ScotlandsPeople Centre to re-open to all customers again

From the National Records of Scotland (https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/about-us/service-status), news that the ScotlandsPeople Centre is re-opening some provision to the general public again, after months of only permitting professional genealogists access:

Dundas Search Room

NRS is pleased to confirm we are now able to welcome all groups of customers back to the ScotlandsPeople Dundas Search room from Tuesday 21st September

Whilst we await the launch of our online seat booking system, we are opening up a restricted number of seats for all customer groups for the period Tuesday 21st September to Friday 1st October whilst work on the online seat booking system continues. Seats will be allocated on a strictly first come first served basis.
If you want to book a search room seat then please Contact us and select the category ‘Seat Booking ScotlandsPeople Centre’. If seats are available we will email you to let you know.

Please register for free at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk prior to contacting us to ensure that you have an account set up.

Note that the Dundas Search Room is smaller than the main Reid Room, where most folk normally use the ScotlandsPeople system (which was commandeered by the NRS as a consequence of the pandemic for use instead of its Historical Search Room), hence why there are a limited number of seats available. 

This leaves the ScotlandsPeople service provision at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, and in Glasgow, as the only services still unavailable in Scotland to the public, although Highland Life in Inverness is currently only offering limited access on a trial basis.

(With thanks to Emma Maxwell and Ken Nisbet) 

Chris

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