Genealogy links and resources

Scotlands People website : Official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives

Genuki.org.uk : Free – Gen UK & Ireland genealogy, family history search reources

Freecen.org : Free database of census records continually being added to

National Library Scotland : Free official information including very old maps and support for family history research

Scotlands Places website : Useful free historical official resources from Ordnance Survey name books to Horse Tax Rolls

Aberdeen and North East Family History Society : A very helpful location at 164 King Street Aberdeen

ANESFHS MI database : See above. Free database to search for gravestones and their inscribed details.

Family Search : Free website provided by Mormon church

Family Search centres : Free “local” locations to book a visit to access records provided by Mormon Church

Ancestry.co.uk : Pay family history website

Ancestry.com : Ancestry- International Searches

Find my Past : Pay family history website

The British Newspaper Archive : Pay Joint British Library and Find my Past store of newspapers online

Newspaper Archives : International Searchable

Esson Family History