How Scotland scaled the heights of world sport

The Digital Archive

holds every edition of The Scotsman from 25 January, 1817 to 1950. The paper’s outstanding coverage of key events, politics and life-changing inventions, together with the stories about the people who lived and worked in our communities, are held here. With the help of Digital Archive’s comprehensive online catalogue, you can search every edition of The Scotsman from 1817 to 1950. You can discover if your ancestors appear in our births, marriages and deaths notices. You can find out what was happening in towns and cities across Scotland – and beyond each day.

Whether you are tracing your family tree or researching a school history project, with The Scotsman’s Digital Archive, you can dig up the past.