Planning a trip to Scotland in the near future. The Scotland’s People Center is at the top of my list of places to stop, but are there any other places worth visiting? I’ll be in Edinburgh, will there be anything different at the Edinburgh Archives that would be worth stopping by? I was also planning on visiting the west Lothian local history museum, though not sure what they have as far as viewable records. Thanks!
Yes, both of these have information not held by Scotland's People.
There are other resources in Edinburgh
National Records of Scotland
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/National Library of Scotland
https://www.nls.uk/Scottish Genealogy Society
https://www.scotsgenealogy.com/Edinburgh Central Library
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory-record/1229174/central-library University of Edinburgh Archives
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/ and a variety of others
Whether they are worth you visiting depends on what you are researching.
In general it's a bad idea to turn up at an archive or family history centre without having some idea what you want to look at. Before you leave home, have a really good rake through all their online catalogues, make a note of anything specific you want to look at, then get in touch to book an appointment and tell them exactly what documents you want to see so that they can have them ready and waiting for you.
Note that you can no longer go and look at the Edinburgh burial registers. Enquiries about burials in council-managed cemeteries in Edinburgh have to be submitted by e-mail.
