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**Links to Kinross-shire RESOURCES **
« on: Thursday 05 June 03 12:34 BST (UK) »
Some links to Kinross'shire resources to aid research:

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Kinross Archives
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/archives


Births, Marriages and Death Records
Some guides here on RootsChat to help you:
Where to start with Scottish Research? - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html
Getting the best out of Scotlands People  - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,562668.0.html
The Scottish Way of Birth and Death...(1855-1939)  www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,578172.0.html

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
https://familysearch.org/


Burials and Monumental Inscriptions
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**Links to Kinross-shire RESOURCES **
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 May 12 17:10 BST (UK) »
Census
Transcriptions  Kinross'shire Census, 1841 , 1851 , 1861 , 1871 -
 https://www.freecen.org.uk/

Original Census images(1841-1911)(Paysite , free to search) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/


Directories
1861 Directory - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KRS/Directories/parochial1861.html


Family History Groups
Tay Valley Family History Society - http://www.tayvalleyfhs.org.uk/web/


History and General information
Kinross-shire GENUKI pages - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/KRS/index.html

Kinross-shire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Kinross-shire,_Scotland
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Kinross-shire

Kinross-shire Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinross-shire

Perth and Kinross County Council website - http://www.pkc.gov.uk/


Images , Photograph Archives and Collections
University of St Andrews Photographic Archive - 
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/imu/imu.php?request=home
(Site search Kinross-shire or place name)
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 May 12 17:18 BST (UK) »
Maps
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/maps
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/krs.htm


Miscellaneous


Newspapers , Magazines
Paysite but free to search - http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/


Workhouses
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kinross

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