Please excuse my geographical ignorance, but can anyone tell me what county I would search under for the Shetland Islands?
Please excuse my geographical ignorance, but can anyone tell me what county I would search under for the Shetland Islands?
Hi Seeker, Maybe this link might help..
Shetland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marion
Census information Crown Copyright, in care of TNA.
Moreton from Abingdon-Morton from Westham-Davies from ILLOGAN & Westham-Whitehead from Falkirk ,Ireland & Woolwich-Plant from Watermans Field Woolwich,Litchfield ,Ireland, The cape Of Good Hope-Prisk from St Hilary & Marazion-Levitt from Fleet Lincs & Islington-Sturgeon from Suffolk-McClelland from Antrim & Aldershot-Whittlesea from Cambridgeshire-Rowe from Marazion-Head from Woolwich--Carr from St Giles Oxfordshire-Ackley from Loughborough
And another link from Genuki..
GENUKI: Shetland Islands genealogy
Marion
Census information Crown Copyright, in care of TNA.
Moreton from Abingdon-Morton from Westham-Davies from ILLOGAN & Westham-Whitehead from Falkirk ,Ireland & Woolwich-Plant from Watermans Field Woolwich,Litchfield ,Ireland, The cape Of Good Hope-Prisk from St Hilary & Marazion-Levitt from Fleet Lincs & Islington-Sturgeon from Suffolk-McClelland from Antrim & Aldershot-Whittlesea from Cambridgeshire-Rowe from Marazion-Head from Woolwich--Carr from St Giles Oxfordshire-Ackley from Loughborough
Shetland was a county in it's own right when Scotland still used counties for local government purposes.
This site might help you.
Shetland Family History society