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** Shetland RESOURCES **
« on: Wednesday 09 July 03 17:40 BST (UK) »
Some links to Shetland resources to aid research:

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Archives
Shetland Archives,
44 King Harald Street,
Lerwick.
ZE1 0JX

Shetland Museum  http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/
includes list of local Heritage Groups:
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/heritage_hub/heritageGroups/

The Shetland Islands Council  http://www.shetland.gov.uk/


Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials
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/

Some Caithness, Orkney and Shetland births and baptisms, and marriages
http://www.cursiter.com/pages/indices.htm
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Re: ** RESOURCES for Shetland **
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 09 July 03 17:47 BST (UK) »
Census Records 
Original Census images(1841-1911)(Paysite) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

freeCEN 1841 Census transcription - check here for updates - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ )

Foula census 1841 and 1851
http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Foula,1841%20&%201851.htm
Foula Census 1861 and 1871
http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Foula,1861%20&%201871.htm
Foula Census 1891
http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Foula,1891.htm


Directories 


Family History Groups
Shetland Family History society  http://www.shetland-fhs.org.uk


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Re: ** Shetland RESOURCES **
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 09 October 13 11:09 BST (UK) »
Land Records and Maps
National Library of Scotland maps - http://maps.nls.uk/
A collection of links to old maps ,  23 Maps Covering the Shetland Islands dating from 1654 to 1896
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/shi.htm
Google maps - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oi=eu_map&q=Shetland+Islands&hl=en

Miscellaneous
Visit Scotland - Shetland
http://www.visitshetland.com/about_shetland/articles/history/
Useful Historical Background

The Shetland Bus (WW2).
www.warsailors.com/shetlandbus/index.html
Norwegian Naval Independent Unit(NNIU)
 
Shetland - The 'Old Rock'.
http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/shetland_ms.htm
This notebook, 12 cm x 18 cm, with 68 pages completed, entitled 'Notes of conversations about the Old Rock'. ('The Old Rock' is a local phrase often used to describe Shetland.)

Shetland Genealogy.
http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/
This site has received a lot of praise here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,9938.0.html

Shetland GENUKI pages  http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/SHI/

Shetland familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shetland_%28or_Zetland%29,_Scotland
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Shetland

Shetland Wikipedia page  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shetland


Newspapers
Some UK libraries give access to this site - http://gale.cengage.co.uk/
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Shetland Newspaper Transcriptions  www.jghalcrow.co.uk/index.html
Janice Halcrow's Shetland Newspaper Transcriptions from 1872/3 to 1900 contain BDMs and Historical News Stories.


Occupations
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/
Boatbuilding  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoal


Pictures, Images and Photos


Schools, Workhouses and other Institutions
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/
Left Hand Side of Page - Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses, Shetland(Zetland)


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