Genealogy of the UK


   Genealogy of the UK > Scotland > Aberdeenshire
 

Aberdeenshire Genealogy
 
Description

"ABERDEENSHIRE, a maritime Co. in the NE. of Scotland; bounded N. and E. by the German Ocean; S. by the counties of Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth; and W. by the counties of Inverness and Banff. Greatest length, NE. and SW., 85 miles; greatest breadth, NW. and SE., 42 miles; coast-line, 60 miles. Area, 1955.4 sq. m., or 1,251,451 ac. Pop. 267,990,"
Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887

 Genuki - Aberdeenshire
Genuki is the largest collection of research information
on the net for UK
Neighbouring Counties
 
Kincardine, Forfar, Perth, Inverness, Banff
Aberdeenshire GenWeb
maintained by volunteers in an effort to help researchers
find local resources and reference information
Archives and Libraries
 
  Library - University of Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire Message Board
post and read about Aberdeenshire genealogy with other researchers
Local Genealogy Societies & Groups
Cyndi's List - Aberdeenshire
largest private collection
of genealogy links on the web
 




 
 
 

More Aberdeenshire Genealogy Record Sources

many of these sites can provide source records of ancestors:
 
800 Million Name UK Database
search 800 million UK (including Scotland) records in over 60 individual databases
Aberdeenshire Parish Registers
116,000 records including births, deaths, marriages, tombstone inscriptions,
parish registers, tax lists, wills from the early 1500s to the mid- to late-1800s
War Memorials
Roll-of-Honour - Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire war memorials and rolls of honour
 
General Register for Scotland - Scotlands People Database
Pay Per View - Government index of Scottish births and baptisms 1553-1904,
marriages 1553-1929 , deaths 1855 - 1954 and censuses 1871- 1901
Scottish Historical Records Database Search
search over 40 databases including 1841-1901 censuses, emigration records, passenger lists, city directories
Cemeteries
links to cemetery transcriptions here
 
Censuses
FreeCen - Aberdeenshire
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 
contents of this page may not be reproduced or republished without permission - copyright genealogy-of-uk.com 2004-2013