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Family History Societies - Scotland
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BMD, Census, Databases. Family History Societies - Scotland. Family History Societies in Scotland where Shetlanders have migrated:. Aberdeen and North-East of Scotland Family History Society. The Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society exists to assist and promote the study of genealogy and family history based on the North-East corner of Scotland. This area covers the old counties of Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire and Morayshire. Caithness Family History Society. The Lothians...
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Shetland news and weather - Shetland-Roots
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BMD, Census, Databases. Shetland news and weather. The links below give some options regarding news and weather for the Northern Isles area. There isn't much to say about them other than they exist and they do provide interesting material. Online version of news from Shetland, updated daily. Online version of news from Orkney. Shetland Island Council - News and Advice. Early BMD transcriptions from Inverness papers and John O'Groat journal. North Isles Weather Forecast. What it says on the packet!
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BMD, Census, Databases. The Shetland Family Historian. The first edition of this website went online in 2006. Here I would like to present the third and latest version perhaps the result of a seven year itch. The main change has been to refresh the layout of the site together with adding material to assist in finding out more about your ancestors. Therefore, the focus is on the Shetland Family Historian and to compliment the wonderful resources already available online. In Shetland we are fortunate to ha...
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Our Shetland - Maps - Shetland-Roots
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BMD, Census, Databases. Our Shetland - Maps. Three links to maps that cover the early periods i.e. the Digital Library and Old Maps to the present using Street maps and Satellite maps. When you have selected your map, you can use the 'buttons' to zoom in or move in all four directions. Link to National Library of Scotland. A selection of early maps. Example, enter Lerwick. Can change image size and direction. A useful sources for finding locations/streets etc. Also has distances between locations.
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Births, Marriages and Deaths - Shetland-Roots
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BMD, Census, Databases. Births, Marriages and Deaths. This section provides links to BMD sites, also to public databases giving BMD and census material. This will link directly to the home page of Janice Halcrow. Janice has provided these in RTF and PDF formats for easy download. This will link directly to the home page of ScotlandsPeople. This will link directly to the home page of FamilySearch.org. The site also has substantial section on Learning; also a Blog. The best part is that most of the rec...
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Planning a visit to Shetland - Shetland-Roots
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BMD, Census, Databases. Planning a visit to Shetland, or want to "see" some of the areas in Shetland? Visit Shetland - The official site for Shetland Tourism. This must always be a first stop - you could even say a one-stop-shop. It has major sections on About Shetland, See and do, Area guides, Events and Plan and book. This is where you can search their database for accommodation. It also gives links to other Shetland website of interest, including a link to their range of webcams. This is the main port...
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Personal Family Tree - Shetland-Roots
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BMD, Census, Databases. Shetlanders with family trees online:. David has a substantial site with the focus of a family historian. I like his page on Leith where many Shetlanders made their first stop many staying there. A nice blend of family ancestors and places together with images. Under ‘People’ he has taken the time to write up a short biography on some of the key names in this family tree. John Robertson b.1938, Lerwick. Robert Robertson b.1828. Rev Robert Gray.b. abt 1671. BMD, Census, Databases.