Over 1,500 records dating mainly to 2005 are now available to search and download for free

The ‘Devil’s Porridge’ of HM Factory Gretna and the brave women who worked there

A quarrelsome couple and an introduction to witchcraft in early modern Scotland

Our feature on Scottish forms of marriage, the impact on people’s lives and how they were recorded by the church.

Discover more about the history of poor relief in Scotland

We find glimpses of the love lives of the Pre-Raphaelite circle in the kirk session minutes.

The act of bravery undertaken by the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army

Kirk session records now available online

The tale of a family dispute over inheritance and a favoured child.