The statutory registers of divorces, of civil partnerships and of dissolutions of a civil partnership are indexed by personal name. Images of the register entries are not available to view online in accordance with the National Record of Scotland’s policy on protecting the privacy of individuals.
This guide provides a brief overview of Scottish parishes and districts.
This is a guide to researching photographs and images held by the National Records of Scotland and other collections made available online.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) holds prison records from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and its predecessor bodies (in particular the Scottish Home and Health Department Prisons Division) which had responsibility for the construction and running of Scotland’s prisons.
This guide provides a brief overview of Scots law relating to property ownership, renting and occupancy.
This is a guide to reading older handwriting when researching manuscript historical records on Scotland's People.
This guide provides information on the registration of illegitimate births in records available on Scotland's People.
The Scottish Cabinet is the group of senior Ministers, including the First Minister of Scotland, which is responsible for Scottish Government policy. The Scottish Cabinet came into existence in 1999, following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the devolved Scottish administration initially called the 'Scottish Executive'.
On Scotland's People you can search and view thousands of index cards for the service record files of those who joined the Scottish Women’s Land Army (SWLA) and the Women’s Timber Corps (WTC) in Scotland from 1939 to 1950.