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More than 233,000 newly-released Scottish records of births in 1917, marriages in 1942 and deaths in 1967 show how we used to live and record important events in the lives of people living in Scotland.
Explore Scotland as you search for your ancestors.
Newly-discovered letters shed light on Robert Burns’ family, Excise career and radical political opinions
Learn about the lives of Alberto Morrocco, Anna MacLeod and Hugh Malcolm - all born in 1917
Read about the weddings of three allied servicemen in Scotland in 1942
Discover the lives of the operatic soprano Mary Garden and Plant Hunter George Sherriff
More than 233,000 newly-released Scottish records of births in 1917, marriages in 1942 and deaths
Learn about how we are improving forename searching in church registers, census returns and other records.
Discover some Christmassy names in our registers spanning the centuries
Discover what life was like at 4,400 feet for scientists at the Ben Nevis Observatory
