Orkney
From Wikipedia
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.
Register Offices
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands Council
Council Offices
Kirkwall
KW15 1NY
Tel 01856 873535
Links
Library and Archive
Orkney Library and Archive
44 Junction Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1AG
Tel: 01856 873166
Family History Society
Genealogy Links
- IGI Orkney
- Orkney Genealogy
- Ancestral Orkney
- Genuki Orkney Page
- Scotlandgenweb Orkney
- Southronaldsey Genealogy Site
- Orkney Old Parish Records
History and Heritage
Requests for Research and Photographs in this area
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:
- Research Offers: Cemetery
- Research Offers: Photograph
- Research Offers: Probate
- Research Offers: Record Office/Archive
If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.
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