Buteshire Archives and Libraries

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Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries of Buteshire Archives and Libraries of Scotland Societies of Buteshire Societies of Scotland FamilySearch Centers

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Scotland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives

Argyll and Bute Archives
Lochgilphead Community Centre
Manse Brae
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8QU UK
Telephone: 01546 604778
Email: archives@liveargyll.co.uk
Website

To help the family history researcher we have created a dedicated Family History section in our search room. Here you will find copies of the records that people have found most useful for tracing their ancestors, including monumental inscriptions and lists of men who might be liable for military service. Once you have finished looking at these we may be able to suggest other records that might be of use to you. These include Registers of Electors, Valuation Rolls, poor relief records, school admission registers and estate records.

Libraries

Argyll and Bute Libraries

Museums

Bute Archive at Mount Stuart
Mount Stuart
Rothesay PA20 9LR UK

Telephone: 01700 503877
Email: ArchiveEnquiries@mountstuart.com
Website

Dating from 1158 to the present day, the archive preserves the extraordinary historic records at Mount Stuart. These consist of family papers and estate correspondence, as well as intricate designs, surveys, plans, inventories, photographs, glass-plate negatives and cine-film too. Half a million records are contained within 3,500 boxes in the internationally significant archive which documents the history of Mount Stuart and the Crichton Stuart family.

Isle of Arran Heritage Museum
Rosaburn
Brodick, Isle of Arran KA27 8DP UK

Telephone: 01770 302636
Email: info@arranmuseum.co.uk
Website
Genealogy

Museum of the Cumbraes
Garrison House
College Street
Millport, Isle Of Cumbrae KA28 0DG UK
Telephone: 01475 464174
Email: naheritage@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Website: Museum of the Cumbraes

For a long list of Buteshire museums, go to List of museums in Scotland in Wikipedia. Scroll down to Argyll and Bute and there will also be some that are now in North Ayrshire. The parishes in historic Buteshire are listed in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.