Where is this reference for?

[Gortinanima]

I have a reference from David Dobson's Scots Irish Links series

SRO RD3/5/288
David Rankin merchant Londonderry merchant 1662

Where can I access this document?

Not sure if Scottish Record Office has changed name?

(I reside in Co Down).

[GR2]

It is a reference to the Register of Deeds held by what are now called the National Records of Scotland, based in Edinburgh.

[Gortinanima]

It is a reference to the Register of Deeds held by what are now called the National Records of Scotland, based in Edinburgh.

Thanks for that - I suppose you have to visit to see the document?

There doesn't appear to be a way of ordering a photocopy online --

[GR2]

You would have to visit to see the register. It could just be a document recording a financial transaction. There is a printed index to the Register from 1661-1696. Dobson may have just seen the index rather than the record itself unless he has given some detail which suggests otherwise.

[Forfarian]

SRO RD3/5/288
Not sure if Scottish Record Office has changed name?

Yes, twice.

It renamed itself the National Archives of Scotland, then it re-renamed itself the National Records of Scotland.