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FAMILY NAMES

  • Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
  • Aberdeen & NE Family History Society
  • Banffshire Surname List: A- F, G-L, M-R , S-Z

    GOVERNMENT SITES

  • Aberdeenshire Council

    HISTORY AND CULTURE

  • Banff harbour history
  • Banff & Macduff history

    Macduff 1842.

    LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

  • Banff - family history library catalogue.
  • Familia - a directory of family hstory resources held in public libraries in Aberdeenshire.
  • Aberdeen University Library
  • Aberdeenshire Library and Information Service.
  • Aberdeenshire Museums information page.
  • Aberdeen City Archives
  • Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire links.

    LOCAL WEBSITES

  • BANFF - old cemetery.
  • BANFF - ships in port in Banff & Aberdeen, census 1881.
  • BOYNDIE - 1851 census.
  • RATHVEN - parish hospital.

    MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  • Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
  • British History Online - old historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale.

    MILITARY

  • Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Grampian which includes Banffshire.
  • Banffshire Roll of Honour

    NEWSPAPERS

  • The Buchan Observer - online archives date back to 2002.

    Seafield Street, Portsoy

    OTHER BITS AND PIECES

  • Poorhouses in Scotland - Rathven (Parish Hospital).
  • Banffshire Genealogy Webring
  • Banffshire Index - links to famous families and parish & town information
  • GENUKI'S pages for Banffshire
  • UK FreeCEN Project - Banffshire 1841 Census Project
  • Banffshire 1841 Census
  • Banffshire 1851 Census
  • The Moray Burial Ground Research Group - surveys every burial ground in Moray, which also includes part of the old county of Banff. Some 140 cemeteries, both public and private to be studied.

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