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Useful Websites - Archives and Libraries

Click on the links below for information about Scottish archives and archive collections held elsewhere:

Scottish Archives
  • Aberdeen local studies (Silver City Vault) [1]
  • Edinburgh Central Library - our special collections [2]
  • Edinburgh Library and Information Services Agency [3] - linking Edinburgh libraries
  • Lothian Health Services Archive [4]
  • National Library of Scotland [5]
  • Registers of Scotland [6]
  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh [7]
  • Scottish Archive Network [8]
  • Scottish Archives for Schools [9]
  • Scottish Catholic Archives [10]
  • SCRAN [11] (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network)
  • Scottish Life Archive [12] (National Museums Scotland)
  • Scottish Local History Directory [13] (Scottish Local History Forum)
  • Scottish Screen Archive [14]
  • University of Edinburgh special collections [15]
  • Virtual Mitchell [16] - photographic archive of Glasgow's people, buildings and streets.
Archive collections held elsewhere
  • Archives Hub [17] - 180 institutions across the United Kingdom
  • National Archives of Australia [18]
  • British history online [19]
  • BT Archives [20]
  • Libraries and Archives Canada [21]
  • University of Guelph Library and Archives: the Scottish collection [22]
  • Community archives [23] - archives for the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Cornucopia [24] - 6,000 collections held by museums, galleries, archives and libraries in the United Kingdom
  • Ireland - please go to our Useful websites - [25]Irish family history [25] page
  • India Office Records: family history search [26] (British Library)
  • India: Medical history of British India [27] - National Library of Scotland collection searchable by personal name
  • Archives New Zealand [28]
  • The National Archives [29]
  • Archives Wales [30]

Source URL: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/scotlandspeople-centre/useful-websites-for-family-history-research/archives-and-libraries

Links
[1] http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=Home&WINID=1397642722383
[2] https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries/discover-treasures-central-library?documentId=11944&categoryId=20012
[3] http://www.edinburghlibrariesagency.info/
[4] http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/
[5] http://www.nls.uk/
[6] http://www.ros.gov.uk/
[7] http://www.rbge.org.uk/science/library-and-archives
[8] http://www.scan.org.uk/
[9] http://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/
[10] http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/
[11] http://www.scran.ac.uk
[12] http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/collections-stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/scottish-life-archive/
[13] http://www.slhf.org/scottish-local-history-directory
[14] http://ssa.nls.uk/
[15] http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision
[16] http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/
[17] http://archiveshub.ac.uk/
[18] http://www.naa.gov.au/
[19] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx
[20] http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/BTgrouparchives/Majorcollections/index.htm
[21] http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
[22] https://www.uoguelph.ca/scottish/node/1733
[23] http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/
[24] http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/
[25] https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/scotlandspeople-centre/useful-websites-for-family-history-research/irish-family-history
[26] http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/
[27] http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html
[28] http://www.archives.govt.nz/
[29] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
[30] http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/