If you are looking for digital images relating to your Scottish family history then your first stop should be Scran
The Scran Trust hosts around 370,000 images, movies and sounds which come from archives, museums, galleries and the media on its website. It's funded through the Scottish Government, subscriptions and sales of services.
The site is easy to navigate. For the family historian there are lots of images available of local towns and cities. Similarly, there are images of subjects such as occupations, migration and historic maps. There are many other sections too or you can simply put in a straight forward search into their search engine.
This is only a very small glimpse of what is available on the site. The best way to find out what is there is to go and look for yourself. Access can be gain in a number of ways. It's free to browse thumbnails of the images but to gain full access there are a number of was in which this can be done.
- If you are a school pupil or student in Scotland, there is a good chance that you will have free access to the whole site. Check with your school, college or university librarian.
- Local libraries often have accesses. This might be within the library itself and many have remote access from home. Check with your local librarian for details of access.
- Subscription - It is inexpensive to join Scran either for 6 months or a year.
- Buy individual images.
The site has a wealth of material on Scottish life so it is of interest to not only family historians but to anyone with an interest in Scotland. Why not give it a browse and if your local library does not give you access then why not ask them to subscribe to the site.
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