There are a number of resources available in the Scottish Borders if you are researching your family tree.
Heritage Hub: The Scottish Borders Archive, Family and Local History Centre
The main research centre for family history in the Scottish Borders is the Heritage Hub. The Heritage Hub holds archives, records, indexes and resources to allow you to search for your ancestors.
Historical copies of the Register of Electors can be viewed at the Archives Service, Heritage Hub, Hawick.
Registration service
Our Registration Service provides copies of birth, marriage and death certificates after 1855 to help you research your family history. Registrars also have access to Old Parish Records for births and marriages pre-1855.
For details of the service offered and charges see our Copies of certificates webpage.
Cemeteries and churchyards
We can provide information on cemeteries and churchyards to help you trace where your ancestors are buried. Further information on searching burial records is available online.