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The National Records of Scotland (NRS) is responsible for the arrangements for registering births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and other life events.  Here are links to the answers to the questions we are asked most often.

• Book of Scottish Connections 

• Getting Married in Scotland
• Getting Married Abroad
• Registering a Civil Partnership in Scotland
• GROSLocate:allows you to find all local registration offices and approved places in Scotland, along with contact details and directions.

• Registering a Birth
• Registering a Stillbirth
• Registering a Death
• Adoption in Scotland
• Re-registration of Birth or Still-birth
• Gender Recognition
• Recording Changes of Forename(s) and Surname(s) in Scotland
• About Registration in Scotland
• The Scottish way of birth and death: from the records of the Registrar General for Scotland, 1855-1939 (a project by the Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow)
• Items Included in the Main Registers
• Recent Changes to Registration Procedures in Scotland
• Disclosure of Death Registration Information

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