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Narrow your search to a broad category, e.g. 'Church court records', or select 'ALL'. Selecting a category provides a list of record types available for that category, e.g. 'Kirk session records' or 'Synod records'.

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Narrow your search by selecting one or more specific types of record, e.g. 'Kirk session records', 'Window tax rolls (1748-1798)', or select 'ALL'. Select more than one type by holding down 'Ctrl' when selecting any entries.

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Search record descriptions using a keyword or phrase, e.g. the keyword 'guild' returns results such as 'Young mens' guild minutes (1889-1893)'. A search for 'Dundee' returns results such as 'OS Name Books: Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 18 - Town of Dundee'.

Locate a reference using the National Records of Scotland public catalogue.

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Enter a reference from the NRS catalogue (e.g. CH2/345/6), or leave blank and search by record category/type, date range, or using a keyword or phrase.

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In Virtual Volumes you can browse digital copies of many historical records in the care of National Records of Scotland that are not indexed by personal name. To find out more, read our guide on using Virtual Volumes. Available records include:

  • Church court records
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) Name Books
  • 17th-19th century tax rolls
  • Scottish Government Cabinet records

Images of many original OS Name Books and tax rolls are accompanied by transcriptions of the text.

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