Orkney Archive - get dusty

This Friday (2nd October) is jeans for genes day. This is a fund raising day to benefit pioneering research and vital support services for c...

We have been asked a couple of questions about our copy of Margaret Tait's feature length film 'Blue Black Permanent.' The cop...

Did you complete a Fereday project whilst at school? Did you win a prize for your efforts? If so, a copy has probably been lodged here at th...

We received a new donation this week from the son of an R. A. F. mechanic, Sidney Hall, who was stationed in Orkney during World War 1. The ...

So apparently the government are cutting spending on the public sector. It's fine though, Alasdair Darling says that we're not going...

We were informed this morning that the copiously laden Rowan tree outside the archive window is sign of a 'cold, long, dark, winter ahea...

Last night the Orkney Family History Society hosted a talk by James Irvine to promote his new book on the history of the Breckness Estate. I...

We received an enquiry recently about the Swedish houses in Broadsands, Laverock and Manse Roads, Kirkwall. We have several detailed plans o...

This morning it was hideous; cold and rainy and threatening to blow a gale. This afternoon it is uncomfortably warm and sunny. Good old Orkn...

There is a new exhibition in the Archive Searchroom (first floor) which celebrates various Orkney-related entries in the Biographical Dic...

Today we set up a tour and display of the archive for a group of Mensa members. It is quite intimidating when you know that you're defin...

We had a visit from Finance Minister John Swinney today. He has a family connection to Orkney and our head archivist traced his family tree ...

Yet another brilliantly sunny day and therefore we don’t have many customers. Quite right too.

We had two customers in today who may have been library or archive workers from South in disguise! They spent a long time carefully looking ...

A customer asked me to find out what the kelp and fishing rights situation is in Orkney. Do homeowners near the shore actually own the shore...