Archive
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
Archon code: 234
Looking for records?
Visit the National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland) website for information on how to access records held there.
Contact information
- Address
HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YY
Scotland- Telephone
- 0131 535 1314
- lsrhe@scotlandspeople.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
Information about this archive
Open: Monday-Friday 9-4.30
Facilities:- Wheelchair access
- Readers ticket required
Two forms of identification (photographic and address) needed for access
Paper and digital copying available depending on terms of deposit
National Records of Scotland also operates the ScotlandsPeople family history centre, providing access to digital images and indexes of Scottish census returns and birth, marriage and death records. For booking information and fees telephone 0131 314 4300
Catalogues, indexes and guides to records available online
For more information on collections, please see Guide to the National Archives of Scotland (H.M. Stationery Office, 1996)
This archive’s collections
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