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Records bodies could be merged

Three organisations charged with handling public records in Scotland, including the burgeoning office responsible for the genealogy boom, have been asked to look at merging.

Ministers have asked the General Register Office for Scotland, National Archives of Scotland and Registers of Scotland to explore the benefits of amalgamation.

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