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.

The stories of two couples married on Victory in Europe Day, 8th May 1945.

We discover more about William McCance, once described as ‘the most promising phenomenon of contemporary Scotland in regard to art’.

Lyall Stuart Scott, urologist, was amongst those born in 1920.