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Before contacting us, if you require information, please check whether what you want is already in one of the sections below. Alternatively you can telephone, visit in person or write or email us.

Registration - How to register a birth, death or civil partnership, or get married in Scotland, get information on adoption and more.

The Census - Explore and understand past censuses and how we are preparing for the next one in 2011.

Publications and Data - You will find our statistical publications on births, deaths, marriages, population, households and other subjects here.

Family Records - How to order a birth, death, marriage or other certificate or examine our records.

Or try one of these websites:

SCROL - Use our SCROL (Scotland's Census Results OnLine) website to explore and understand the full potential of Census output.

ScotlandsPeople - The online source of civil registration, open census records, old parish registers and wills for Scotland.

National Archives of Scotland - The National Archives of Scotland exists to select, preserve, and make available the national archives of Scotland in whatever medium and also holds historical records created by businesses, landed estates, families, churches and other corporate bodies in Scotland.

Directgov - Directgov is the place to turn for the widest range of government information and services.

Still can't find what you are looking for? Try the GROS search facility (top right of this page).

Done all the above and still can't find it?

Telephone

Switchboard for all our buildings (New Register House, Ladywell House and Monreith House):

0131 334 0380

The switchboard is open: 

• 08:30 to 17:00 Monday to Thursday, and
• 08:30 to 16:30 on Friday.

The international code for the UK is 44, then drop the first 0 e.g. +44 131 334 0380.

Media Contact

For media enquiries from journalists only please contact the Scottish Government, Communications Office. There is a telephone number on the News page.

Visit In Person or Write

See our Where to find us page.

Email

We no longer display email addresses on this site, therefore please use the contact form facility to send us a message.

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