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Bute and Arran

Pirnmill Post Office, Arran, 1910

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FAMILY NAMES

  • Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society

    GOVERNMENT SITES

  • Argyll and Bute Council 
  • Arran (North Ayrshire Council)

    HISTORY AND CULTURE

  • History & Heritage of Argyll and Bute
  • Arran history - with internal links to 10 village history pages.

    Sand Braes, Whiting Bay, Arran (left) and Kerry Crow, near Rothesay (right)

    LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

  • Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
  • Bute (Argyll & Bute Council) libraries
  • Bute (Argyll & Bute Council) museums
  • Arran (North Ayrshire Council) library
  • Familia - a directory of family history resources held in public libraries in Argyll and Bute.

    LOCAL WEBSITES

  • BRODICK - cemetery.
  • BUTE - farm names A-G , H-O , P-Z.
  • BUTE - general information site.
  • BUTE - 1841 census (partial extract).

    MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  • Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
  • Town Plan of Rothesay - surveyed 1862-3

    Old map of Arran and Bute

    MILITARY

  • Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Strathclyde - including Bute and Arran.
  • Bute & Arran Roll of honour

    NEWSPAPERS

  • The Buteman (Rothesay)
  • The Arran Banner - Arran's weekly newspaper, currently no updated web site.

    Lamlash, 1907 (left) and High Street, Kildavanan c.1905 (right)

    OTHER BITS AND PIECES

  • Poorhouses in Scotland - Rothesay.
  • Buteshire Research Database - lists of births, christenings, deaths, marriages, and surnames lists.
  • GENUKI's pages for Buteshire
  • McPhun's 1835 Scottish Tourists Guide - Tour 3 covers Bute, Tour 15 covers Arran
  • Bute 1841 Census
  • Buteshire 1841 & 1851 Census Project status page - FreeCEN Project.
  • 1841 Isle of Bute Census
  • FamilySearch - Online catalogue for Bute.
  • IGI Batch Numbers for Bute.
  • AyrshireRoots - graves and burial records of Arran and North Ayrshire.

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