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Guide to '''Caithness-shire ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | |||
{{Click|Image:Scotland_ORP.png|Scotland Online Genealogy Records}} | |||
==Background== | |||
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. | ||