14 million birth records, 4 million marriage records and 11 million death records will be processed by the Digitising Scotland project

The University of Edinburgh Longitudinal Study Centre – Scotland (LSCS) has received funding from the ESRC to create a multidisciplinary research database from historical vital events records. The Digitising Scotland (DS) project will digitise up to 24 million Scottish vital events record images (births, marriages and deaths) since 1856. This will allow research access to individual-level information on some 18 million individuals – a large proportion of those who have lived in Scotland since 1856. At the moment these records are kept as indexed images accessible from Scotland’s People, but this means that to extract data for research projects a researcher must first search for an individual record by name, and then manually transcribe the information they need themselves (eg cause of death, occupation, etc). This has made any large-scale research project impossible – a situation that the Digitising Scotland project will change.

Work Packages

The project contains 4 work packages:

1. Digitising birth, marriages and death vital events records from 1856 to 1973. - COMPLETED
2. Standardising and coding occupation descriptions to the Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations (HISCO). - ONGOING
3. Standardising and coding all deaths to the International Classification of Disease – 10 (ICD-10).- ONGOING
4. Linking address information to consistent geographies through time.

For further information please visit :- http://www.lscs.ac.uk/projects/digitising-scotland/

Digitising Scotland,
A SMARTS Way Forward:- https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/NBE/Research/Impact/

Data Management Tool

A bespoke Data Management Tool, (Inniskillings, SQL, Management, Auditing, Recording, Transaction, System), this database brings the Museums digital material together and allows for greater functionality and searching capacity across collections.

Brings together the various digital collections under one search

• Regimental Personal Records (WebSite)
• Subject Archive (MsAccess) 
• Biographical Archives (MsAccess)
• Collection’s Register (Modes)
• Digitisation Library (pre 1900 - Spreadsheet) 
• Sprig 
• Possible others yet to come - War Dairie

Some of the Key features

Free Text Search

• Search each Database Separately
• Only add content to one system
• Upload and edit content
• Extract Information
• Generate Authority Files 

A Virtual Walking Tour

• Raised in Enniskillen Development of a virtual walking tour
• Research has been supplied by the Museum team and supports 16 points of interest around Enniskillen:-

  1.    The Kingdom of Lough Erne
  2.    From Gaelic to Plantation Castle
  3.    The Watergate
  4.    View of the Redoubt
  5.    Queen Street
  6.    The Dardanelles
  7.    The Royal Military Barracks
  8.    View of the Battlefield of Cornagrade
  9.    The Fermanagh War Memorial
  10.  Forthill and Cole’s Monument
  11.  The East Bridge and Inis Cethlenn
  12.  The Presbyterian Church
  13.  The Diamond and Townhall
  14.  Church Street
  15.  St. Macartin’s Cathedral
  16.  The South African War Memorial

Searchable Website

•  Digitisation and providing access to The Sprig of Shillealagh 362 editions which are held in 34 volumes and contains valuabale information about the Regiment and Regimental Life.
• The key aim of this project is to showcase the collection on the Inniskillings Museum website ‘Shop’, which stands behind the Museum Paywall.  To gain access a small fee will be required.
• Research features include:
  1. Volume search
  2. Issue search
  3. Free text search

Virtual Reality Tour

•  St. Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
• This technology uses cutting-edge True3D/VR structured-light scanning and associated cloud-processing to digitally capture and reconstruct a fully navigable, immersive and thoroughly engaging ‘3D Space’.  Fully explorable via a web browser using any modern desktop, laptop, table or mobile device or via integrated VR headsets.  We have also enhanced the tour with 27 identified research points.

For more information on VR models please click here.

• Sample 1 - Ulster Museum (NMNI)
  This was an event at the Ulster Museum in the Belfast Room showcasing community research during the centenary of WW1.

• Sample 2 - FURUSIYYA: The Art Of Chivalry Between East And West
  This event was in the Louvre Abu Dhab in the UAE - East meets Chivalry in the West. Discovering how these distinct practices of combat and knightly values led to a specific culture in the Islamic East and the largely Christian West.

• Sample 3 - Warwick Castle: Virtual Tour of Warwick Castle
  Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a meander of the River Avon.

• Sample 4 - The National Museum of the Royal Navy: HMS Trincomalee
  HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship in Hartlepool, England.

• Sample 5 -  CDDA Office
  Queen’s University Belfast – Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. NCVO works to support the voluntary and community sector and to create an environment in which an independent civil society can flourish. NCVO has a membership of over 10,000 voluntary organisations. These range from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer centres, and development agencies working at a local level.

Testimonial

"CDDA have provided a first-class service for us for five years, turning charity account PDFs into useful data, which we use to produce up-to-date statistics on the UK's voluntary sector. CDDA's dedication and attention to detail have been a real asset to our project."

David Kane
Senior Research Officer, NCVO