Hi everyone,
I've just come across this article in the Scotsman:
http://tinyurl.com/q2add32
I would love to be able to visit the exhibition, but of course I am too far away. I was wondering if anyone knows whether these records will become available online in the future? My Italian grandfather and great-grandfather might be mentioned among the records.
Nina
Scots - Italian Exhibition in Edinburgh
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Re: Scots - Italian Exhibition in Edinburgh
... also described on the NRS website:
http://nationalrecordsofscotland.gov.uk ... ion-at-nrs
The article on The Scotsman website refers to the articles being digitised. I expect that means destined for the NRS (formerly NAS) intranet, available on their premises. I would like to think that the lot could reach internet availability one day, but that could be wishful thinking in the meantime.
There is a long term project within NRS digitising much (all?) of their documents. Much of that is for conservation purposes. Many of their documents that you used to get the paper originals to view when you went to General Register House, are now digitised and you see them on-screen. That makes the access to them much quicker in there, as often you had to wait your turn while their staff went to fetch the items for you; or in some cases they had to be ordered in advance as they were stored in one of their other premises. From a conservation viewpoint, once these documents have been digitised, they are sealed up and taken to their environmentally-regulated long-term storage facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The digital images that I have seen are of a high quality, so it should never be the case that there would be an advantage to have the originals in your hands.
Bit by bit, more record sets are becoming available through ScotlandsPeople, but it is a slow process.
All the best,
AndrewP
http://nationalrecordsofscotland.gov.uk ... ion-at-nrs
The article on The Scotsman website refers to the articles being digitised. I expect that means destined for the NRS (formerly NAS) intranet, available on their premises. I would like to think that the lot could reach internet availability one day, but that could be wishful thinking in the meantime.
There is a long term project within NRS digitising much (all?) of their documents. Much of that is for conservation purposes. Many of their documents that you used to get the paper originals to view when you went to General Register House, are now digitised and you see them on-screen. That makes the access to them much quicker in there, as often you had to wait your turn while their staff went to fetch the items for you; or in some cases they had to be ordered in advance as they were stored in one of their other premises. From a conservation viewpoint, once these documents have been digitised, they are sealed up and taken to their environmentally-regulated long-term storage facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The digital images that I have seen are of a high quality, so it should never be the case that there would be an advantage to have the originals in your hands.
Bit by bit, more record sets are becoming available through ScotlandsPeople, but it is a slow process.
All the best,
AndrewP