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| Guide to '''Clackmannanshire County ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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| == History ==
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| Clackmannanshire is a small county in the interior of Scotland, and is, in fact, known as "The Wee County" due to it being the smallest county in Scotland. It is bounded on the north and north-west by Perthshire, from which it is separated by the Ochil Hills, on the east by the county of Fife, and on the south and south-west by the river Forth. It is about 10 miles in length and 8 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of 52 square miles or 33,280 acres.
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| It comprises four parishes with part of another. For civil purposes it is associated with the county of Kinross under one sheriff, with a sub-sheriff for each. It contains the towns of Clackmannan and Alloa.
| | == Background == |
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| The population of the county in 1851 was 19,155.<ref>Samuel Lewis. ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, England: S. Lewis and Co., 1846), 3 v.: 651, [FS Library book 941 E5]. Digitized by FamilySearch International, ''FamilySearch.org'', https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216925 (accessed June 20, 2016).</ref><ref>Samuel Lewis. "Carnwath - Clackmannanshire," in ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', (London, 1846), 185-200. ''British History Online'', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp185-200 (accessed May 24, 2020).</ref>
| | Clackmannanshire is a small county in the interior of Scotland, and is, in fact, known as "The Wee County" due to it being the smallest county in Scotland. It is bounded on the north and north-west by Perthshire, from which it is separated by the Ochil Hills, on the east by the county of Fife, and on the south and south-west by the river Forth. It is about 10 miles in length and 8 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of 52 square miles or 33,280 acres. |
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| == ScotlandsPeople: An Important Online Source ==
| | It comprises four parishes with part of another. For civil purposes it is associated with the county of Kinross under one sheriff, with a sub-sheriff for each. It contains the towns of Clackmannan and Alloa. For a considerable breadth from the shore of the Forth the surface is level, but towards the north rises rapidly, forming part of the Ochil range of hills. About two-thirs of the land is arable and the remainder is hill pasture. The soil is rich and fertile and crops of every kind of grain are produced, and the higher lands afford good pasturage for sheep and cattle. |
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| '''[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople]''' is one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, they have more than 100 million records to look through.
| | The chief minerals are ironstone and coal, both of which are extensively wrought. Silver ore has also been found. Among the manufactures are those of flint and crown glass, steam-engines and all kinds of machinery, woollen manfacture, large potteries, brick and tile works, various distilleries, breweries, and tanneries. Ship-building and the making of ropes and sails are likewise carried on. |
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| The comprehensive choice of Scottish records includes:
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| :*CPR Others
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| :*Census
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| :*Valuation Rolls
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| :*Soldiers’ Wills
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| :*Wills & Testaments
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| For more detail on record availability, see [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=554&413 Guides.] For the content guide to what records are on the site, see [https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/record-guides-alphabetical Guides A-Z.] More information on the site, its contents, and instructions for using it can be found in the [[ScotlandsPeople|ScotlandsPeople Wiki article]]. Indexes may be searched for free, and there is a pay per view fee to see the digitized record.
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| == Census ==
| | The population of the county in 1851 was 19,155. |
| 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 FamilySearch Library has county-wide census placename indexes for Clackmannanshire for {{FSC|709732|title-id|disp=1881}}. Click [[Clackmannanshire Census Surname Index|here for]] other census indexes available at the library.
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| *[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople], index, images, free index, pay per view ($)
| | ('''Source:''' Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', 2nd ed., 1851. Family History Library book {{FHL|941 E5L|disp=941 E5L}}.) |
| *{{RecordSearch|2016000|Scotland Census, 1841}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10979/1841-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1841-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1004 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|2028673|Scotland Census, 1851}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10980/1851-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1851-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1076 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|2028677|Scotland Census, 1861}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10978/1861-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1861-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1080 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|2028678|Scotland Census, 1871}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10976/1871-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1871-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1104 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|2046756|Scotland Census, 1881}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10977/1881-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1881-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1119 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|2046943|Scotland Census, 1891}}, no images. Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10974/1891-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1891-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1108 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *{{RecordSearch|3212239|Scotland Census, 1901}} at FamilySearch — index.
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| *[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotland Census, 1901], index & images ($). Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10975/1901-scotland-census MyHeritage], index ($); [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/1901-england-wales-and-scotland-census findmypast], index ($); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1101 Ancestry.com], index ($).
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| *[http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotland Census, 1911], index & images ($).
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| == Parishes == | | == Parishes == |
| Some of the Clackmannanshire parish records are indexed in [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5850 '''Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Extracted Parish Records''']. <br>
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| This database is a collection of historical parish registers from the county of Clackmannanshire in the country of Scotland. The records in this collection can range in date from the early 1500s to the mid- to late-1800s. The records include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records. Also included are some records from non-conformist churches. You will find interesting phonetic spelling. Some of the records may be in Latin or even a Welsh or Scottish dialect. Due to the nature of the records and because the records were originally compiled by a third party, it is difficult to absolutely verify the completeness and validity of the data.
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| Here is a list of historic parishes, with their parish numbers, for Clackmannanshire. Click on the parish name to see information about records. | | <!--{12063919693430} -->Here is a list of historic parishes, with their parish numbers, for Clackmannanshire. Click on the parish name to see information about records. |
| Click on this link to see an [http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-fife.htm '''outline map of the parishes of Clackmannanshire.''']
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| | [[Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy|Alloa]] | | | [[Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Church Records|Alloa]] |
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| | [[Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy|Clackmannan]] | | | [[Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Church Records|Clackmannan]] |
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| | [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy|Dollar]] | | | [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Church Records|Dollar]] |
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| | [[Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Genealogy|Tillicoultry]] | | | [[Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Church Records|Tillicoultry]] |
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| ==Church Records==
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| *'''1658-1919''' {{RecordSearch|2390848|Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919}} at FamilySearch — index
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| *'''1736-1990''' {{RecordSearch|2421466|Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990}} at FamilySearch — index
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| ==Civil Registration or Statutory Registers== | | == Census == |
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| For details on information found in statutory registers and other methods of searching them, see '''[[Scotland Statutory Registers - Vital Records|Scotland Statutory Registers - Vital Records]]'''.
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| | bgcolor="#f7f3b1" colspan="3" | <center>Images and Indexes Available at '''{{H:title|This is the primary website for Scotland Research where you can access civil registration, census, and parish records. It also has probate indexes. View images online or order documents |http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/|label=ScotlandsPeople Website|link=yes|dotted=no|external=yes}} ($)'''</center>
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| | '''Births'''
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| == Directories ==
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| Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland, Post Office Directories are avilable online. The directory available for Clackmannanshire is:
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| [http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Clackmannan 1877]: This are available in either PDF format or viewable online. The parishes it includes are:
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| *Stirling
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| *Culross
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| *Burgh of Alloa
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| *[http://maps.nls.uk/counties/ National Library of Scotland map collection]
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| == Poorhouse Records ==
| | The Scottish government began taking censuses of its population in 1841, and every ten years thereafter. The records must be 100 years old before they are released to the public, so the most recent record available is for the 1901 census. Read more about [[Scotland Census|Census Records]]. |
| '''NOTE:''' Workhouses in Scotland were commonly known as ''poorhouses''. For more information on Scottish poorhouses, go to the [[Scotland_Poorhouses,_Poor_Law,_Etc#Poorhouses|Scotland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc]] page.
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| Only a portion of the workhouse below was available for this county:
| | 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 indexes for Clackmannan for {{FHL|821631|title-id|disp=1841}} and {{FHL|708202|title-id|disp=1881}}. |
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| *[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Stirling/ Stirling Combination, Stirlingshire]
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| A description with drawings and photos of the workhouse today along with databases of those living there from the 1881 Census are provided on the link above located on the site entitled '''''[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ The Workhouse: The story of an institution...]''''' which is owned and operated by Peter Higginbotham.
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| ==Societies==
| | 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. Clackmannanshire is at the bottom of the map, with a couple of detached parishes of Perthshire south of it. |
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| [https://www.csfhs.org.uk/ Central Scotland Family History Society]<br>
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| Email: [mailto:censcotfhs@gmail.com censcotfhs@gmail.com]<br>
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| [https://www.scotsgenealogy.com/ Scottish Genealogy Society]<br> | | Click [http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-fife.htm here] to see an outline map of the parishes of Clackmannanshire. |
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| *Clackmannanshire Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/clackmannanshire/ RootsChat Clackmannanshire Resources and help pages. (Free)].
| | [Return to [[Scotland Old Counties pre 1974 and New Counties post 1974|county list]].] |
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