Resources
Records of births, marriages and deaths coupled with the census returns will hopefully provide you with an outline of your family tree. If you want to put flesh on this skeleton, however (as well as finding a few “skeletons in the closet”, perhaps) it will be necessary to explore the many other sources of information that are available.
The North East of Scotland is fortunate in having a number of excellent museums, archives, local studies centres and voluntary organisations that are run by knowledgeable staff who are happy to advise you with your research. These repositories, their contact details and a brief guide to their holdings are listed below: some, like the Gordon Highlanders’ Museum and the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, have their own special area of interest while others, such as Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives, hold material dating back many centuries, drawn from a wide variety of sources.
List of Organisations
- Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society
- Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives
- Aberdeen City Libraries – Local Studies
- Aberdeenshire Libraries – Local Studies
- Aberdeen City Council Registration Office for Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
- Aberdeenshire Council Registration Office for Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
- Aberdeen Maritime Museum
- Aberdeenshire Museums
- Family History Society of Buchan
- Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
- North East Scotland Folklore Archive
- Northern Health Services Archives
- Robert Gordon’s College
- Scottish Tourist Guides Association
- The Gordon Highlanders Museum
- The Robert Gordon University Archive
- The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy
- University of Aberdeen Special Collections
