Buteshire Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Scotland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives
Argyll and Bute Archives Lochgilphead Community Centre Manse Brae Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8QU UK Telephone: 01546 604778 Email: [mailto:archives@liveargyll.co.uk archives@liveargyll.co.uk] Website
 * To help the family history researcher we have created a dedicated Family History section in our search room. Here you will find copies of the records that people have found most useful for tracing their ancestors, including monumental inscriptions and lists of men who might be liable for military service. Once you have finished looking at these we may be able to suggest other records that might be of use to you. These include Registers of Electors, Valuation Rolls, poor relief records, school admission registers and estate records.

Libraries

 * Argyll and Bute Libraries

Museums
Bute Archive at Mount Stuart Mount Stuart Rothesay PA20 9LR UK Telephone: 01700 503877 Email: [mailto:ArchiveEnquiries@mountstuart.com ArchiveEnquiries@mountstuart.com] Website
 * Dating from 1158 to the present day, the archive preserves the extraordinary historic records at Mount Stuart. These consist of family papers and estate correspondence, as well as intricate designs, surveys, plans, inventories, photographs, glass-plate negatives and cine-film too. Half a million records are contained within 3,500 boxes in the internationally significant archive which documents the history of Mount Stuart and the Crichton Stuart family.

- Isle of Arran Heritage Museum RosaburnBrodick, Isle of Arran KA27 8DP UK Telephone: 01770 302636 Email: [mailto:info@arranmuseum.co.uk info@arranmuseum.co.uk] Website Genealogy

Registration Offices
At ScotlandsPeople one can search the indexes and obtain a digital copy of the record for a small fee within minutes. However, sometimes additional help is available from local registrars. For example, proof of death and close family relationship can make more recent records available that would otherwise be restricted by privacy laws.
 * Registration Offices - Contact Information
 * To help you with your family history research, the Registrar can offer you the following:-
 * A specific search - this is a search for a particular entry of Births, Deaths or Marriages. The fee for this is £5.00.
 * An assisted general search - a registrar assisted search of the records relating to your family tree costing £15.00 per hour or part of.
 * Certified extracts of entries for the current certificate fee of £10.00 (where a search fee has been paid)


 * Order a copy of a certificate