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)
• Edinburgh Central Library - our special collections
• Edinburgh Library and Information Services Agency - linking Edinburgh libraries
• Lothian Health Services Archive
• National Library of Scotland
• Registers of Scotland
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Scottish Archive Network
• Scottish Archives for Schools
• Scottish Catholic Archives
• SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network)
• Scottish Life Archive (National Museums Scotland)
• Scottish Local History Directory (Scottish Local History Forum)
• Scottish Screen Archive
• University of Edinburgh special collections
• Virtual Mitchell - photographic archive of Glasgow's people, buildings and streets.

Archive collections held elsewhere

• Archives Hub - 180 institutions across the United Kingdom
• National Archives of Australia
• British history online
• BT Archives
• Libraries and Archives Canada
• University of Guelph Library and Archives: the Scottish collection
• Community archives - archives for the United Kingdom and Ireland
• Cornucopia - 6,000 collections held by museums, galleries, archives and libraries in the United Kingdom
• Ireland - please go to our Useful websites - Irish family history page
• India Office Records: family history search (British Library)
• India: Medical history of British India - National Library of Scotland collection searchable by personal name
• Archives New Zealand
• The National Archives
• Archives Wales