Contacting us

The Scottish Documents website is run by the National Records of Scotland (NRS). When contacting us, please help us to deal with your enquiry efficiently and promptly by using the appropriate procedure, as set out below.

Problems with the Scottish Documents website
To report technical difficulties with this site please contact us by email at [email protected]. The NRS runs several websites, so it is helpful if you specify that the website concerned is the Scottish Documents site. If the problem concerns one particular page, it is helpful if you can specify the page address.

Wills and testaments
If your enquiry concerns digital images of wills and testaments, which used to be on this website, please refer to our wills and testaments page and follow the link to the ScotlandsPeople website.

Church court records online
If you are interested in our digitisation of the records of kirk sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and when these might be available, read about our current digitisation programme or contact us by email at [email protected].

Research enquiries
If your enquiry relates to historical records or other aspects of the business of the National Records of Scotland (NRS), you might be able to find the answer on the NRS website, which has advice about carrying our historical research remotely and a contact page for research enquiries. The NRS website address is: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk.

Complaints
To complain about the an aspect of the Scottish Documents website or about NRS services see our complaints procedure.

Postal address
The National Records of Scotland
H M General Register House
2 Princes Street Edinburgh
EH1 3YY

Telephone
If you telephone us, please help us to deal with your enquiry effectively by using the appropriate telephone number.The telephone number for research and other enquiries at the National Records of Scotland is: +44(0)131 535 1314.

If you are telephoning about a technical problems or issue concerning the Scottish Documents website, please ask to be put through to the Online Resources Team.