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Genealogy & Registrar Services

The Registrar in Borders Textile Towerhouse can help you research your family tree by providing direct online access to the General Registers of Scotland, including birth, death, marriage and census records for the whole of Scotland.

Close up of census informationOur qualified registrars can provide you with authenticated birth certificates and other official extracts on the spot. We can also direct you to other genealogy resources, including the next-door local and family history centre, the Heritage Hub.

Searchable records available here:

  • Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1855 to date
  • Divorce Records, 1984 to date
  • Civil Partnership Register, 2005 to date
  • Old Parochial Records, 1553 to 1854
  • Open Census Records, 1841 to 1901

Opening hours by appointment

Contact the Registrar

Registrar of Genealogy
Borders Textile Towerhouse
1 Tower Knowe
HAWICK
TD9 9BZ

Tel: 01450 378118
Email: registrar.genealogy@scotborders.gov.uk