Angus (Forfarshire) HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. FAMILY NAMES ANGUS Surnames List Arlene's Lists - online surname databases mainly for Monikie. MONIKIE - family history of the Monikie area. GOVERNMENT SITES Angus Council Dundee City Council HISTORY AND CULTURE BROUGHTY FERRY - history of the Broughty Ferry RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). BROUGHTY FERRY - a brief history. DUNDEE - history, myths and legends. DUNDEE - historical and information links. DUNDEE - The Lamb Collection of historical information for Old Dundee. DUNDEE - old Dundee in Photographs, Dundee City Council. DUNNING - Parish Historical Society. Unlock the Boxes! A glimpse of 18th Century life in Angus, Scotland and the exploits of young Scots seeking their fortunes in the British empire through the Military and Trade between 1740 and 1802 in the archives of the HUNTERs of Burnside and Dod - an established landowning family with a history of Jacobite support. Arbroath and Forfar Railway - history of a local railway company. Dundee and Arbroath Railway - history of a local railway company. Tay Bridge Disaster - history of the Tay Bridge disaster of 28th December 1879. Tay Bridge Disaster - list of victims. Jute production in Dundee - The Verdant Works Museum. Dundee's jute industry - and industrial social change. Visit Angus - history, culture and genealogy pages. LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES ARBROATH - history and resources. University of Dundee Archives Angus Archives - Angus council records for the seven burghs of Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, Montrose and Monifieth. The Friends of Brechin Town House Museum Angus Council archives - Burgh records, Angus County Council records, Manuscript collection, Transcripts, Indexes, Research files, Photographs and Local History collection Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts at the University of Dundee. University of Dundee Manuscript Collection. Angus - Familia website listing libraries and their family history resources. Dundee - Familia website listing libraries and their family history resources. Friends Of Dundee City Archives Dundee City Archive & Record Centre - includes Official Records, Church, Customs and Sheriff Court records retransmitted from the National Archives of Scotland, Family, Estate, Business, Trade Union and Other Private Records. LOCAL WEBSITES ARBIRLOT - 1841 parish census, a few dozen selected entries. ARBROATH - 1881 Census of residents of Combination Poor House, St Vigeans, Arbroath. ARBROATH ABBEY - historic location where the Declaration of Scottish Independence was signed in 1320. ARBROATH - combination poorhouse history and records. BALGAY - cemetery burials (part transcription)& memorial inscriptions. BARRY - parish burials 1772. BARRY - burial records 1746 - 1812. BARRY - Scotland 1841 Census, including Carnoustie area enumeration districts 1-6 & enumeration districts 7-12 BARRY - burial records from the Barry Parish Register 1746 - 1812. BARRY - parish burials 1786 to 1812. Work still in progress, completed to 1800 at present. BRECHIN - Brechin Cathedral information and history. BRECHIN - oorhouse history and records. BRECHIN - 1851 census (partial extraction). BUCHAN - poorhouse records and history. DUNDEE - 1881 census residents of Poor House Parish of Eastern Dundee, Liff & Benvie. DUNDEE - 1881 census residents of Western Combination Poorhouse, Blackness Rd Dundee, Liff & Benvie. DUNDEE - deaths recorded from 1st April 1990 to 19th March 1993. DUNDEE - Howff cemetery transcriptions. DUNDEE - tombs of the Dundee Howff. DUNDEE - 1851 census (partial extraction). DUNDEE - St Peter Parish burials 1837-1856. DUNDEE - cemeteries & burial grounds DUNDEE - deaths recorded in Dundee from 01st April 1990 to 19th March 1993. DUNDEE - deaths 1990-1993. DUNDEE - Wesleyan register of baptisms 1785-1898. DUNDEE - trade directory of 1782. The first Dundee Directory gives names of tradesmen, descriptions of the area, and useful old measurement descriptions. DUNDEE EAST - poorhouse register 1856-1878. DUNNICHEN - parish 1841 census enumeration districts 1-4 DUNNICHEN - Parish 1841 census enumeration districts 5-7 DUNNICHEN - parish burials 1856-1876. EDZELL - 1841 census. ESSIE & NEVAY - 1841 census. FARNELL - 1841 census. FEARN - 1841 census. FORFAR - 1881 census residents of Forfar Poorhouse. FORFAR - 1857 birth records. FORFAR - poorhouse history and records. KINNETTLES - record of churchyard interments and memorial stone inscriptions. KIRRIEMUIR - general and in-depth information. LIFF & BENVIE - register of the poor (1854-1865). LIFF & BENVIE - births 1650-1755 (partial transcription). MAINS - 1841 census. MONIKIE - Monikie.org.uk over 200 pages of online genealogy data. MONIKIE - burials, a list of names from the book "The Monikie Story". MONIKIE - 1841 census. MONIKIE - kirkyard burial records. MONIKIE - kirk Old Parish Records. MONIKIE - Valuation Roll 1904-5. MONIKIE & LUNDY - hearth tax list 1691. MONIKIE - family history website. STRATHMARTINE - 1841 Census. ST VIGEANS - 1851 census (partial extraction). LOCAL SOCIETIES Abertay Historical Society Tay Valley Family History Society Forfar and District Historical Society Monifieth Local History Society MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Forfarshire - old maps (scale 1:10,560) 1865-69 Fofarshire - maps and list of main settlements dated c.1865. Town Plan of Arbroath - Surveyed 1858 Town Plan of Brechin - surveyed 1862 Town Plan of Dundee - surveyed 1857-8 Town Plan of Dundee - surveyed 1871-2 Town Plan of Forfar - surveyed 1860-1 Town Plan of Kirriemuir - surveyed 1861 Town Plan of Montrose - surveyed 1861-2 MILITARY Muster Rolls - South African War, 1899-1900; nearly 1000 names of the officers and soldiers of the first formed corps from Angus for the Boer War. MONIKIE - kirk memorial tablet. Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Tayside The Blach Watch - 5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion Roll of Honour 1914-1921 Angus Roll of Honour 3rd (Dundee) Highland Volunteer Battalion - the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Active Service Section. DUNDEE - Dundee Spanish Civil War Memorial. NEWSPAPERS The Courier covers Tayside and Fife Online archives back to 2003 only. The Evening Telegraph and Post Online archives back to 2003 only. Arbroath Herald Carnoustie Guide and Gazette Newspapers held at local libraries with opening hours and contact details. OTHER BITS AND PIECES Poorhouses in Scotland - Arbroath and St Vigean's Combination, Brechin Almshouse, Dundee Combination, Forfar & Kirriemuir Almshouse. DUNDEE - immigrant ships transcribers Guild - 1831 & 1881. Angus Parish and Probate Records from the early 1500s to late-1800s. Some non-parish records may be included from as early as the 12th century. Genuki's pages for Angus TAMH: Tayside - A Maritime History - records of over 4000 mariners and voyages, History section with appx. 400 articles and images of history of Dundee, Montrose and Arbroath. Genealogical Research Service by Angus council. Family History Library Catalogue From the FamilySearch web site, showing links to other sites. Drew's Scottish Genealogy and Ancestor Search - online 1851 census, births, deaths and marriages. ANGUS List of Burial Grounds Various Angus records - including census, birth, baptism, marriage and death records, 1851 list of jurors, Fife shopkeepers and traders 1820 - 1870, Dundee Wesleyan register of baptisms 1785-1898. Ships in port - ships in port in Forfar, including Kincardine during the 1881 census. HappyHaggis.co.uk ©