and was paid £100 a year as a watcher.
He would spend the next 30 years studying birds in the Orkney area, mainly Hen Harriers.
It remains the longest study of its kind, and he is credited for ground-breaking insights into the species’ behaviour.
He died of a sudden illness on August 12 1974.
Birth records more than 100 years old are added to the site annually, along with death records that exceed 50 years and marriages that are 75 years old.
They are accessible to family historians and researchers.
PA MediaNRS chief executive Alison Byrne said: “The annual birth, marriage and death records are our most hotly anticipated records release every year.
“Scotland’s People helps researchers all over the world to investigate their heritage from the comfort of their own homes.
“If you’ve always wanted to look into your own family history, now would be an excellent time to start.
“I’m delighted to add these new records of Scotland’s ordinary and extraordinary people to the centuries of Scottish history already available.”
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