Caithness
The county of Caithness includes the well known place of John o'Groats, traditionally used in many "end to end" record attempts and charity walks etc. The county town is Wick, and much of the council administration is also based in the town. Thurso also serves as another populous town ib the county.
The village of Reay was at one time partly in the adjacent county of Sutherland. Caithness is generally quite low lying but the highest point (known as Morven) stands just over 700 metres above sea levell.
Norse settlers arrived (most likely in the 10th century) and although now mostly ruins, many of the castles around the coastal areas were originally built by the settlers, many of the place names and surnames in the region have Nordic origins.
Register Offices
Wick
Mrs Margaret Wood
Town Hall
Bridge Street
Wick
KW1 4AN
Tel/Fax (01955) 605713
Mon-Fri 10-1 and 2-4
Thurso
Thurso, Strathy and Mey
Mr Peter Jones, Asst. Registrar
Library Buildings
Davidson's Lane
Thurso
KW14 7AF
Tel (01847) 892786
Mon-Fri 10-1 and 2-4
Record Office Lookup Requests
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Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
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Cemetery Lookup Contacts
Links
General Links
The following links are provided by caithness.org
- Maps of Caithness
- Family History
- Caithness History Portal
- Caithness Photographs
- Orkney and Caithness Genealogy
Library Links
Wick Library
Sinclair Terrace
Wick
KW1 5AB
Tel 01955 602864
Thurso Library
Davidson's Lane
Thurso
KW14 7AF
Tel 01847 893237
Archives
Wick Library Houses the Local Archives Collection.
Family History Society
Burials in the Auld Kirkyard at Tullibody
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