List of residents in Aberdeen area 1799

[MissBea]

Hi

I have been looking for some of my ancestors in Old Machar, Aberdeen and came across this pdf which has a detailed list of residents in the Aberdeen area in 1799 who were liable to pay tax.

http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=30072&sID=9101

[Grothenwell]

Thanks for posting that. Unfortunately likely as they never were owners none of my ancestors appear to be on the lists. But there appears to be quite a few Aberdeenshire parishes missing from this window? Tax. Perhaps done on another list.

Interesting that how some names have changed Airy burn presumably Airyhall, and had a chuckle at Peter Coulture: Peterculter

[Flattybasher9]

Earl of Aboyne, 74 windows.
James Farquharson, Invercauld, 64 windows.
There's the money.

Regards

Malky, 9 windows.

[MonicaL]

A good list of the range of taxes around this time here www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls

Monica 

[genjen]

I think there are some of mine on this list but I need to go through it all much more carefully to be sure. It's all very exciting!

[DavidG02]

Aahh but trying to connect Reverend Simpson in 1799 with Henry and John Simpson in 1857 , aye theres the rub

But as always any resource we can utilize is a good thing so thank you

[Archivos]

There are more parishes available via a different page at http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/local_history/archives/loc_cataloguesassessedtaxrolls.asp

The rolls are divided into different districts, so it depends which district the parish you are interested in is in.  They differ slightly from the ones on Scotland's Places as well, so it can be worth checking both! 

[genjen]

There are more parishes available via a different page at http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/local_history/archives/loc_cataloguesassessedtaxrolls.asp

Oh.....have you any idea what you have started now!! 

[Archivos]

There are more parishes available via a different page at http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/local_history/archives/loc_cataloguesassessedtaxrolls.asp

Oh.....have you any idea what you have started now!! 

Hahaha!

Even though I don't have any ancestors who are on these particular rolls, there is a delight in looking through them nonetheless. They're really useful for pinning down when some of the larger estate houses were either built or extended, going by the number of windows too.  A cracking resource!

There are assessed tax rolls for each year from 1799 up to 1830/31, but every tenth year has been transcribed and made available.  The transcribing was done by volunteers at Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives, and started way back in 2005! You can email the Archives if you want to find information from the rolls which haven't been transcribed as well - their contact details are on their website as well.