NRS
GRO and SRO Fonds
E015
GRO and SRO Fonds Level Descriptions
GRO
Repository: National Records of Scotland
Ref No: GB234/GRO
Title: General Register Office for Scotland (Registrar General)
Date: 1831-2000
Level: Fonds
Extent: 5413 items; 137.32 Linear Metres
Format: Text
Description: 1) Registration Service: miscellaneous records, 1832-1965; 2) Examiners' Reports
Files, 1999-2000; 3) Registration Districts and Registrars, 1855-1970; 4) Establishment Branch
files, 1968-1978; 5) Registration Branch files, 1851-1991; 6) Census Branch Files, 1911-1981;
7) National Registration Act, 1915; 8) Statistics and Computer Services Branches files, 19701981; 9) National Health Service Central Register for Scotland files, 1969-1973
Access Status: Restricted
Access Conditions: Some items may be closed: contact National Records of Scotland search
room staff for information
Language: English
Catalogue Status: Catalogued
Location:
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Last saved date: 2013-03-08
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NRS
GRO and SRO Fonds
E015
SRO
Repository: National Records of Scotland
Ref No: GB234/SRO
Title: Scottish Record Office (National Archives of Scotland) Records
Date: 1579-2010
Level: Fonds
Extent: 3725 items; 106.08 Linear Metres
Format: Mixed
Description: 1) Records originally at Edinburgh Castle and the Laigh Parliament House, 15791788; 2) 'The Office Record', 1803-1950; 3) Reports on the Records, 1800-1999; 4) Register
House - The Building and Housekeeping, 1765-1980; 5) Accession, Storage and Transmission
of Records, 1789-1981; 6) Legal Registers and Searching, 1790-1965; 7) Fees and Other
Financial Matters, 1781-1977; 8) Correspondence, 1790-1966 9) Staff, 1806-1978; 10)
Publications, including Record Commission, 1800-2000; 11) Binding, Repair and Stationery,
1807-1979; 12) Local Registers and Records, 1800-1969; 13) Annual Reports on Local
Registers, 1810-1936; 14) Parliamentary Acts and Bills and Related Papers, 1808-1940; 15)
Miscellaneous Papers, 1797-2001; 16) Historical Searches - Permits, 1847-1999; 17) Registers
of Historical Searches, 1847-1999; 18) Historical Searches - Indexes of Topics of Research,
1919-1980; 19) Exhibitions, 1930s-1993; 20) Scottish Records Advisory Council, 1938-1974;
21) Photographs, 1886-1978; 22) Files of correspondence, 1884-1979; 23) Obsolete Inventories
and Indexes; 24) Duplicate Inventories and Indexes; 25) Specimen Publication Material,
including Glass Negatives and Copper Plates, c1700-c1900; 26) National Register of Archives
(Scotland), 1946-1988; 27) Registers of Searches - West Search Room, 1971-1999; 28) Papers
on Accommodation and Storage, 1896-1990; 29) Accession Statistics, 1971-1990; 30) User
Surveys, 1993-1995; 31) Audio Visual Material, 1995-2001; 32) Staff directories, 1996-2000;
33) Mapping of Archive Services in Scotland, 1997-2000; 34) Gifts to The National Archives of
Scotland
Access Status: Restricted
Access Conditions: Some items may be closed: contact National Records of Scotland search
room staff for information
Language: English
Catalogue Status: Catalogued
Location:
2 of 2
Last saved date: 2013-03-08
Version 1.0