The Daily Record has rounded up 16 names that were used just three times each in 2024. With the most popular picks last ...

Scotland's People is run by National Records of Scotland, a non-ministerial Scottish government department. Last week the site had to remove the names of thousands of adopted children following ...

New research has revealed Scotland's most common surnames. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) recently unveiled its annual report of the top first names in Scotland. As reported by the Daily ...

An extract of the certificate was published by National Records Scotland on Thursday. It lists old age as the queen's cause of death and says she died at 3:10 p.m. local time on September 8 at her ...

After three decades, thousands of historical documents have been returned to their rightful home at the National Records of Scotland. Alan Borthwick, an archivist at the National Records of ...

How did thousands of historical documents that belong in Scotland's national archives end up across the Atlantic Ocean in Canada? The answer is that they were stolen. By one man. With a particular ...

Queen Elizabeth II officially died of "old age," according to her death certificate that was released by the National Records of Scotland on Sept. 29. The 96-year-old monarch died at 3:10 p.m. on ...

The National Records of Scotland reports that “Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) had the thistle’s image incorporated into the Great Seal of Scotland, making it a national symbol for longevity.” ...

Now, the document from the time has been released by the National Records of Scotland (NRS), via the genealogy website, ScotlandsPeople. The last lighthouse was automated in 1998 and these records ...