Links - Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society

ABERDEEN & N.E. SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Useful Links

A good starting point for researching the North-East of Scotland is the UK & IRELAND Genealogy Index (GENUKI) particularly the Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banffshire or Moray pages.

For our members there is an e-mail discussion list.
Also see the Talking Scot forum.

If you are planning to visit the area, then you should first visit the Tourist Board's website.
Also see the visitors resources list.

Sites of Local Interest:

Aberdeen Built Ships
Aberdeen City Archives
Aberdeen Commerative Plaques
Aberdeen & Grampian Tourist Board
Aberdeen Museums (including the Maritime Museum)
Aberdeenshire castles
Aberdeenshire GenWeb
Aberdeenshire Local Government
Aberdeen Pilots Returns 1854 -
Aberdeen Press & Journal (the P&J)
Aberdeen & Region Oral History Association
Aberdeen Scotland Official City and Shire Portal
Alford Images Library Hundreds of images from the Alford area - past and present.
Ardgrain A wealth of Aberdeenshire information including webcams, North-East pictures, historic info and much more.
Buchan Heritage Society
Book of Deer project
Fraserburgh Heritage Society
Friends of Grampian Stones
Gordon Highlanders Museum
Grampian Web Directory
History Scotland Magazine
The Parish of Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire. Details of people and events in it's history
Leopard Magazine including a good collection of articles focusing on NE history.
List of the Old Parochial Registers
Local archive sources
Local Heritage Services in Moray
Lossiemouth fowk (includes photos of local gravestones)
Moray Burial Ground Research Group
North-East Folklore Archives
Online copies of the Statistical Accounts of 1791-9 and 1834-45.
Stonehaven Genealogy
Stonehaven Roots
Tarves Heritage Museum
Tivoli Theatre
Railway development in NE Scotland.
Scots Emigration Database
Visit Scotland - Welcome to Scotland's Castle and Whisky Country.

Scottish Societies:

Visit the Scottish Association of Family History Societies for general information or the following societies' web sites:

Official Sites:

Passenger lists Over 24 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide.
Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership
FindMyPast The official online source of census records and BMD information for (England & Wales) from 1837 onwards
General Register Office for Scotland
National Archives
National Library of Scotland
Public Records Office (UK)
The official online source of parish register, civil registration and census records for Scotland
The Scottish Archive Network. Internet access to the written history of Scotland
- Searchable list of 300,000 Scottish wills from 1500-1875
Scottish Graveyards
Aimed at professionals and enthusiasts alike, the website offers free downloads on a range of graveyard-related subjects from management and conservation, to recording and researching a graveyard’s history. Links are given to 100’s of other useful contacts and sources of information. The noticeboard includes monthly updates on news, events and publications relating to graveyards.

Community Sites:

Aberchirder (or Foggieloan)
Alford
Ardgrain (near Ellon) The Ardgrain website documents the extensive history of this Grade A listed Baronial house throughout the centuries, with everything from local battles and clan rivalry to lists of known tenants.
Auchenblae
Banffshire
Banchory Devenick & Maryculter
Belhelvie
Birse community web site
Botriphnie & Drummuir Community Trust
Braemar
Buchan
Cruden Bay
Culter
Dufftown
Elgin
Fraserburgh
Glenbuchat
Hatton of Fintray
Huntly
Inverurie
Keith
Kemnay
Kinnethmont
Kintore
Lumsden
Mearns
Peterhead
Portlethen
Rhynie
Rosehearty
Royal Deeside
St Combs
Strathdon
Stonehaven
Turriff & District
Westhill

See also the place name orientated contact lists at Curious Fox.

Webcams:

Aberdeen Webcam
Ellon
Gardenstown
New Deer

Other WEB Resources:

Angus Archives
Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents
Australian Scottish Heritage
BBC Scottish Roots website
BestScotland - Scotland directory and information on the web
Computers in Genealogy
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
FamilyBMD - Making family history research easier
Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy
FreeBMD(online access to birth/marriage/death records for England & Wales)
Free Census(online access to 1841-1892 census records for UK)
Gateway to Scotland
Geneally
Genealogy Guide
Genealogical Society of Ireland
Genealogy resources (Scotland)
Glossary of archaic Scottish words and phrases useful for genealogical research, including terms linked to property and possessions, found in wills and testaments.
House of Tartan
Immigrant Ships
inGeneas - Canadian Genealogical Research
The Irish Family History Society
Irish Genealogy
Maps from the 16th century - Timothy Pont maps at the Mational Library of Scotland
Old photographs
Old Photos Restored - Photo restoration and repair
The Police Index & The Black Sheep Index Over 50,000 policemen & 40,000 Black Sheep referenced in UK press 1865-1920
Scotfind database
Scots in Argentina
Scottish Clans and Families
Scottish Gazetteer
Scottish History (1)
Scottish History (2)
Scottish History Online.
Scottish Parishes - a searchable database.
Society of Genealogists
Surname Profiler
UK Genealogy

Members' Pages:

Claire Cooper (Coopers of New Pitsligo)

Paul Clark (Clark-Hogg Family, covers the Clark, Lyon and Barclay families of Daviot, Inverurie etc.)

Janet Davidson Daily journals of Miss Anne Davidson of Inchmarlo, written in the 1840s and early 1850s

David Dobson

Patrick Dunbar Organiser, Dunbar Family Society (UK)

Graeme Fraser

Roy Gilbert I set up this website to try and identify some old photos I came across which none of my family have been able to identify. A lot of my family history is linked to Leochel Cushnie. The main surnames being 'Leys' and 'Williams'.

David Geddes

Jas Grant (The Parish of Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire. Details of people and events in it's history.)

Peter Gray

Doug Hay Hay genealogy, mostly in Glenbuchat, but with a good deal on the parish of Glenbuchat.

Bill Kinnaird

Gordon Johnson

Russell McDonald

Andrew McHardy (Corgarff and Strathdon)

Colin A Milne (Fisherfolk to Torryfolk)

Neil Pirie A huge amount of family history information on our Pirie ancestors and related families in North East Scotland and in England.

Robert Stockwell

David Walker (Glen Nochty Strathdon; McPherson and McHardy)

Suzanne Walker Strathdon Vital Records. Also contains sections with Glenbucket records.

Susan Westcott

Family Trees / Surname Sites

ÆDIE, of Aberdeen
ALLAN and BURNETT, in Peterhead and surrounding area
BREBNER/BREMNER, in the North-East of Scotland and around the world
BURNESS family (Kincardineshire) including 'Robert Burns' link
CASTELCastel/Castle of North-East Scotland
CHALMERS, Banffshire & Aberdeenshire
CHILLAS, Chillas Roots - covering most individuals in Scotland with this surname.
CHRISTIE, of Skateraw, Findon & Downies
DUNBAR, One name Society
DUNCAN , Clan Duncan Society
FORBES, Baron Forbes
FRASER, Clan Fraser Society
GIBBON, of Aberdeen
HENDERSON , Henderson Family of Ellon
KEITH, Earl Marischal of Scotland
KINNAIRD Worldwide
LESLIE, of Aberdeen
LUMSDEN, of Cushnie Aberdeenshire
MacRAE Clan MacRae website
McHARDY of Corryhoul, Corgarff
McHARDY of Ordachoy, Corgarff
MUTCH, Aberdeen & North-East Scotland.
MAIN, of Aberdeen, 1800-1900, sailors and pilots. Also BRAND and BAXTER
SKENE, of Skene Aberdeenshire
WYNESS
YEATS, of Aberdeen

War Memorials

Corgarff and Strathdon
Lumsden
North Kincardineshire
Stonehaven War Memorial
Towie
Scottish War Memorials Discussion Forum
Also includes sections on School, Church and Civic memorials
Western Front Association, Scotland

Visiting the area?

Click here for a map showing the location of the Society

The following links are to businesses that advertise with the Society.

The Society makes no recommendation for, and is in no way responsible for, these services.

Also see the Aberdeen & Grampian Tourist Board and Undiscovered Scotland

Surname Lists

GENUKI: Aberdeenshire Surnames List.
GENUKI: Banffshire Surnames List.
If you are researching names in Aberdeenshire or Banffshire, please consider submitting names to these lists.

E-Mail Lists

There is an e-mail list which covers the county of Aberdeenshire. To subscribe to ABERDEEN-L or to its digest form ABERDEEN-D, send an email message to either ABERDEEN-L-request@rootsweb.com or ABERDEEN-D-request@rootsweb.com. Leave the subject field blank and put "subscribe" in the body of the message.

Also see the Talking Scot forum.

ANESFHS Members' List

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