Description of Allan Breck Stewart, wanted for alleged involvement in the infamous “Appin murder” of a rent collector, 25 May 1752.

Stewart was convicted in absentia but never apprehended. He’s best known now for appearing in Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure novel “Kidnapped”.

Learning old Scottish handwriting can help you to access Scotland's history in our archives.

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1,064 deaths were registered in Scotland in the week ending 12 May, 167 or 14% lower than the expected number of deaths.

These figures are provisional. Estimates of excess deaths are Official Statistics in Development.

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Our Archivists’ Garden was inspired by our purpose - storing and preserving the records of the nation - and by the unique way the human brain stores information.

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The National Lottery Heritage Fund MuseumsGalleriesScot The earliest record of football in Scotland, 1424

'Of playing at the fut ball...' '...it is decreed and the king forbids that any man play at the football...'

Find out more about the ban enacted on football by James I in our Timeline

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A petition by St Kildans to leave the island and to be resettled on the mainland, 10 May 1930.

Life on the remote island had never been easy and by 1930, only 36 residents remained.

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Can you tell how many girls and how many boys were recorded in this old parish register from Pencaitland in 1600, and what were their names were?

If not, our tutorials can help you learn how to read old Scottish handwriting.

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1,166 deaths were registered in Scotland in the week ending 5 May, 47 or 4% lower than the expected number of deaths.

These figures are provisional. Estimates of excess deaths are Official Statistics in Development.

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Our Scottish Handwriting tutorials provide free online tuition, helping you to decipher old Scottish handwriting from the years 1500-1700.

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A map showing bomb damage to the town of #Greenock during intensive, deadly air raids on Clydeside and Ayrshire, on the nights of 6 and 7 May 1941.

Almost 300 people were killed and over a thousand injured.

This map shows the impact of sixty bombs over one small area.

“Ane plaid to be the king ane coit”

A record of plaid being bought for King James IV at Ayr, 6 May 1512.

The earliest mention of tartan in our records is from 1533.

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An architectural plan of a bridge proposed for Dumbarton in 1684.

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Statistics published today show that the provisional total number of deaths registered in Scotland from 22 to 28 April was 1,167.

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“I must tell you I saw J. K… who has joined the Pretender, and got on highland Cloaths, and a white Cockade”

A Edinburgh mother, describing the distinctive highland dress of supporters of “Bonnie Prince Charlie”.

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Only a couple of tickets left for our talk on 2 May!

Professor Susan Pedersen of Columbia University shares her findings from the Balfour papers in #NRSArchives , looking at the lives of Lady Frances Campbell and Lady Betty Lytton

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Baptism entry for David Hume, a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, born 26 April 1711.

An annotation in the margin reads: “the child here registered is the celebrated David Hume historian and philosopher”.

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A map of Scotland, 1612.

Vignettes show “James, King of Britain, France & Ireland”, with the Queen and princes.

This map also includes dramatic touches, with several more sea monsters than are found in most of our maps and plans!

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