Scotland Archives and Libraries

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 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives
ScotlandsPeople ($) is one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. Scotlands People is the official research service of the National Records of Scotland. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, there are almost 90 million records to look through. Indexes are free. There is a reasonable fee to see full records. - Scottish Archive Network. Thorough alphabetical listing of archives throughout Scotland. - National Records of Scotland H M General Register House 2 Princes Street Edinburgh EH1 3YY Scotland Tel: +44(0)131 535 1314 E-mail: historical_enquiries@nrscotland.gov.uk Website Family History Guide Researching Online National Records of Scotland online catalogue - Scottish Documents The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) uses the Scottish Documents website to carry out testing for online access to digital images of historical records. The service is currently limited to certain archives in Scotland and to designated Church of Scotland officials.

The National Archives Ruskin Avenue, Kew Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU England Website A guide to this repository is: Bevan, Amanda, and Andrea Duncan. Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office. 4th. ed. London, England: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1990. (FamilySearch Library book .)

Regional, District, and Cultural Archives
To find a full list of Scotland Archives and association with their addresses, go to the website of the Scottish Archive Network.

Scottish Catholic Archives (moving to new address on Orr Street April 2023) Columba House 16 Drummond Place Edinburgh EH3 6PL, Scotland Telephone: +44(0) 131 556 3661 Email: archivists@scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk Website

=Libraries= National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Scotland Phone: 0131 623 3700 Website Collections Online Resources: Browse by category - Family History


 * The George IV Bridge Building is the National Library of Scotland's main public building, where you will find reading rooms, the Visitor Centre, exhibition and events areas, Readers' Registration and the shop.

National Library of Scotland Causewayside Building 33 Salisbury Place Edinburgh EH9 1SL Scotland
 * The Maps Reading Room is in the Causewayside Building.

Postal Address: National Library of Scotland 92 Cowgate Edinburgh EH1 1JN Scotland

The Scottish Genealogy Society Library and Research Centre Scottish Genealogy Society 15 Victoria Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2JL Scotland Phone:0131 220 3677 E-mail: editor@scotsgenealogy.com Website

"Over the years the Society has built up a diverse, fascinating and unique collection of books and manuscripts including local histories, military,  trades and profession lists, directories, Scots outwith Scotland, peerage and heraldry, school and university rolls and individual family histories. The Library also has: -
 * Monumental Inscriptions, burial, death and mortcloth records - the largest collection in Scotland
 * Old Parish Registers [ OPRs] with the orginal in microfilm for every parish in Scotland with OPR and IGI indexes
 * Over 4000 books and CDs on family history and related subjects
 * Censuses - a large collection of originals in microfilm, and indexes and transcriptions in print
 * Journals from all major Scottish family history societies and some from abroad
 * Internet access including a world subscription to Ancestry.com"

University Libraries
University libraries house:


 * Family papers
 * Estate records
 * Other historical Material
 * Genealogical material

Three main university libraries are:

Local Public Libraries
Find your nearest library Local history library staff collect and write histories of the people and places in their locale. Some libraries collect completed indexes and published materials from the local family history societies. Public libraries collect many published sources such as:
 * Local histories
 * City directories
 * Maps
 * Newspapers
 * Family histories
 * Parish registers

Museums

 * National Museum of Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh, EH1 1JF Scotland Phone: 0300 123 6789

Record Offices
The Registrar General General Search Unit New Register House 3 West Register street Edinburgh EH1 3YT Scotland Website

This office's collection contains:
 * Records of births
 * Marriages
 * Deaths from 1855 to the present
 * Census
 * Old Parochial Registers.


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