National Records of Scotland

Preserving the past, Recording the present, Informing the future

Research Guides A-Z

Research Guides A-Z

A

Adoption Records

B

Birth, Death and Marriage Records

Buildings

Burgh Records

C

Canal Records

Care Records

Catholic Parish Registers

Census Records

Chancery Records

Church Records

Coal Mining Records

Coats of Arms

Commissary Court Records

Company Registration Records

Court and Legal Records

Court of Session Records

Crafts and Trades

Crime and Criminals

Customs and Excise Records

D

Deeds

Divorce and Separation Records

E

Education Records

Emigration

Estate Records

Exchequer Records

F

Family History

Fatal Accident Inquiry Records

 

H

High Court Criminal Trials

I

Inheriting Land and Buildings

Inland Revenue Survey Maps and Field Books

Irregular Border Marriage Registers

J

Justices of the Peace Records

K

L

Lighthouses

M

Maps and Plans

Military Records

Minor Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages Overseas

Miscellaneous Manuscript Records of the Registrar General for Scotland

N

National Registration (1915 and 1939)

O

Old Parish Registers

P

Poor Relief Records

Private Papers

Privy Council Records

Privy Seal Records

Q

R

Railway Records

Register of Corrected Entries

Register of Neglected Entries

S

Sasines

Scottish Government Records After 1707

Scottish Parliament Records

Sheriff Court Records

Shipbuilding Records

Slavery and the Slave Trade

Soldiers' and Airmen's Wills

State Papers

Statutory Register of Civil Partnerships

Statutory Register of Dissolutions of a Civil Partnership

Statutory Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages

T

Taxation Records

U

V

Valuation Rolls

W

Wills and Testaments

X

Y

Z