Genealogy - Resources

Books

The majority of genealogy books are located on Floor 3 of The Sir Duncan Rice Library. General genealogy textbooks may be found at the shelfmark 920. More specific shelfmarks are as follows-

Search Primo for specific titles or topics. There are also many useful books in the Special Collections Centre.

Journals

Some of the relevant journals are shelved in the Special Collections Centre on Lower Ground Floor of tThe Sir Duncan Rice Library. Material from a number of regional Scottish and English historical clubs and societies' is also shelved there.

Print journal issues in closed access stores can be rquested via the library catalogue or Primo.

Other types of resources

Manuscripts

The Special Collections Centre have collections of family and estate papers.

Newspapers

• The Times, 1785-1991 on microfilm, continued as CD-ROM. It has subject indexes giving references to specific articles.
• Scotsman, 1817-1917,1965-1993, continued on CD-ROM on microfilm, no indexes.
• New York Times, 1851-1995 on microfilm, no indexes, 1993-2001 on CD-ROM

Local North East newspapers held in Special Collections include:

• Banffshire Journal 1904-
• Buchan Observer 1863-1917 on micrfilm ,1913-30 paper copies
• Elgin courant and courier 1913-30
• Huntly express 1914-30
• Inverness courier 1894-1902
• Inverness journal and Northern advertiser 1813-32
• John O'Groats journal 1913-30
• Northern Chronicle (Inverness) 1913-40
• Northern Scot and Moray and Nairn Express 1897-(S Microfilm 07)

Ordnance Survey Maps

• 1st series 1 inch to the mile 1840 - UK
• 1st series 6 inch to the mile 1868 - Scotland
• various 20th century editions (sheets in cabinets)

Ordnance Survey Index to parishes a912.41 Ord