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Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Scotland Archives and Libraries page.

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• Peeblesshire County Council was abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which reorganised local government in Scotland.
• Peeblesshire became part of the Borders region and Tweeddale district, the latter having the same boundaries as the pre-1975 county of Peeblesshire.
• The Borders region and its four districts, including Tweeddale, were abolished in 1996, merging to form the present Scottish Borders council area.
• The area of the pre-1996 Tweeddale district (and therefore the same area as pre-1975 Peeblesshire) continues to be used as a lieutenancy area under the name of Tweeddale.

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Archives

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Service
Heritage Hub
Kirkstile
Hawick, Roxburghshire TD9 0AE UK
Telephone: 01450 360699
Email: archives@liveborders1.org.uk
Website: Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Service

Archives are the records that have been created by people, families, businesses and other organisations. They can be hand written papers, illustrations, books, letters, diaries, photographs or sound and audio visual recordings.

The Heritage Hub is the home of the Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Service. It cares for a wide range of archive documents from the four historic counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire.

Libraries

Innerleithen Library
Buccleuch Street
Innerleithen EH44 6LA UK
Telephone: 01896 830 789
Email: libinn@scotborders.gov.uk
Website: Innerleithen Library

Peebles Library
Chambers Institute
Peebles EH45 8AG UK
Telephone: 01721 726 333
Email: libpeebles@scotborders.gov.uk
Website: Peebles Library

For a list of Peeblesshire libraries, go to List of libraries in Scotland in Wikipedia. Scroll down to Scottish Borders. The parishes in historic Peeblesshire are listed in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Museums

St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre
Well's Brae
Innerleithen EH44 6JF UK
Telephone: 01896 833 583
Email: rhannay@scotborders.gov.uk
Website: St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre
Website #2: St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre

Tweeddale Museum and Gallery
Chambers Institution
High Street
Peebles EH45 8AJ UK
Telephone: 01721 724 820
Email: museums@scotborders.gov.uk
Website: Tweeddale Museum and Gallery
Website #2: Tweeddale Museum and Gallery

For a list of Peeblesshire museums, go to List of museums in Scotland in Wikipedia. Scroll down to Scottish Borders. The parishes in historic Peeblesshire are listed in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.