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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. | 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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==History== | ==History== | ||
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. | ||