Skip to main content
Home
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login
  • Register

Main navigation

  • Search our records
  • Help and guidance
  • Certificates and copies
  • Our charges
  • News and features
 
Advanced people search
Buy Scottish Handwriting Kit
Search for kirk session and other church court records
Buy credits, vouchers and digital images
Order official certificates and copies
What records are in the site
What we are working on

News, features and events

Image
Archibald Eliot’s Calton Prison (no date). Image courtesy of Scottish Prison Service.
Our records: Edinburgh’s Bridewell and Calton Prisons
8th May 2023
Image
Detail of the site of Largs prison, plot 765. Crown copyright, NRS, Inland Revenue Survey plan for Ayrshire, 1910-1920, IRS104/18
Our records: a brief history of Largs Jail
8th May 2023
Our Records: The real Madame Doubtfire
20th March 2023
Scottish Handwriting 1500-1700: a self-help pack available to buy
2nd March 2023
Our Records: One-hour-old: the youngest person enumerated in the 1921 census
19th January 2023
Our Records: Jock Stein CBE (1922-1985)
13th January 2023
Our Records: The marriage of Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie and Captain Oscar Linda
13th January 2023
Our Records: David Ross Lauder, VC (1894-1972)
13th January 2023

Visit ScotlandsPeople

Image
Visit ScotlandsPeople
National Records of Scotland
2 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YY
Today we are open 09:00 - 16:30
Full details on visiting the centre
Book a seat

Stay in touch with ScotlandsPeople

Follow us on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

Legal & Accessibilty

Show — Legal & Accessibilty Hide — Legal & Accessibilty
  • Terms and conditions
  • Copyright
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy policy

Helpful Links

Show — Helpful Links Hide — Helpful Links
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Search site
  • Site map
© Crown copyright

A partnership between the National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon

Scotland Records Logo