The Family History Society of Buchan

Registered Scottish Charity SC035593

ENABLING AGENCIES

There are many agencies that have assisted in our formation and there are others who provide a similar service. Below are links to these organisations.

ATP - Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership who funded our initial equipment purchase.

Aberdeenshire Council - Who provided the premises in St Peter’s Street. Peterhead.

FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES

(UMBRELLA ORGANISATIONS)

GENUKI - A UK-wide organisation assisting genealogists from all over the world *

SAFHS - Umbrella group for all Scottish Family History Societies

(INDIVIDUAL SCOTTISH FHS)

ANESFHS - A fantastic resource for anybody studying genealogy in NE Scotland. We are indebted to their advice and assistance in getting started*.

Borders FHS A FHS based in the south of Scotland*

Caithness FHS, An excellent ‘neighbouring’ Website

Central Scotland FHS to serve the needs of those interested in family history who lived in what was then Central Region.*

Dumfries and Galloway FHS Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society was founded in 1987 to encourage the study of family history, genealogy and the local history of the South West of Scotland.

East Ayrshire FHS The area covered by East Ayrshire comprises the former districts of Kilmarnock & Loudoun and Cumnock & Doon Valley,

Fife FHS An excellent FHS Website covering the Kingdom of Fife

Glasgow and West of Scotland FHS A comprehensive FHS based in Strathclyde*

Highland FHS covers the Highland counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire and the northern parishes of Argyle-shire down to the Sound of Mull and partway up Loch Linnhe

Shetland FHS The Society brings together those studying genealogy and family history in that group of islands known as Shetland

Tay Valley FHS the main centre for family history research in the Tay Valley area (the former counties of Angus, Fife, Kinross and Perthshire).

GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES

Cyndi’s List(Scotland) - The most comprehensive list of family history resources on the Internet*

Gale Digital Collection - Search many British and US Newspapers and periodicals. Free registration required

OPRs (Aberdeenshire) - An index of OPR’s that are available from the GRO Scotland and local Registrars. If you can’t find your information on Scotland’s People check here to see if the OPR exist.

OPRs (Banff) - As above

Peterhead Genealogy - Wade Buchan’s excellent resource

Scotland’s People - A must for any researcher looking for Scottish ancestors. Images of millions of BMD records are available.

Scottish Emigration Database - currently contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports

BUCHAN WEBSITES

BCT - Buchan Commuity Toolbox

Buchan Clan - History of the Buchan Clan by Scots Connections

Fraserburgh - Fraserburgh is one of the largest shellfish port in Europe and while fishing is the towns main industry Fraserburgh offers a wealth of other attractions.

Hatton - You will find listed below any News Letters or "snippets" of news regarding Hatton* -

Peterhead The unoffical guide to Peterhead, the area, the people and the businesses: -

SINGLE SURNAME SITES

These Single Name Sites are restricted to sites where the surname is relevant or well-known in to Buchan area. All Web-authors are invited to submit their family sites.

SHAND Christine Clement’s fine history of the SHAND family within the Aberdeenshire area

To include a link on this page we politely request that a Link is placed on your respective Website and you should contact the administrator at the email address shown below (to prevent spam - its only a bitmap)

The FHSB is cannot be held responsible for the contents of the above Internet sites nor does it in any way approve endorse or  have any influence over the publication of the above sites.

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