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Some links to Aberdeenshire resources to aid research:
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Archives
- Aberdeen City Council www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/local_history/archives/loc_archiveshomepage.asp
- See also www.northeastscotlandroots.com/aberdeen-city-archives-aberdeenshire-archives
- Great summary of archival resources compiled by the University of Aberdeen - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/history/ddd/resources.shtml
- Aberdeen City Libraries – Local Studies www.northeastscotlandroots.com/aberdeen-city-libraries-local-studies/
- Aberdeenshire Libraries – Local Studies www.northeastscotlandroots.com/aberdeenshire-libraries-local-studies/
- Northern Health Services Archives - www.northeastscotlandroots.com/northern-health-services-archives/
- Aberdeen University Special Collections - www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/
Birth, Marriage 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
Burials and Monumental Inscriptions
- Aberdeen City Council
- Brilliant resource from ANESFHS - see under the 'MI Index' for their online index link and also for their online map giving the location of all the burial grounds in NE Scotland - www.anesfhs.org.uk https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/leisure-sport-and-culture/archaeology/projects/historic-kirkyards/
- A number of Aberdeenshire cemeteries included here (paid for service with some general free info available) - www.deceasedonline.com/
- Aberdeenshire Historic Kirkyards - https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/leisure-sport-and-culture/archaeology/projects/historic-kirkyards/
- Memorial inscriptions available for several church yards in Aberdeenshire - see Scotland Other -
https://sites.google.com/site/highlandmemorialinscriptions/home - A number of Aberdeenshire cemeteries being added to this site (pay to view, but some general info available from general searches). See 'Database Coverage' link at the bottom of page - www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
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Census
- Freecen https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl has now excellent coverage of the earlier censuses. 100% coverage of the 1841 , 1851 , 1861 , and 1871 Census - check here for updates www.freecen.org.uk/statistics.html). These are transcripts compiled by volunteers. Original images for the 1841 - 1911 censuses are only available from the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
- Researchers often look to what may be available before the start of the censuses as we know them, from 1841. This provides an excellent summary of what is available across the whole of Scotland and locations of archive documents or material - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Scottish_Population_Listings_Pre1841.pdf
Family History and Heritage Groups
- Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society www.anesfhs.org.uk/
- Family History Society of Buchan - www.buchanroots.co.uk
- Comprehensive list of Aberdeenshire Heritage Societies available here www.northeastscotlandroots.com/useful-links/
History and General information
- Genuki for Aberdeenshire www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ABD/
- familysearch.wiki pages for Aberdeenshire - https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Aberdeenshire,_Scotland_Parishes and https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Aberdeenshire
Images and Photograph Archives and Collections
- The Geograph Britain and Ireland project has a growing collection of photographs - www.geograph.org.uk
- The online collections of Aberdeen Local Studies, including archived photographs - www.silvercityvault.org.uk See this for background to the initiative - www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CouncilNews/ci_cns/pr_vault_090911.asp
- National Library of Scotland - Scottish Screen Archives – Aberdeen - http://ssa.nls.uk/search.cfm?search_mode=Browse&sid=03.01&location=45|Aberdeen
- National Library of Scotland - Scottish Screen Archives – Aberdeenshire - http://ssa.nls.uk/search.cfm?search_mode=Browse&sid=03.01&location=2|Aberdeenshire
- The George Washington Wilson Collection of Photographs - Aberdeenshire www.rootschat.com/links/0o7w/ Main index for the Collection for Scotland www.rootschat.com/links/0o7x/
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Maps
- County maps of Scotland - www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
- Parish maps of Aberdeenshire - www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-aberdeen.htm
- National Library of Scotland Town maps - http://maps.nls.uk/towns/index.html See also http://maps.nls.uk/counties/index.html#aberdeenshire
- A collection of links to old maps - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/abd.htm
- Great new (modern) mapping site, 'Where's the Path?' - Free Ordnance Survey Mapping side by side with Google Aerial Imagery. Just insert place name on the l/h side box at the top, the select a place http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm Great mapping site for those more remote places! Also covers more populated areas.
Miscellaneous
- Post Office Directories for the general Aberdeenshire area - www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Aberdeen New release of later directories here http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Ascottishdirectories&sort=-publicdate
- Aberdeenshire Museum Service - www.northeastscotlandroots.com/aberdeenshire-museums-service-hq-building/
- Aberdeen Maritime Museum - www.northeastscotlandroots.com/aberdeen-maritime-museum/
- More general links here www.northeastscotlandroots.com/resources-organisations-introduction/
Newspapers
- Aberdeen Journal 1798 – 1900 on a pay to view basis here www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
- Other sites for historial Aberdeenshire papers include http://gale.cengage.co.uk/ Some UK libraries give access to this site to local Library members.
- A guide to Scottish Newspaper Indexes by the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/collections/newspapers/indexes/index.cfm
Workhouses
- Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses - Aberdeenshire. There are three locations included for the Aberdeenshire area, with the links located on the left hand side www.workhouses.org.uk/
- Poor Relief records - www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/local_history/archives/loc_poorreliefrecords.asp
- A list of poor rolls, registers of poor, volumes of poor relief applications and various other records containing lists of paupers for parishes in Scotland. A great summary of what is actually available by parish and where to look for the records that remain - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Records_of_the_Scottish_Poor.pdf