Aberdeenshire, Scotland One Place Study

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Surname/tag: Scotland, Scottish_Clans, One_Place_Study

This is to collect surnames, profile links, and other information about Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This is a work in progress feel free to contribute and check back later as more will be added.

Contents 1 General Information 2 Maps 3 Surnames 3.1 A 3.2 B 3.3 C 3.4 D 3.5 E 3.6 F 3.7 G 3.8 H 3.9 I 3.10 J 3.11 K 3.12 L 3.13 M 3.14 N 3.15 O 3.16 P 3.17 Q 3.18 R 3.19 S 3.20 T 3.21 U 3.22 V 3.23 W 3.24 X, Y, Z 4 History 5 Researching in Aberdeenshire 6 Culture

General Information

https://www.scotlandinfo.eu/scotland-facts-and-figures/ According to this source the country of Scotland has an Area of 78,789 sq km (30,420 sq miles) including the islands. About twice the size of the Netherlands and almost the same size as South Carolina in the US. Aberdeenshire is listed in Wikipedia as Area Total 2,437 sq mi (6,313 km2) Area rank: 4th Population (mid-2018 est.)Total 261,800 Ranked 6th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire This is a little smaller than the state of Delaware which ranks 49th in the US.

Maps

• Coordinates: 57°9′3.6″N 2°7′22.8″W
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire#/media/File:Aberdeenshire_in_Scotland.svg (modern day)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire#/media/File:Blaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_ABERDONIA_&_BANFIA_-_Aberdeenshire_and_Banffshire.jpg (1654)
• Ordance Maps (1899-1925)

Surnames

Do you have relatives who were born, lived, or died in Aberdeenshire? Enter it here in Alpha order.

Some of the names below have associated One Name Studies. Some of these are very fully filled out while others are very sparse or look like they are just getting started. Please contact the PMs of those studies if you have questions about them.

A

• Abel https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Lineage_and_Family_Tree_of_the_Surname_Abel
• Annand

B

• Bowman https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Bowman_Name_Study
• Brodie https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Brodie_Name_Study
• Buchan

C

• Campbell https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Campbell_Name_Study
• Cheyne: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cheyne_Name_Study
• Comyn
• Croll

D

• Davidson https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Davidson_Name_Study
• Douglas https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Douglas_Name_Study
• Duff

E

• Erskine

F

• Falconer
• Farquharson
• Forbes
• Fordyce
• Fraser

G

• Gordon
• Graham https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Graham_Name_Study
• Gray https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Gray_Name_Study

H

• Hamilton https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hamilton_Name_Study
• Hardie
• Henderson https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Henderson_Name_Study
• Hendrickson

I

• Ironside
• Irvine

J

• Johnston

K

• Kerr (Ker, Carr, Keir) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Kerr_Name_Study

L

• Leslie

M

• Mar
• McAlister
• McDougall
• McGregor
• Mercer
• Murison
• Murray

N

O

P

• Park
• Penny (Penney, Pennie etc) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Penny_Name_Study

Q

R

• Robertson
• Ross https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Ross_Name_Study

S

• Seton
• Skeen https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Skeen_Name_Study
• Sinclair
• Singer
• Stephen
• Stevenson
• Stewart https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Stewart_Name_Study and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Stewart_Name_Study
• Strathbogie

T

• Taylor https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Taylor_Name_Study
• Tilliduff https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Tilliduff_Name_Study
• Thomson

U

• Urquhart: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Urquhart_Name_Study

V

W

• Walker https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Walker_Name_Study-1
• Wilson https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Wilson_Surname

X, Y, Z

If you want to link profiles under a surname you can.

History

• Pre-1500

• 1600 - 1699

• 1700 - 1799

• 1800 - 1899

• 1900 - 1999

• 2000 - 2009

• 2010 - 2019

• 2020-2029

Researching in Aberdeenshire

• https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr9ODy4CN1QIVT2p-Ch1ZQAEbEAAYASAAEgIwOvD_BwE
• https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ABD/
• Copies of the census returns for 1841-1891 may be consulted in LDS Family History Centres around the world. LDS centres also carry indexes to the 1881 census returns.
• The National Records of Scotland hold records of the census of the population of Scotland for 1841 and every tenth year thereafter (with the exception of the wartime year of 1941 when no census was taken) and of the sample census of 1966.
• Census records are closed for 100 years under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Culture

• http://www.arbarama.com/cave/scotland/gaelic.html