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Banffshire
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs
Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red

MAPS
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 North East Scotland showing Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records Held in Edinburgh and available Worldwide on microfilm including Aberdeen, Banffshire, Kincardine, Moray & Nairn.
Plan of the town of Banff [from the actual survey 1823 Wood, John]
Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for Scotland

MONUMENTAL  INSCRIPTIONS
Inveravon Church MIs [WS13]
CD

MISCELLANEOUS
The Statistical Account of Banffshire 1892
fiche Ban 1-5
Banff Burgh Minute Book Register of Sasines [Volumes 1-12, 27, 22]
Film Sct 19
Aberdeen & North East FHS Journal Index 1-37. 56 - current
CD
History of Banff
CD

NON CONFORMIST RECORDS
Portsoy Free Church Baptisms 1843
Film Sct 29

OCCUPATIONAL  RECORDS

Merchant Seamen Crew Lists & Agreements. 1863-1913 [CLIP]

 CD

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).

CD

PARISH  REGISTERS
Abbreviations used:  B. Burials,  C. Christenings/Baptisms,  D. Deaths,  M. Marriages.
Inverkeithny Parish Register [158]
Baptisms 1721-1819, Marriages 1721-1806, Burials 1726-1741
Pledges 1751-1768, Marriages 1770-1830, Mortcloth Dues 1726-1741
Baptisms 1769-1854, Baptisms 1838-1852, Marriages 1827-1854
Film Ban 5
Grange [156] PR 
C. 1684-1754 [except 1694-1701], C. 1754-June 1820. 
Miscellaneous letters re christenings.
Film Ban 1
Inverkeithny Parish Register [158]   Baptisms 1721-1819, 1820-1854
Marriages 1721-1806, 1827-1854,  Burials 1726-1841
Missing years: Marriages, July 1722-July 1724, Dec. 1768-May 1770, (except four entries for Apr. and May 1802, and one entry for Nov. 1806), Dec. 1798-Aug. 1827
LDS Film 990998
Inverkeithny Parish Index [158] [Taken from LDS Film 0990998]
Births and christenings A thru Z, 1721-1854
Marriages A thru Z, 1721-1854

LDS Fiche 6902573
LDS Fiche 6902574
Keith [159] PR   C. 1686-1745, C. 1746-1772.
Film Ban 2
Keith [159] PR   B.1772-1819,  M. 1705-May 1820,  Mortcloth Dues 1748-1819
Film Ban 3
Keith [159] PR 
C. 1820-1855, M. 1820-1854,  Mortcloth Dues 1820-1828,
List of Internments Keith Churchyard 1828-1854
Film Ban 4
 

PROBATE  RECORDS
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 Edinburgh was the main court and covered all of Scotland and overseas as well as the local area and should always be checked. fiche T11-T23
The Commissariot of Moray covers the following parishes in Banffshire:
Aberlour, Botriphnie, Grange, Inveravon, Inverkeithny, Keith, Kirkmichael, Marnoch and Rothiemay.
fiche T37
Land was covered by separate laws and is covered by the records detailed in:
The Retours of Services of Heirs index 1544 - 1699 
The Service of Heirs Index 1700 - 1859		  
CD
CD
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.'
1858 to 1866 inclusive.
1869 to 1876 inclusive.
Film
Register of Defuncts   1846-1867
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 & Zetland (RH 3/211/2).
Film Sct 5

TAXES
An Account of Hearth Money Collected for the County of Banffshire 1694
Film Sct 20

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