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| − | Orkney (also known as the Orkney Islands, Isles of Orkney, or the Orkneys) is an island group in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands; around 20 are inhabited. The largest island, known as "the Mainland," has an area of 202 sq mi, making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the ninth-largest island surrounding the island of Great Britain. The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall.
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| − | ==Register Offices==
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| − | '''Kirkwall'''<br>
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| − | Orkney Islands Council<br>
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| − | Council Offices<br>
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| − | Kirkwall<br>
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| − | KW15 1NY<br>
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| − | Tel 01856 873535
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| − | [http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=9492&tt=orkneyv2 Orkney Registrars]<br>
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | '''Library and Archive'''
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| − | [http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=3612&tt=orkneyv2 Orkney Library and Archive]<br>
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| − | 44 Junction Road<br>
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| − | Kirkwall<br>
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| − | Orkney<br>
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| − | KW15 1AG<br>
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| − | Tel: 01856 873166<br>
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| − | *[http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/html/archive.htm The Orkney Library and Archive]
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| − | '''Family History Society'''
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| − | *[http://www.orkneyfhs.co.uk/ Orkney FHS]
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| − | '''Genealogy Links'''
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyNairn.htm#PageTitle IGI Orkney]
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| − | *[http://www.cursiter.com/ Orkney Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.ancestralorkney.com/ Ancestral Orkney]
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| − | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI/ Genuki Orkney Page]
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| − | *[http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/~orkney/ Scotlandgenweb Orkney]
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| − | *[http://www.southronaldsay.net/ Southronaldsey Genealogy Site]
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| − | *[http://tilley.dynodns.net:8000/modules.php?name=OPR Orkney Old Parish Records]
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| − | '''History and Heritage'''
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| − | *[http://www.orkneyjar.com/index.html Orkneyjar]
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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