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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Nairnshire => Topic started by: RootsChat on Thursday 05 June 03 12:55 BST (UK)
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Some links to Nairnshire resources to aid research:
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Archives
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
Official website(Paysite, free to search) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
For some more resources enter nairnshire genealogy and nairnshire family history in your favourite search-engines.
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Census Records
Original Census images(1841-1911)(Paysite) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Transcriptions - https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
1841 Census
1851 Census
1861 Census
1871 Census
1881 Census for Residents of Nairn Combination Workhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Nairn/Nairn1881.shtml
Directories
Family History Groups
Moray and Nairn Family History Society - http://www.morayandnairnfhs.co.uk
Cowdor Heritage Group - http://www.spanglefish.com/cawdorheritagegroup
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Land Records and Maps
National Library of Scotland maps - http://maps.nls.uk/
Genmaps - Six Maps of Nairnshire ranging from 1662 to 1896 -
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/nai.htm
Miscellaneous
Nairnshire GENUKI pages
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/NAI/
Nairnshire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Nairnshire,_Scotland
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Nairnshire
Nairnshire Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairn_%28boundaries%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nairn
Tobar an Dualchais Three Oral Tracks Nairn's River Banks and the Bonnie Woods of Cowdor
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/results
Newspapers
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (Paysite, free to search)
Some UK libraries give access to this site - http://gale.cengage.co.uk/
Occupations
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/
Pictures, Images and Photos
Schools, Workhouses and other Institutions
Nairn Combination or Nairn Union - http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Nairn
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