Welcome to the National Register of Archives for Scotland

This part of the National Archives of Scotland website concerns the National Register of Archives for Scotland (NRAS), which was set up in 1946 to compile a record of collections of private papers in Scotland, to encourage their care, and to make information about them available to researchers and others. The Register Over 4,200 lists or 'surveys' have now been added to the Register. These surveys describe papers held by private individuals and families, landed estates, clubs and societies, businesses and law firms. The Register also includes surveys of similar papers which have been deposited in the archives and libraries of local authorities, universities, institutions and companies.

Paper copies of the Register are available for consultation in the following places:

• National Archives of Scotland (in Edinburgh)
  
  
• National Library of Scotland (in Edinburgh)
  
  
• The National Archives (in London)

Surveys can also be searched on the online Register, though not all of the surveys are available electronically.

Find out more about what the NRAS can do for archivists, owners of records, and researchers.

Contact the NRAS by mail, email, phone or fax.