** Banffshire RESOURCES **

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Some links to Banffshire resources to aid research:
To help find things more quickly, resources have been grouped in categories.  The links here have been compiled from topics submitted by RootsChatters. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed   

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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

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
(Offical Website - register to search indexes for free/pay to view certificates)


Burials and Monumental Inscriptions
Burial Grounds in Northeast Scotland - http://www.abdnet.co.uk/burialgrounds/

Banff Old Cemetery - http://gen.deltanz.net/ Broken link.
Try - https://web.archive.org/web/20130624095856/http://gen.deltanz.net/banff/banffindex.html


Keith & District Heritage Just found this great website which as a lot of information on the following districts Keith, boharm, Botriphnie, Rothiemay, Newmill and Grange.
http://keith-heritage.webplus.net/index.html

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Census Records
Transcriptions - 1841 Census  , 1851 Census  , 1861 Census (100% coverage)
http://www.freecen.org.uk/
Original Census images(1841-1911)(Paysite , free to search) - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

1881 Census for the Residents of Kincardineshire Combination Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kincardineshire/Kincardineshire1881.shtml

Directories
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=North-East_Scotland


Family History Groups
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society - http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/


History and General information
GENUKI pages for Banffshire - http://www.abdnet.co.uk/genuki/BAN/   

Banffshire familysearch.wiki pages
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Banffshire,_Scotland
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Banffshire

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

Aberchirder (Foggieloan) - www.foggieloan.co.uk
Keith and District Heritage Group - http://keith-heritage.webplus.net/keith%20history.html
Portgordon , this website is all about the history of the village and its people - www.portgordon.org


Images , Photograph Archives and Collections
University of St Andrews Photographic Archive - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/imu/imu.php?request=home
(Site search "Banffshire" or place name)

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Maps
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/maps
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/ban.htm


Miscellaneous
Banffshire Genealogy Links - http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/scotland/banffshire.htm

Moray Local Heritage Service - Libindx - http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp
Also includes Banffshire

Occupations - http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/

People and Families
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
https://www.mundia.com/gb/Account/Create  (register to search , free while in beta test stage)


Newspapers , Magazines
Paysite but free to search - http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/


Workhouses

Kincardineshire Combination
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kincardineshire


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