National Records of Scotland
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Additional Resources
National Records of Scotland provides the following resources for researchers:
1. National Records of Scotland safe setting
The National Records of Scotland have two safe settings set up specifically set up for research using the Scottish Longitudinal Study and the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study. For more information on the safe settings please click the link above.
The National Records of Scotland (previously known as the General Register Office for Scotland) are part of the devolved Scottish Administration. They are responsible for the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland and take the census of Scotland’s population every ten years.
National Records of Scotland use this information to prepare and publish statistics on variety of themes relating to population and households.
About the National Records of Scotland
The National Records of Scotland (previously known as the General Register Office for Scotland) are part of the devolved Scottish Administration. They are responsible for the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland and take the census of Scotland’s population every ten years.
National Records of Scotland use this information to prepare and publish statistics on variety of themes relating to population and households.


