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16/03/21
Kirk session records now available online
11/02/21
The tale of a family dispute over inheritance and a favoured child.
07/01/21
The stories of two couples married on Victory in Europe Day, 8th May 1945.
06/01/21
We discover more about William McCance, once described as ‘the most promising phenomenon of contemporary Scotland in regard to art’.
06/01/21
Lyall Stuart Scott, urologist, was amongst those born in 1920.
20/11/20
Discover more about Scotland's shipbuilding history in the ScotlandsPeople Image Library
19/11/20
1000 new maps and plans with watery connections celebrating the Year of Coasts and Waters.
18/11/20
We commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing and discover more about Scottish emigration records.
13/11/20
The families with connections to gold and the name Eureka