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Census Indexes & Transcriptions
1851 Census Indexes & Transcriptions |
Directories
Gazetteers New |
1821 CENSUS INDEXES & TRANSCRIPTIONS |
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| Burray (see South Ronaldshay
& Burray) (29) Deerness (14) Orphir (23) Sandwick (27) |
South Ronaldshay
& Burray (29) St. Andrews (25) Stromness (30) |
1851 CENSUS INDEXES & TRANSCIPTIONS |
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| Birsay (13) Burray (see South Ronaldshay & Burray) (29) Deerness (14) Eday & Pharay (15) Egilshay (see Rousay & Egilshay) (24) Evie & Rendall (16) Firth & Stenness (17) Graemsay (see Hoy & Graemsay) (16) Harray (18) Hoy & Graemsay (16) Kirkwall & St. Ola (21) North Ronaldshay (22) Orphir (23) |
Pharay (see Eday & Pharay) (15) Rendall (see Evie & Rendall)(16) Rousay & Egilshay (24) Sanday (26) Sandwick (27) South Ronaldshay & Burray (29) Stenness (See Firth & Stenness) (17) St. Andrews (25) Stromness (30) Stronsay (31) St. Ola (see Kirkwall & St. Ola) (21) Walls & Flotta (32) Westray & Papa Westray (33) |
| Master Name Index |
(fiche Oki 40D-43D) |
1861 CENSUS. |
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Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records and are filed in the Film cabinets under their Parish Numbers. |
| Birsay (13) Deerness (14) Eday & Pharay (15) Evie & Rendall (16) Firth & Stenness (17) Harray (18) Holm & Paplay (19) |
Hoy & Graemsay (20) Kirkwall & St. Ola (21) Ronaldshay (22) Orphir (23) Rousay & Egilshay (24) St. Andrews (25) Sanday (26) |
Sandwick (27) Shapinshay (28) South Ronaldshay & Burray (29) Stromness (30) Stronsay (31) Walls & Flotta (32) Westray (33) |
| 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 Orkney, ships are listed in the following Registration Districts: - Kirkwall, Orphir, Stromness & Westray. These entries are all listed on film 902. |
1861 CENSUS INDEXES.
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| Index to the Marine Returns for
Scotland |
(fiche Sct 1E)
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| 1881 Census Index for The Orkney
Islands in 6 sets of fiche. (Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated, Misc. Notes, Ships, Institutions.) Also on CD (1881 British Census and Index) |
1891 CENSUS INDEX. |
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COURT RECORDS.
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| Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822 Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds of court decisions involving people from all over Scotland. |
(CD) |
| Slaters 1837 Directory of The
Orkneys |
(fiche Oki 6) |
| Slaters 1852 Directory of The
Orkneys |
(fiche Oki 7)
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GAZETTEERS. |
| Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer
of Scotland (6 volumes) together with additional material and indexes. |
(insert Cd 196) |
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| New |
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland |
(CD)
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MAPS. |
| 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 Orkney and Shetland. |
| Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for
Scotland |
OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS. |
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Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements. 1863-1913 (CLIP) |
(CD) |
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The Register of Apprentices of the
City of Edinburgh 1583-1800 |
(CD) |
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Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index. UK-wide index |
(CD) |
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Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement
Lists 1851 PRO Catalogue No. BT
98 The files include a Master Surname Index to Lists published to date. Areas covered are:-Aberdeen, Angus, Cornwall,
Lanark, Renfrew, Scotland South- East, Scotland South-West, Highlands
& Islands, Wales, Ireland North (Ulster), Ireland Mid &
East (Leinster) Ireland South &West (Munster & Connaught). |
(CD)
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PARISH REGISTERS. |
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| Kirkwall P.R. (21) B. 1666-1820, Index to births. C. 1820-1854 (Note: Out of order dated christenings at end of 1854 Note states mainly dissenters registering late.) |
(Film
Oki 2) |
| Sanday PR.(26) (includes parish of Cross
& Burness) C. 1758-1819, 1821-1836, 1820-1854, M, 1854, B. 1831-1841 |
(Film
Oki 1) |
| North Ronaldshay (22) P.R. Index to Christenings M. 1827 (in Index at W) |
(Film
Oki 1) |
| Lady P.R. C. 1735-1820, M. 1818-1819 |
(Film
Oki 1) |
| The Commissariot of
Glasgow covers the whole of the County of Orkney |
(fiche T39)
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| Index to the Particular Register of Sasines
for the Sheriffdom of Orkney & Zetland 1617-1660. |
(fiche Oki 1-5)
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| Land was covered by separate
laws and is covered by the records detailed
in: The Service of Heirs Index The Retours of Services of Heirs index. |
( insert CD 130) (insert CD 131) |
| SCOTTISH CALENDAR OF CONFIRMATIONS (of wills) 1876-1923. | (fiche) |
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BRITISH PROBATE CALENDAR. 1858-1898.
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| Contains English and Welsh Wills
and Administrations as well as some Irish and Scottish
entries. Entries can also be found from around the world
and from deaths many years earlier. See Guide.
Where a Scottish testator also held property
in England, for the years
listed below, wills were also proved in London
, and indexes to these are
found at the end of the films listing English probate
(on the last film for each year after the letter “Z”.) |
(Film)
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| Register of Defuncts. |
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| Index to the Inventories of the Personal
Estates of Defuncts recorded in the Commissary Court Books
of Fife, Dundee, Clackmannan, Kinross, Stirling, Aberdeen,
Kincardine, Banff, Elgin, Nairn, Inverness, Ross &
Cromarty, Sutherland, Orkney and Zetland (RH 3/211/2) |
(FilmSct 2)
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