Caithnessshire 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 Caithness Family History Society Caithness Surname List GOVERNMENT SITES The Highland Council HISTORY AND CULTURE The Highland Clearances - its causes, effects and results. The Highland Clearances - details of the evictions of Highland residents during the 18th and 19th centuries. LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES North Highland Archive - index Highland Archives - North of Scotland, local & military history from 13th Century onwards from the Highlands & Islands. Highland Council Archive - holds the records for Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness-shire, & Nairnshire. In addition it is responsible for the records of 13 Burghs within the Highlands. Highland Photographic Archive North Highland Archive - Caithness & Sutherland information covering parish records, historical and family documents. Searches can be carried out on your behalf by staff for a fee. Highland Council - Thurso Library. Highland Council - Wick Library. Highland Council - Museums list. LOCAL WEBSITES LONACH - Highland & Friendly Society list of members. THURSO - Undiscovered Scotland - general information and history from this pretty site. WICK - Undiscovered Scotland - general information and history. WICK & LATHERON - combination Poorhouse, list of residents from the 1881 Census. MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870. Town Plan of Wick - surveyed 1872 MILITARY Caithness War Memorials Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Highlands Caithness Roll of Honour NEWSPAPERS The John O'Groats and Caithness Courier - recent online archives available. OTHER BITS AND PIECES Poorhouses in Scotland - Latheron Combination & Thurso Combination. Caithness Parish and Probate Records - include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists & wills. GENUKI's Caithness Genealogy Page UK FreeCEN Project - Caithness 1841, 1851 & 1861 Census Project status page Ships in Port in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty - 1881 Caithness Cemeteries - index of pre-1855 Tombestone Inscriptions Highland Homecomings Research Project - research project exploring journeys made by people of Scottish descent from throughout the world back to Scotland researching genealogy, visiting ancestral places, etc. Based at the Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie, Scotland. Highland Council Genealogy Centre 1841 Caithness Free Census Project If you find any broken links, or have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us at . Please note HappyHaggis cannot assist in genealogy enquiries. Many thanks HappyHaggis.co.uk ©