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names of Parishes, as with the spelling of surnames, has varied over the course
of many years. We have endeavoured to check the spelling of names in this
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A complete set
of films covering all Berwickshire Parishes in the 1841 Census
is held in the AIGS Library Note that these items are microfilm
of the original Census records
and are filed in the Film Cabinets under their Parish Numbers.
Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships
The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers
all of Scotland.
For Berwick, ships are listed in the following Registration Districts:
- Coldingham and Eyemouth. These entries are all listed on film 902.
1881 Census Index for entire County
of Berwickshire in 6 sets of fiche.
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated, Misc.
Notes, Ships, Institutions.)
The collection of Maps held in the library
is in paper format, and will be found in either the Maps Stands or on top
of the film cabinets in Map holders.
Civil Parishes and Counties of Scotland showing
Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records Held in Edinburgh and available Worldwide
on microfilm for the Counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles.
Plan of the town of Berwick upon Tweed. From
the actual survey. 1822. Wood, John.