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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Peeblesshire => Topic started by: RootsChat on Thursday 05 June 03 12:58 BST (UK)
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Some links to Pebbleshire resources to aid research:
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Archives
http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/428/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 peeblesshire genealogy and peeblesshire 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 (Coverage: 100%)
1851 Census (Coverage: 100%)
1861 Census (Coverage: 100%)
1871 Census (Coverage: 100%)
Directories
Family History Groups
Borders Family History Society
http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/Index.asp
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Land Records and Maps
National Library of Scotland maps - http://maps.nls.uk/
A collection of links to old maps - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/pee.htm
Miscellaneous
A history of Peeblesshire (Full text)
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofpeebles00chamiala/historyofpeebles00chamiala_djvu.txt
Peeblesshire GENUKI pages
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/PEE/
Peeblesshire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Peebles-shire,_Scotland
Peeblesshire Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeblesshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Peeblesshire
Newspapers
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk(Pay to view)
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
Peebles Combination
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Peebles/
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