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
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 Family History Guide Researching Online Online Catalogue
 * ScotlandsPeople ($) is the official research service of the National Records of Scotland. Indexes are free for statutory registers of births, marriages, and deaths; Old Parochial Registers; Catholic church records; and other church records. After locating a record in the index, the image of the record can be accessed for a fee.
 * Scottish Documents The National Records of Scotland 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 .) WorldCat

Regional, District, and Cultural Archives
To find a full list of Scotland Archives 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

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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 Museums Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh, EH1 1JF Scotland Phone: 0300 123 6789 Website

Record Offices
ScotlandsPeople ($) should be checked first when searching for statutory records of births, marriages, and deaths; Old Parochial Registers; Catholic church records; and other church records. After locating a record in the index, the image of the record can be accessed for a fee. For earlier records, this is quicker than ordering from the Registrar General.

The Registrar General General Search Unit New Register House 3 West Register street Edinburgh EH1 3YT Scotland Telephone: 0131 535 1314 E-mail: dataprotection@nrscotland.gov.uk Statutory Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages How to Order a Certificate (Also Known as an Official Extract)


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