Scottish Record Society

The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing historical records.

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

Our current volume! Members receive copies of the year's volume in the post. Details can be found here: https://t.co/T7Lty79cFt

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

We’re funding research into #palaeography teaching in Scotland! See the job spec here: https://t.co/OSLwzsqGs1...

[Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies @UofGCSCS]

At 17:30 on Tuesday 22 October Professor Adrian Streete will be presenting on the library of Glasgow's own Zachary Boyd.

Left to the University in 1653, join us to uncover the story of this valuable collection, reassembled for the first time.

Tickets:
https://t.co/aetoLXm7Rs

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

The amazing Isle of Arran Heritage Museum needs a new roof on one of its fantastic buildings! It’s a worthy cause! #Arran Please retweet!

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

Feeling disjaskit because unfamiliar Scots terms give you the dry boak?

Dinna fash yersel: our glossary can help you to decipher archaic words in our records, including agricultural, legal and medical terms 👇

https://t.co/J1uxqYHzpX

[Scotland's People @ScotlandsPeople]

The earliest entry we can find for a baby girl given the name “Olivia”: Olivia Peacock, who was born in 1689.

“Olivia” was Scotland’s most popular baby name last year.

Find out how popular names have been in recent years with our Baby Names App 👇

https://t.co/1P1duMU0Xt

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

#OTD (9th Oct) 1538 - John Mathesoun, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Caithness (#Dornoch) asked that the Pope would grant him indult to use the divine office and canonical hours published by Francis, ‘cardinal priest of Sta Croce in Gerusalemme’. https://t.co/hRWE0xUmEp

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Sometimes - 1490 - someone does the hand rubrication of a printed book. And sometimes not - as in this 1498 example.

[UHI Centre for History @UHIHistory]

📣Save the date!📣

@UHIHistory is celebrating the publication of two new books by our staff Dr Lucy Dean and Dr Nicola Martin. For further details on the event, https://t.co/UOwyypFKjr

📅Monday 27 October 2025
⏰ 7-8pm
📍Online https://t.co/ay9ObfQHAy

#ThinkUHI

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

And two more clues (Wikipedia Commons) – can you guess the theme of this year’s two (!) SRS volumes now? {I _ l _ n _ s} The volumes range from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and will, of course, be sent out to members, so why not join the Society? https://t.co/65OQwKlhJZ

[Tudor Times @thetudortimes]

The first speaker in the second of our summits on Royal Marriages https://t.co/lzO9yhvisw in 15th & 16th c. Europe will be Dr Erin Sadlack, looking at the dynastic marriage that Mary, sister of Henry VIII, made to Louis XII of France & the distinctly unroyal 2nd match she made.

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

#OTD (30 Sept) c.1717, #Cockenzie wright (carpenter) William Dickson recorded the well known mnemonic rhyme, ‘Thirty Days Hath September’, to help him record business transactions on the Winton Estate, such as building Scotland’s first (wooden) railway. https://t.co/hRWE0xUUtX

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

#OTD (30 Sept) 1528, notary John Foular registered a sasine for John Symson, heir to the late Michael Symson, burgess of #Edinburgh, for a land lying on the south side of the High Street, in the vennel of Forrester’s Wynd. Map: https://t.co/Z9bg4hUAzf SRS: https://t.co/hRWE0xUUtX

[The Govan Stones 🛡👑 @GovanStones]

If you don't donate to our fundraiser, we'll have to tell the Hogbacks no-one likes 'em...😬

https://t.co/sZyHk6SAC8

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

Our online research website @Scotland’sPeople doesn’t only give access to birth, marriage and death records.

Search church and tax records, military service appeals, employment and prison registers and more 👇

https://t.co/7R0RlfKMqq

[Scottish Record Society @ScotRecSoc]

#OTD (23 Sept) 1875, Aberdeen notary public David Carter Fraser passed away, unmarried. Son of a merchant, and educated at Marischal College, 1854-6, he was admitted to the Soc. of Advocates and was a procurator in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court from 1864. https://t.co/hRWE0xUmEp

[Allan Kennedy @Allan_D_Kennedy]

Two nice bits of news this week. First, the manuscript for my textbook on early modern Scotland has been submitted to the publisher. Second, I've had another article accepted. 'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland' should be out with PER later this year.🎉🎉

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

Join us on 27 September for @‌DoorsOpenDays and take a look inside General Register House.

If you can’t make it, you can delve into the history of one of Edinburgh’s most recognisable landmarks now and view original plans 👇

https://t.co/SGiftOXCv0

[Amberley Publishing @amberleybooks]

A riveting and impeccably researched read with our #NewBook Early Railways of Scotland by Anthony Dawson and Ed Bethune. Discover the trailblazing first railways around #Scotland which helped to usher in a new industrial age. @modelrailUK
https://t.co/yFAuMkGL6n
#EarlyRailways

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

An archaeological dig at the Waggonway in East Lothian has found that its tracks matched the standard 4ft 8½in gauge still in use today
https://t.co/Bm1QJJKNOH

[The Herald @heraldscotland]

new evidence suggests it may also be the first in the country to use the now-standard 4ft 8in gauge