The Society attempts to produce an obituary for every Fellow. Older obituaries can be obtained by contacting the Archive Officer who can provide copies from published volumes (there may be a charge for this). In recent years obituaries have been published on the RSE website, as well as in the Yearbook / Review of Session.
In 2006, after almost six years of research by Dr Charles Waterston, General Secretary, 1986-91, aided by Mr Angus Shearer, the Society published a biographical list of all former RSE Fellows from 1783 - 2002 (ISBN 0 902 198 84 X).