Find out what archivists and visitors do inside an archive.
Try out some of their tasks for yourself.

Archivists employ a range of skills to select, catalogue and make historical records available to the public. Visitors coming to do research get access to these primary sources of evidence that provide insight into Scotland's past.

Activities
Working in groups, pupils will see what happens in General Register House (GRH). Pupils will have the opportunity to:

• go behind the scenes in GRH
• find out about the different jobs that archive staff do
• evaluate selected records and decide whether they should be kept in the archives or destroyed
• undertake some research using a variety of resources.

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