Family History Centre campus in Edinburgh.PDF

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FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE
Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry today gave family historians their
first glimpse of the physical layout and organisation of the Scottish
Family History Centre campus in Edinburgh.
The centre, to be fully operational in 2006, will create a ‘one-stop-shop’
for genealogy research. It will bring together services provided separately
by the General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of
Scotland and Court of the Lord Lyon.
The new family history centre will span the adjacent General Register
House and New Register House buildings at the East end of Edinburgh’s
Princes Street to create a fully-integrated Register House campus.

Frank McAveety, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport said:
“Research shows that many visitors to Scotland give “family roots and
ancestry” as the main influence on their decision to holiday in Scotland.
Scotland is fortunate in having some of the best genealogical resources in
the world. The development of a Family History Service provides a
valuable opportunity to attract more visitors and maximise use of this
tremendous resource.”