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Caithness-shire is the furthest north county of mainland Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the Pentland Firth, on the east and south-east by the North Sea, and on the west and south-west by the county of Sutherland. It is about forty-three miles in length and thirty miles in breadth and comprises an area of 618 square miles or 395,520 acres. | Caithness-shire is the furthest north county of mainland Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the Pentland Firth, on the east and south-east by the North Sea, and on the west and south-west by the county of Sutherland. It is about forty-three miles in length and thirty miles in breadth and comprises an area of 618 square miles or 395,520 acres. | ||
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('''Source:''' Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', 2nd ed., 1851. FHL book 941 E5L.) | ('''Source:''' Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', 2nd ed., 1851. FHL book 941 E5L.) | ||
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== Parishes == | == Parishes == | ||
<!--{12052481963280} -->Here is a list of the historic parishes for the county of Caithness. Click on the parish name to see information about records.<br> | <!--{12052481963280} -->Here is a list of the historic parishes for the county of Caithness. Click on the parish name to see information about records.<br> | ||
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== Maps<br> == | == Census == | ||
The Family History Library has county-wide census indexes for Caithness-shire for {{FHL|734135|title-id|disp=1881}}. | |||
The library also has a collection of census surname indexes for different places within Caithness-shire. Click [[Caithness-shire Census Surname Index|here]] to see a table listing these other census surname indexes that are available at the library.<br> | |||
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== Maps<br> == | |||
Click on the map at the right to see a larger version, and click again on the larger map. Next, click on the ‘Expand’ button when it appears in the lower right-hand corner of the map. | Click on the map at the right to see a larger version, and click again on the larger map. Next, click on the ‘Expand’ button when it appears in the lower right-hand corner of the map. | ||
[[Image:Caithness.jpg|thumb|right | [[Image:Caithness.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
Click [http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-caithness.htm here] to see an outline map of the parishes of Caithness. | Click [http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-caithness.htm here] to see an outline map of the parishes of Caithness. | ||
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== Poorhouse Records == | == Poorhouse Records == | ||
*There are two workhouses: | *There are two workhouses: | ||
*[http://workhouses.org.uk/Latheron/ Latheron Combination] | *[http://workhouses.org.uk/Latheron/ Latheron Combination] | ||
*[http://workhouses.org.uk/Thurso/ Thurso Combination] | *[http://workhouses.org.uk/Thurso/ Thurso Combination] | ||
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[[Category:Caithness|Caithness]] | [[Category:Caithness|Caithness]] | ||