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{{Scotland-sidebar}}''[[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]]'''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Cathness-shire''' | {{Scotland-sidebar}}''[[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]]'''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Cathness-shire''' | ||
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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.) | ||
==[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotlands People: An Important Online Source]== | ==[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotlands People: An Important Online Source]== | ||
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== Census == | == Census == | ||
Many census records have been indexed by surname. Some indexes cover one parish (and will be listed in the Wiki on the parish page) and some indexes are for the county as a whole. The Family History Library has county-wide census placename indexes for Caithness | Many census records have been indexed by surname. Some indexes cover one parish (and will be listed in the Wiki on the parish page) and some indexes are for the county as a whole. The Family History Library has county-wide census placename indexes for Caithness for {{FHL|709732|title-id|disp=1881}}. Click [[Caithness Census Surname Index|here for]] other census indexes available at the library. | ||
*[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople], index, images, free index, pay per view ($) | *[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople], index, images, free index, pay per view ($) | ||