Explore lightkeeper records on Scotland's People and visit a new exhibition celebrating the history of lighthouses this summer.

Two new videos to showcase services offered by National Records of Scotland including Scotland's People have been launched today

An update for customers visiting the Scotland's People Centre in Edinburgh.

More than 100,000 Victorian prisoner records from Ayr and Inveraray jails are now available to search.

Discover some of the prison’s 19th century inmates

Find out more about the inmates held in the prison’s condemned cell

Read our search tips and explore over 100,000 newly added prisoner admission records from Ayr and Inveraray prisons.

The lives of two celebrated Scottish poets went on display at General Register House in Edinburgh.

Scotland’s first “Stolperstein” brass plaque was unveiled in Edinburgh on 24th November 2025 in memory of Jane Haining who gave her life helping Jewish people during the Holocaust.