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FAMILY NAMES

  • Aberdeenshire Families
  • The Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society

    GOVERNMENT SITES

  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Aberdeenshire Council

    HISTORY AND CULTURE

  • ABERDEEN - history of the Aberdeen RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
  • ABERDEEN - Sources of history and historical information.
  • ABERDEEN - Town and Country History Society promoting interest in all aspects of regional history and culture.
  • ABERDEEN - City Heritage Trust was established to care for local conservation areas, listed buildings and historic locations.
  • INVERBERVIE - local history.
  • North East Folklore Archive
  • FRASERBURGH - history of the Fraserburgh RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
  • FRASERBURGH - history and heritage.
  • FRASERBURGH - Heritage Centre.
  • PETERHEAD - history of the Peterhead RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

    The Fish Market, Aberdeen

    LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

  • The North East Folklore Archive - an internet resource established by Aberdeenshire Council for the study of the culture and traditions of North East Scotland. Focusing primarily on the North East's farming and fishing communities, the substance of the Archive includes written articles, recorded interviews, biographical notes, photographs, diaries, songs and tunes.
  • ABERDEEN - Local Studies Department holds newspapers from 1747, directories from the 1750's, many maps and parish and census records. Email: LocalStudiesLibrary@aberdeencity.gov.uk.
  • Familia - Aberdeen A directory of family history resources held in public libraries for Aberdeenshire
  • Aberdeen University Library
  • Aberdeen Library and Information Services.
  • Aberdeen local and regional libraries list.
  • Aberdeen libraries - restricted and reserve collections.
  • Aberdeenshire Library and Information Service.
  • Aberdeenshire Museums information page.
  • Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.
  • Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire local and council archives contacts.
  • Aberdeen University Archives - historic collection.

    LOCAL WEBSITES

  • ABERDEEN - workhouses in Scotland.
  • ABERDEEN - poorhouse records and history.
  • ABERDEEN - index to Extracts from the records of the Aberdeen Burgh 1625-1642 (Pub. 1871).
  • ABERDEEN - 1881 Census, residents of City Poor House, Nelson Street, St Nicholas, Aberdeen.
  • ABERDEEN - Pitsligo School Log Book 1874-1912.
  • ABERDEEN - list of Patients, Smallpox Hospital, Mounthooly, Aberdeen.
  • ABERDEEN WEST - 1851 census.
  • ABERDOUR - 1851 census.
  • BELHELVIE - 1851 census.
  • BIRSE - kirkyard (partial transcription).
  • BIRSE - 1841 census.
  • BIRSE - miscellaneous baptisms 1758-1819.
  • BIRSE - miscellaneous baptisms 1820-1821.
  • BIRSE - miscellaneous marriages 1820-1826.
  • BIRSE - Marriage certificates 1855, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1862 and 1867, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873.
  • BIRSE - 1865 Valuation Roll.
  • BIRSE - Kirk Session records 1820-1824.
  • BUCHAN - poorhouse records and history.
  • CLUNY - 1851 census (partial).
  • GLENBUCHAT - Poll Book Register 1696.
  • GLENBUCHET - Parish Censuses for 1841, Emuneration district one, two, three
  • INVERBERVIE - local history.
  • KENNETHMONT - local genealogy site.
  • KING EDWARD - 1851 census.
  • KINLOSS & FINDHORNcommunity website.
  • LOSSIEMOUTH Fowk - Lossiemouth loons and quines from around the world keep in touch.
  • MOUNTHOOLY - list of Patients, Smallpox Hospital, Mounthooly, Aberdeen 1872-1875.
  • PETERHEAD - genealogy, census records and other useful pages.
  • PETERHEAD - births (1856-60) and deaths.
  • PETERHEAD - born strays as per the 1851 census.
  • PETERHEAD - 1851 census.
  • PETERHEAD - seamen 1840’s & 1850’s.
  • PETERHEAD - electors of the Burgh of Peterhead 1867.
  • PETERHEAD - born from the Glasgow Poor Relief Application Index.
  • PETERHEAD - Births, Marriages, Deaths, Lair, Strays, 1851 Census and other things.
  • PETERHEAD - births, marriages, deaths, lair records (Peterhead Old Kirkyard), strays, 1851 census & miscellaneous Records.
  • PETERHEAD - death indexes 1855-1870.
  • PETERHEAD - Pigot's Directory of 1825/26.
  • RAYNE - 1851 census.
  • ROSEHEARTY - community website.
  • ST COMBS - community website with a full census index.
  • STRATHDON - births 1820-1854.
  • STRATHDON - 1861 census.
  • STRATHDON, TARLAND & MIGVIE - 1841 census.
  • STRATHDON - 1841 census transcript from "McHardy Family" web site, this Census also covers parts of the adjoining Parishes.
  • STRATHDON - 1851 census.
  • STRATHDON - 1782-1800 births of Strathdon & Corgarff.
  • STRATHDON - 1727-1820 births of Strathdon Parish.

    LOCAL SOCIETIES

  • Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society
  • Birse Genealogy
  • Buchan Heritage Society
  • Glenbuchet- history and genealogy.

    MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  • ABERDEEN - Baedekers map of 1910.
  • Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
  • Old Maps of the county
  • National Library of Scotland - old county maps.
  • GENUKI Old Parish map
  • Historic Ordnance Survey maps - in 1:10,560 scale.
  • Aberdeenshire Council map

    MILITARY

  • CORGARFF - War Memorial.
  • KENNETHMONT - WW1 War Memorial.
  • KENNETHMONT - WW2 War Memorial.
  • PETERHEAD - men who enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders and died in World War I.
  • STRATHDON - War Memorial.
  • LUMSDEN - War Memorial.
  • TOWIE - War Memorial.
  • Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Grampian
  • Aberdeenshire Roll of Honour
  • Polish War Graves - register of grave sites in the County of Aberdeenshire.

    NEWSPAPERS

  • The Press and Journal is Aberdeen’s daily broadsheet newspaper. Online archives date back 6 months from current edition only.
  • The Evening Express is Aberdeen’s afternoon tabloid newspaper. Online archives date back 6 months from current edition only.
  • GENUKI gives contact details for various local newspapers and periodicals which serve the area.
  • Aberdeen and District Independent is a local free newspaper.

    OTHER BITS AND PIECES

  • Poorhouses in Scotland - Aberdeen. Buchan Combination (Maud) & Old Machar (Aberdeen).
  • Aberdeen Pilots Returns 1854 - 1910
  • Aberdeen Register of Testaments, 1715-1800
  • Aberdeenshire Parish and Probate Records116,000 records including baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists and wills.
  • Aberdeenshire - good collection of online databases here.
  • Genealogy of the UK - useful directory of links to resources for Aberdeenshire.
  • Genuki's pages for Aberdeenshire
  • NE Scotland Genealogy MI's for many gravestones in this area of Scotland including Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Kincardinshire
  • Census Online Aberdeenshire
  • Scotland Free Census Project - 19th Aberdeen century censuses online and free.

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