Perthshire

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Perthshire was known as the "big county" and had a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural straths in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Highlands. Perthshire was a top-level local government area between 1890-1975, governed by a county council. From 1930, a joint county council was formed with the neighbouring small county of Kinross-shire. The county was abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and split between Central and Tayside Regions: West Perthshire (the area west and south of Killin including Callander, Crianlarich and Aberfoyle) was included in the Stirling District of Central Region. The parish of Muckhart was made part of Clackmannan District, also in Central Region. Longforgan was included in the City of Dundee District, in Tayside Region. The remainder of the county was combined with the county of Kinross and the Angus parish of Kettins to form Perth and Kinross District in Tayside.

Major towns: Perth, Callander, Killin Industries: Cattle Farming

Register Offices

The old registration districts within Perthshire are covered by three councils

• Clackmannanshire Registrars
• Perthshire Registration offices
• Stirlingshire Registrars

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.

Links

Library Links

Main Library Resource

• AK Bell Library
  

Community Libraries

• Aberfeldy

• Alyth

• Auchterarder

• Blairgowrie

• Comrie

• Crieff

• Pitlochry

• Blairgowrie GenealogyCentre

Archives

Perthshire Archives are held at the following locations;

• Perthshire Council Archives
• Central Library Stirling
• Stirling Archives Centre
• Burial/Cemetery Register locations

Family History Society and Local History Groups

• Central Scotland FHS
• North Pershire Family History Group
• Tay Valley FHS
• Glenlyon Local History Group

Genealogy Links

• IGI Perthshire

• Genuki Perthshire Page

• Scotland's Greatest Story

• The Mount Stewart Farm Murder of 1866

• Perthshire Diary,- A Daily Lesson

• History of the Town of Crieff

• The Handloom Weavers of Perth

• The Weavers of Perth in 1837

• Perth Newspaper Index 1809 - 1990

• Transcripts of 1832 Electoral Rolls

History and Heritage

• The History of Highland Perthshire Queen Victoria's Visits

• Strathearn Perthshire Scotland > History

Maps

• Perthshire Towns

Monumental Inscriptions

• Kerrowmore Graveyard

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