 As well as royals, the building contains records of most famous Scots, for example Robert Burns, David Livingstone and James Watt.Computerised access is available on the Web to indexes of these records; and also to Scanned Images of those before about 1906, thus it is possible to see those actual documents in the comfort of your home anywhere in the world.In January 2015 it was revealed that both New Register House and the neighbouring General Register House had been recommended for closure, upon which time staff and public archive facilities would be located in buildings elsewhere in Edinburgh.