National Records of Scotland
The collections include:
- registers of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships, dissolutions and adoptions
- Scottish government records from the 12th century to the present day
- records created by courts of law, churches, businesses, landed estates and other corporate bodies
- Scottish census enumeration books
- and the National Health Service Central Register.
And much more.
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How to Order a Certificate (Also Known as an Official Extract)
Please read the guidance below before ordering birth, death or marriage certificates (official extracts from the registers). You can also download a portable document format (pdf) copy of our leaflet S2 - How to order a certificate (also known as an official extract) (266 KB pdf) and forms.
- How to apply
- Information required
- Fees and charges
- How to pay
- Typed extracts
- Divorce certificates
- Your responsibilities under data processing laws
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Just to elaborate a little on the previous posts, all National Records of Scotland are accessible on Scotland’s People Website https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
If you are looking for historic records, rather than recent records you can purchase credits which will allow you to access the files on a pay-per-view option. Once you are sure that you have landed on the correct record, pay the required number of credits and the full record is then shown on your screen with the option to download and/or print.
This option is only available for historic records, recent records must be ordered. Details below.
Statutory registers of births (older than 100 years), marriages (older than 75 years) and deaths (older than 50 years), census returns, church registers (Old Parish Records) of births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials and other events currently cost 6 credits (£1.50). Credits can be purchased as 30/40/80/160 bundles. There’s more, but this will give you a quick idea.
If you are in Scotland, you can book a computer session at Scotland’s People centres, where you can access both recent and historic records. Since covid, the option to print the records has been withdrawn, but you can still take notes of all the essential information that the records hold.
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