Family Tree - Perth and Kinross Council

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OPR 351/1 Extract from baptism register for Errol parish 1553-1691.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Registrar General
Registrar’s Office
3-5 High Street, PERTH PH1 5JS Tel 01738 475122
The office holds statutory records of births, deaths and marriages for Perth and
Kinross from 1855. It also has access to the Registrar General’s index for the
whole of Scotland, which includes indexes to the Old Parish Records (OPRs)
and the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census.
All computerised offices within Scotland now have access to DIGROS (Digital
Imaging of General Register Office Scotland events). This means that offices
can now issue certificates for anywhere in Scotland and can look up any record
for the whole of Scotland from 1855. The 1891 and 1901 Census can also be
inspected.
The statutory fee for a one-hour general search is £10.00. This means that
pencil notes can be taken - if certificates are wanted they would cost £8.50
each. Search places must be booked in advance by telephoning the number
given above. An information only search can also be carried out costing
£5.00 per entry.
Marriage Party, 1934.
Reproduced by kind permission of Dave Burnett
Bereavement Services
The Crematorium, Crieff Road, PERTH PH1 2PE Tel 01738 446865
There are 143 burial grounds and a crematorium administered by the Council.
It is advisable to telephone ahead of any visit. Surviving registers are:
Perth area
Aberdalgie, Abernyte, Auchtergaven, Dron, Errol, Inchture, Kilspindie,
Kinfauns, Kinnoull, Kirkhill, Longforgan, Moneydie, Murie, Perth (Wellshill
from 1882, Jeanfield from 1914, Greyfriars from 1867 - see Council Archive
for earlier registers), Redgorton, Rhynd Churchyard, Scone and Tibbermore.
Blairgowrie area
Alyth, Ardler, Bendochy, Blairgowrie, Cambusmichael, Caputh, Cargill,
Clunie, Collace, Coupar Angus, Glenshee, Grampian View, Kettins,
Kinclaven, Kinloch, Kirkmichael, Lethendy, Leystone, Meigle, and
St Martins Churchyard.
Crieff area
Aberuthven, Ardoch, Auchterarder Cemetery, Auchterarder Old, Blackford,
Braco, Comrie, Crieff Cemetery, Dundurn, Dunning, Glendevon, Findo Gask,
Fowlis Wester, Logiealmond Cemetery, Logiealmond Churchyard,
Methven Cemetery, Methven Churchyard, Monzie, Muthill Cemetery,
Muthill Old, Monzievaird and Strowan, and Trinity Gask.
Kinross area
Abernethy New, Abernethy Old, Arngask, Blairingone, Cleish,
Dunbarney, Forgandenny, Forteviot, Fossoway, Kinross East Old Ground,
Kinross Kirkgate, Kinross North, Kinross West, Milnathort, Orwell,
Path of Condie, and Portmoak.
Pitlochry area
Aberfeldy, Amulree, Ardeonaig, Blair Atholl, Dowally, Dull, Fonab, Fortingall,
Foss, Hillhead, Innerwick, Kenmore, Kilmaveonaig, Kinloch Rannoch,
Lagganalachie, Little Dunkeld (Old and New), Logierait, Pitlochry,
Pitlochry Dysart, Struan, Tennendry, Tummel, and Weem.
Staff can now search some of these records electronically as and when
registers are included in the Burial And Cremation Records System (BACAS)
used for registering and logging Bereavement Services activities.
Gravestone at Logierait. Reproduced by kind permission of Royal Commission on
the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland/Scran.
Local Studies
AK Bell Library, York Place, PERTH PH2 8EP Tel 01738 477062
Email [email protected]
This part of the library holds a wide range of family history sources.
These include:
• Old Parish Registers (microfilm) for the whole of the former counties
of Perthshire and Kinross-shire
• Census Returns, 1841-1901, (microfilm) for the whole of the former
counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire
• International Genealogical Index (the IGI), 1992 edition, (microfiche) for
the whole of the UK and some other countries
• FamilySearch system (CD), comprising the IGI for the whole of the UK
and many other countries of the world, and Ancestral File
• 1881 British Census and Census Index (CD), covering the whole
of Great Britain
• 1891 Census Index (microfiche) for Scottish counties only
• British Vital Records Index (CD)
• Australian Vital Records Index (CD)
• Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions for Perthshire and Kinross-shire
• Calendars of Confirmations and Inventories, 1876 to 1936
• Retours (or indexes to the Services of Heirs up to 1699)
• Decennial indexes to the Services of Heirs in Scotland, 1700-1859 (CD)
Added to these are the Perthshire and Kinross-shire newspapers from 1809
to the present (indexed 1809-1889 and 1925 to the present), local directories,
c.1837-1939, parish histories, maps, prints, photographs and postcards.
James Square, Crieff. Local Studies, AK Bell Library.
Perth & Kinross Council Archive
AK Bell Library, York Place, PERTH PH2 8EP Tel 01738 477012
Email [email protected]
This repository holds the records of Perth & Kinross Council and its
predecessors, as well as the deposited records of individuals, families, estates,
businesses, local clubs and societies.
Many of the records list individuals and there are a number of indexes available
and others currently being compiled. The main sources include:
• Land tax and valuation rolls, 1650-present
• Voters rolls, c.1832-present
• School records, c.1873-present
• Poor law records, c.1845-1930
• Burial registers, 1794-1973
• Burgess, incorporation and apprentice records
• Miscellaneous legal records
Information about individuals, families and communities can also be found in
the gifts and deposits collections, many of which contain information about
employees, tenants, members of associations, clubs and societies. Some of
the collections focus on the genealogy of particular families as well as providing
information about peoples lives.
A summary of holdings and a guide to sources for family history in Perth &
Kinross Council Archive is available online at www.pkc.gov.uk/archives where
you can also view summaries of all our collections.
Extract from James Stobie’s Map of Perthshire and Clackmannanshire, 1783
Perth & Kinross Council Archive.
It is also worth looking at both the Scottish Archive Network www.scan.org.uk
and the National Archives of Scotland www.nas.gov.uk websites for general
information about Scottish archives and more detailed information about local
and national holdings of Perthshire and Kinross-shire records. The National
Archives website www.nationalarchives.gov.uk is also worth consulting for
the National Register of Archives which has information on the whereabouts
of various private records.
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