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A photograph of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes with his son Geoffrey in the full dress uniform of a subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys. 
Featured article Our Records: Geoffrey Keyes (VC)

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

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Detail of a map of St Kilda
Scotland's History: The last households on St Kilda in 1930
18/05/16

By 1930 only 36 inhabitants, forming 10 households, remained on the island.

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Photograph of Edward Pritchard
Our Records: The Glasgow Poisoner
18/05/16

Dr Edward Pritchard, the Glasgow Poisoner, who killed his wife and mother-in-law in 1865.

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Photograph of Lieutenant Douglas Hume
Our Records: Deaths of Scottish Seafarers
18/05/16

Learn about the death records of Scottish seafarers online at ScotlandsPeople.

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Detail from a page from the 1901 census
Did You Know? Facts from the 1901 Census
18/05/16

What was life like in Scotland on the night of the 1901 census?

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A photograph of Coco Chanel and The Duke of Westminster
Our Records: Coco Chanel and the Duke of Westminster in the Highlands
18/05/16

The story of Britain's richest man and a world famous designer and their Highland retreat

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News: Valuation Rolls for 1930 Go Online
06/05/16

Valuation rolls for 1930 have been added to ScotlandsPeople.

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Title page of the valuation roll, Burgh of Aberdeen, 1860-1
Our Records: Valuation Rolls
12/01/16
Valuation rolls recorded a uniform valuation of landed property across Scotland from 1855
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