...to other sites that have in some way a connection to Morayshire,
Banffshire and Nairnshire, Scotland, either a
surname, village, occupation connection
add a link if you think it may be of use to others
The links are in subject order and cross references - the same link may appear more than once if there is a connection to more than one link header.
To add a link you may think of interest to others email moraylinks[at]wakefieldfhs.org.uk please replace the [at] with an @ when copying into your email programme.
Broken links - if you find one let me know
Archives
Banffshire Archives are covered by the Aberdeenshire City Archives |
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The National Archives of Canada. On-line search databases include library of holdings + database of soldiers and nurses who fought in South Africa. There is also a section for family historians with Canadian connections |
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National Archives of Scotland. Holds public and legal records of Scotland plus many local and private archives. There is information on the collection plus fact sheets. |
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National Library of Scotland. This site gives details of the collections, online resources which include Scottish bibliographies, indexes + the digital library and this includes maps and other material. |
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Nairnshire - Archives that cover this area |
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ScotlandsPeople. The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland and has acess to 37 million names. It also offers, for a fee, searchable indexes to Scottish births (1553-1903), marriages (1553-1928) and deaths (1855-1953) plus census data (1881-1901). Images of many of the original documents are available to purchase on-line. |
Army, Navy & Airforce
93rd Highland Regiment history |
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Land Forces of the Commonwealth, history etc |
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Officers who died in India ( to search for other surnames replace the 'offzdieda' with 'offzdiedb' and so on |
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Victoria Cross recipients in Scotland |
Cemeteries
Gordon Troup has transcribed the MI's for Banff Old Cemetery |
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Spynie Kirkyard - selection of photographs |
Census
Census - out of County
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Churches and their records
Excerpts from Banff Parish Registers |
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Bellie & Speymoth churches- includes history, ministers etc |
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Catholic genealogy guides etc |
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Elgin High Church |
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Elgin St Giles and St Columbia |
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Gordon Chapel, Fochabers |
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Pluscarden Church |
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Keith Churches |
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St Geradines, Lossiemouth |
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Civil Registration
The Births, marriages and deaths for Scotland are housed at the General Register Office for Scotland which offers paid online access to the site. |
Clans
History of the Clan Cameron |
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Scottish Clans, history, tartan etc |
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Correctional Institutions including punishments
Convicts that were sent to Australia |
Demography
Stories, database of people going overseas etc |
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Information regarding crops, demography, prices and weather |
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Economics
Education
Gordonstoun School, Elgin |
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Old school mates, similar to Friends Reunited |
Elginshire
A site of interest to those with a connection to the Duffus parish, surname or Barony |
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Famous people from Elgin |
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Famous and from Fochabers |
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Lossiemouth - the fowk and other information |
Emigrants, Immigrants
Emigration information for Canada in the 19th C and lists of ships they came on |
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The Ellis Island website is a good place to look if your family member went to America |
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Passenger lists to Australia |
Family History Societies
The Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society - this society covers Moray |
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For family in the Caithness area try the Caithness Family History Society |
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The Highland Family History Society covers the Inverness Region |
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The Tay Valley Family History Society |
Famous and from Morayshire
Those that were born in Moray and are now famous |
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Famous people from Elgin |
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Famous and from Fochabers |
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Ramsey McDonald - local lad and MP |
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William Marshall, one of Scotlands most famous fiddle composers born in Fochabers |
Gazeteer
Gazeteer for Scotland including maps, description of place |
Geography
Banffshire border farms located by Stuart Mitchell († 2001) |
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Blervie Castle, nr Forres |
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Burghead, situated on a narrow promontory projecting into the Moray Firth. |
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Clava Cairns, 11 mile from Nairn |
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Culloden - a National Trust for Scotland site |
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Goodwood, the English seart of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon |
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Knockando Woollen Mill, a Grade A listed building is the winner of the Scottish regional heat of the “Restoration” programme on BBC2. |
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Eastern Scotland - things to do and places to see |
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N.E. Scotland - things to do and places to see |
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Port Gordon. History of the community with a family history section, photographs + other useful information |
General Research
Cyndi's listings for the Moray area |
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Genuki pages for the counties of Banff, Morayshire, Nairmshire, Invernesshire, Aberdeenshire |
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Kirks - see churches
Lanaguage
Libraries - see Archives
Local History Societies - see also family history societies
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists for the area |
Maps
Banffshire historical maps |
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Invernessshire historical maps |
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Morayshire & Nairn Shire maps |
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Nairnshire historical maps |
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Maps for Morayshire |
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Old maps of England, Scotland & Wales |
Military
Black Watch archive |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commision. Listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. |
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Roll of Honour for the Caithness area 1914-1919 Army, Navy |
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VC holders grave locations, including those for Morayshire VC holders |
Morayshire - see Elginshire
Museums & Libraries
Elgin Library - visit this site and check out the search pages |
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Lossiemouth Fisheries and Community Museum |
Names - surname lists
Fellow researchers for Banff surnames can be found on this Rootsweb site |
Names - personal family histories
Baldwin family tree - Banffshire names include :- Lumsden, Raffan, Laurance, McKenzie, McLean, Simpson and others |
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Baxters of Morayshire |
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Burness Family History, including such names as Riach, Davidson, Gordon, Marshall |
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Duncan / Dunbar families from Cromdale |
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Duffus family information |
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The Dumbreck surname research |
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Ferguson's from Nairnshire |
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Findlater family history in Morayshire |
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Hendry of Lennox Palace |
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Logie family connections in the area |
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McGilvray family in Nairn and Inverness etc |
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Daniel Morgan family connections in Banffshire |
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Oxford Family from Scotland to New Brunswick |
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Patterson family in the Banff region |
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Scotty Philip, life of a Dallas man who went to America |
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Royan and MacKay family history from Nairnshire, Morayshire and the Hebrides |
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Russell, Maver & other surnames from Morayshire & Banff |
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The Descendants of Walter Simpsone and Elspet Mann |
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Tweedie family information, including pictures |
Newspapers
The London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes are the official publication of record for the United Kingdom. Several legal notices, including insolvency notices, are required by law to be published in the Gazettes. Included are honours and awards, plus military promotions, also included in the publications are official change in names by deed pole. |
Occupations
Photography - Walter Cook photographer of Alvah, nr Banff |
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Police - the history of the Northern Constabulary |
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Overseas
Did any of your Morayshire people go to India |
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Officers who died in India ( to search for other surnames replace the 'offzdieda' with 'offzdiedb' in the web address and so on |
People
The Scottish Strays Marriage Index collated by the Anglo Scottish Family History Society and hosted by the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society. |
Poorhouses and Poor Law
Inverness Poorhouses |
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Nairnshire Poorhouses |
Photographs
Online images and histories. The site is free to use the index but a subscription is need for full access |
Probate Records
ScottishDocuments.com provides free access to the index of over half a million Scottish wills and testaments from 1500 to 1901. If a search proves successful the image of the will or testament can then be downloaded for a fee. |
Religious - see also church records
Catholic genealogy, maps & guides |
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Spynie Kirkyard - selection of photographs |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family History Centre can be found at Pansport Road, Elgin, Morayshire, IV30. Tel. 01343 546429. Opening hours Monday 1.30pm-3.30pm; Wednesday 7.30pm-9pm; Saturday 9.30am-12pm. It is advisable before visiting that you contact the centre a) to make sure they are open (the centres are run by volunteers) and b) do they have available what you wish to research. |
Repositories
Local Heritage for Elgin - search the pages for tracing your roots, etc |
Shipping including ships lists
Mariners and ships in Australian waters, including country of birth and list of passengers (no country of origin) |
Statistics
Statistic accounts for many Scottish counties including Banffshire, Elginshire |
Towns - see Elginshire
Travel
If you are planning a special trip why not rent a castle, stately home or some other luxury place to stay. |
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Tours around Scotland based on your ancestors famly history |
Whiskey
Whiskey - the history, the legends and the famous labels |
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Whisky - key distilleries in the Moray region |
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