Records

We provide access to many different kinds of records from three national institutions. You can explore collections of records by clicking the links below, all of our records are available when you search for a specific place.

Maps, Surveys, Plans and Drawings

• Ordnance Survey Maps, 1843-1960- held by the National Library of Scotland
• Town and Country Maps, 1580-1928- held by the National Library of Scotland
• Bathymetrical Surveys of Scottish Lochs, 1898-1909- held by the National Library of Scotland
• Register House Plans, 1589-present- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Drawings Collection, 1600-present- held by Historic Environment Scotland
• Slezer’s Scotland, 1690s- held by the National Library of Scotland

Photographs

• Tay and Forth Bridges, 1879-1887- held by the National Library of Scotland
• Southside of Edinburgh, 1929- held by the National Library of Scotland
• Photographic Collection, 1850-present- held by Historic Environment Scotland

Archaeological Records

• Curle Diaries, 1908-1953- held by Historic Environment Scotland

Reports, Publications and Burgh Records

• Land Ownership Commission 1872-3- held by National Records of Scotland
• Medical Officer of Health reports, 1891- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Aberdeen burgh registers, 1398-1511- held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives
• An Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
• Hay Shennan, County and Parish Boundaries, 1892- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Inventories, 1909-1908- held by Historic Environment Scotland

Tax Records

• Carriage tax rolls, 1785-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Cart tax rolls 1785-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Clock and watch tax rolls 1797-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes, 1798-1799- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Dog tax rolls 1797-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Farm horse tax rolls 1797-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Female servant tax rolls 1785-1792- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Hearth tax records 1691-1695- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Horse tax rolls, 1785-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Inhabited House Tax, 1778-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Land tax rolls 1645-1831- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Male servant tax rolls 1777-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Poll tax rolls, 1694-1698- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Shop tax rolls, 1785-1789- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Window tax, 1748-1798- held by the National Records of Scotland

Ordnance Survey Name Books

• Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871- held by National Records of Scotland
• Argyll OS Name Books, 1868-1878- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Ayrshire OS Name Books, 1855-1857- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Banffshire OS Name Books, 1867-1869- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Berwickshire OS Name Books, 1856-1858- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Buteshire OS Name Books, 1855-1864- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Caithness OS Name Books, 1871-1873- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Clackmannanshire OS Name Books, 1861-1862- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Dunbartonshire OS Name Books, 1860- held by the National Records of Scotland
• East Lothian OS Name Books, 1853-1854- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Fife and Kinross-shire OS Name Books, 1853-1855- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Forfarshire (Angus) OS Name Books, 1857-1861- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Inverness-shire OS Name Books, 1876-1878- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Kincardineshire OS Name Books, 1863- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Lanarkshire OS Name Books, 1858-1861- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Midlothian OS Name Books, 1852-1853- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Morayshire OS Name Books, 1868-1871- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Nairnshire OS Name Books, 1869- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Orkney OS Name Books, 1879-1880- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Peeblesshire OS Name Books, 1856-1858- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Perthshire OS Name Books, 1859-1862- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Renfrewshire OS Name Books, 1856-1857- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Ross and Cromarty OS Name Books, 1848-1876- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Roxburghshire OS Name Books, 1858-1860- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Selkirkshire OS Name Books, 1858- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Shetland OS Name Books, 1877-1878- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Stirlingshire OS Name Books, 1858-61- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Sutherland OS Name Books, 1871-1875- held by the National Records of Scotland
• West Lothian OS Name Books, 1855-1859- held by the National Records of Scotland
• Wigtownshire OS Name Books, 1845-1849- held by the National Records of Scotland