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National Archives of ScotlandRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandNational Library of ScotlandMuseum of Scottish LighthousesThe Northern Lighthouse Board is not responsible for the contents or reliability of linked web sites
The Northern Lighthouse Board’s Archive, including the first Minute Book, is now on deposit with the The National Archives of Scotland. They have a comprehensive website, or you can contact them at HM General Register House, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY. Tel: 0131 535 1314 Fax 0131 535 1360.
If you are carrying out research on your lighthouse family history the main sources are the Registers and Lists of Lightkeepers. The Registers of Lightkeepers give career histories for each keeper, noting full name, date of birth, lighthouses worked at, promotions, demotions and date of retiral. The Registers are kept alphabetically according to surname and by lighthouse. The Registers of Lightkeepers can be viewed at the National Archives of Scotland.
The Northern Lighthouse Board's collection of Stevenson design plans are held by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX.Telephone: 0131 662 145
The private collection of books and records from the archive of the civil engineering firm of Robert Stevenson, his three sons Alan, David and Thomas, and later generations of the family is on deposit with The National Library of Scotland.
On the 15th of December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without trace from the Flannan Isles lighthouse, to this day their disappearance remains a mystery. The records of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses relating to the Flannan Islands mystery are held by the National Archives of Scotland. Please note that the log book for the Flannan Islands Lighthouse is not held....More