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Guide to '''Caithness County ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | |||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Caithness 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 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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Caithness includes ten parishes and the two civil districts of Wick and Thurso. It contains the royal burgh of Wick, which is the county town and the seat of the sheriff court, | Caithness includes ten parishes and the two civil districts of Wick and Thurso. It contains the royal burgh of Wick, which is the county town and the seat of the sheriff court, | ||
The population in 1851 was 36,343. | The population in 1851 was 36,343.<ref>Samuel Lewis. ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, England: S. Lewis and Co., 1846), 3 v.: 651, [FHL book 941 E5]. Digitized by FamilySearch International, ''FamilySearch.org'', https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216925?availability=Family%20History%20Library (accessed June 7, 2016)</ref><ref>Samuel Lewis, "Cabrach - Carnoustie," in ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, 1846), 163-185. ''British History Online'', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp163-185 (accessed May 24, 2020)</ref> | ||
==[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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*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=92.0 RootsChat Caithness Resources] | *[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=92.0 RootsChat Caithness Resources] | ||
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[[Category:Caithness, Scotland]] [[Category:Counties of Scotland]] | [[Category:Caithness, Scotland]] [[Category:Counties of Scotland]] | ||