National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)

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HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 3YY

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Telephone: 0131 535 1314

Email: historical_enquiries@nrscotland.gov.uk

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  • Paper and digital copying available depending on terms of deposit
  • National Records of Scotland also operates the ScotlandsPeople family history centre, providing access to digital images and indexes of Scottish census returns and birth, marriage and death records. For booking information and fees telephone 0131 314 4300
  • Catalogues, indexes and guides to records available online
  • For more information on collections, please see Guide to the National Archives of Scotland (H.M. Stationery Office, 1996)

    ARCHON code: 234

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    Collections information

    Businesses (963)

    Organisations (1178)

    Persons (1226)

    Families (524)

    Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (405)

    Accessions

    These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.

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