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                  Cockburn Association
                  The Cockburn Association was founded in 1875 to promote and encourage the care and conservation of Edinburgh’s unique architectural and landscape heritage.   The Association is one of the oldest conservation, planning and architectural advocacy organisations in the world.  It takes its name from Lord Cockburn (1779-1854), a renown Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure, who […]
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                  MS 458 The Alexander Low collection
                  Most of us have some old family photos, letters or documents tucked away in a drawer or in the attic, but how many of us have over 20 boxes relating to eight families, dating back to 1723? Alexander JS Low did and decided to give them to us, University of Dundee Archive Services. The bonus […]
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                  Your Scottish Archives online Q&A: Thursday 20th March

                  Join us for an opportunity to discuss Your Scottish Archives, the online portal designed to enhance access to Scotland’s rich archival collections. Date: Thursday 20th March 2025 Time: 10:00-11:00am, via Zoom Developed by the Scottish Council on Archives in collaboration with Archives Hub, Your Scottish Archives will improve how users discover and engage with Scotland’s […]

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                  Your Scottish Archives Day: Your Scottish Archives portal

                  Do you want to make your collections searchable on one consolidated site and join over 100 archives across Scotland participating in Your Scottish Archives? Or do you just want to find out more about the project and hear more about Scottish archives? Join the Archives & Records Association on Friday 28th of February at the […]

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                  YSA is live!

                  The new Your Scottish Archives portal was launched on Tuesday 10th December 2024, at the SCA Annual Conference in Stirling. Your Scottish Archives is a unique project to gather and make available worldwide, through a dynamic online portal, catalogue descriptions from archives across Scotland, including local authority, health, business and community archives, and records of […]

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