The General Register Office for Scotland was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotlan
New Register House, Edinburgh
National Records of Scotland
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National Records of Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as
General Register Office for Scotland
…years. It also kept the Scottish National Health Service Central Register. On 1 April 2011 it was merged with the National Archives of Scotland to form National Records of Scotland. All the former department's functions continue as part of the new body. Initially ministers of the Church of Scotland were responsible for keeping…
View of Register House from North Bridge, looking across Princes Street