National Records of Scotland

Preserving the past, Recording the present, Informing the future

ScotlandsPeople Centre

We're launching our new website in early December
All content from the current site will be available in our web archive

ScotlandsPeople Centre

The ScotlandsPeople Centre is the official government resource for family history research. We provide access (via our ScotlandsPeople website) to the Scottish birth, death, marriage and census records, Catholic parish registers, Coats of Arms, valuation rolls, wills and testaments and more. We are located in central Edinburgh with search rooms in historic General Register House and New Register House.

New Register House and General Register House from Princes Street, Edinburgh

 

 

 

 

 

Our ScotlandsPeople Centre's search rooms are open Monday to Friday 9:00-16.30, and are accessed by appointment only.

For further information - and to book a seat online - please go to the Visit Us page on our ScotlandsPeople website.