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of names in this catalogue to ensure accuracy, however be aware of variations
from present day spelling.
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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 The Shetlands, ships are listed in the following
Registration Districts: - Burra & Quarff, Sandwick &
Cunningsburgh, Lerwick, Tingwall &
Whiteness & Wesesdale/Weisdale. These entries are all listed
on Film 902.
1881 Census Index for entire County
of Shetlands in 6 sets of fiche.
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated,
Misc. Notes, Ships, Institutions.)
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.
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.
Bartholomew's Revised "Half Inch" Contoured
Map of Shetland 1973.
Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for
Scotland
The Register of Apprentices of the City of Edinburgh
1583-1800
(Note: These Apprentices come from all parts of Scotland)
(CD)
Historical Clock & Watchmakers Index. UK-wide
index
(CD)
Merchant Seamen’s Crew Agreement Lists 1851
PRO Catalogue No. BT 98 Note: The area designation relates to the ships’ Port
of Registration not the birthplace of the seaman. A seaman could sign
on anywhere and change ships at will, so if you do not find him where expected
try other areas.
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).
Wills before 1875 were proved in Commissariot
Courts. The areas covered by Commissariot Courts pre 1800 in Scotland relate
to Church jurisdiction and not county borders so more than one Court can
cover a County.
The Commissariot Court of Edinburgh had jurisdiction
for the whole of Scotland and abroad and should also be checked. These
Testaments are for personal property only.
The Library has a complete set of Indexes for pre
1800 Commissariot Court Wills.
The Commissariot of Orkney &
Shetland covers the whole of The Shetlands.
(fiche T39)
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)
BRITISH PROBATE CALENDAR. 1858-1898.
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”.)
1869 to 1876 inclusive.
(
Film)
Register of Defuncts.
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, Caithness, Orkney and Zetland.
(Film Sct 5)
If you are unable to visit the A.I.G.S.
Library to use any of the above resources,
why not make use of the Institute Research
Service
?