Glenbuchat References and Sources
rev 30 April 2008

GENERAL:

  • W. Douglas Simpson, The Book of Glenbuchat (This book is out of print. Copies are in several libraries including U. of Aberdeen and U. of Calgary)
  • Ken Cruickshank, Glenbuchat Yesterdays, (Aberdeen University Central Printing Service, Volume 1 1984, Volume 2 1985)

VITALS:

  • International Genealogical Index [IGI], (Salt Lake City : Family History Library), Batch Numbers C112004, M112002, M112004 Available on Web here [These are indices of OPRs and should be used as finding aids only.]
  • Old Parochial Registers [OPR], 1719-1823, Glenbucket Parish LDS Film 0993188.
  • OPR (Pre-1855) and Statutory Index (Post-1855) records can be searched and viewed for a small fee at Scotland's People
  • OPR - A partial transcription of the Glenbucket OPR is available to members of the Glenbuchat Ancestors Group
  • Some Post-1855 marriage and death records, including complete deaths for 1856, 1859 and 1866, are available on the Strathdon Vital Records site.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS:

  • Glenbucket listings can be found in the Book "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Upper Donside," Edited by Alastair G. Beattie and Margaret H. Beattie, Published by the Scottish Genealogy Society.
  • An online index to Glenbucket MIs can be found on the Aberdeen & Northeast Scotland Family History Society's Index to Memorial Inscriptions site.  ANESFHS members can request lookups.

CENSUS:

  • 1696 - List of Pollable Persones within the Paroch of Glenbucket, Government of Scotland, 1696, (Republished in "The Book of Glenbuchat" and by Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society as "The People of Glenbucket, Cabrach & Invernochtie " 2002.)
  • 1841-1901 Census records can be searched and viewed for a small fee at Scotland's People.  Members of ancestry.com can also search and view (often bad) transcriptions of these census, though not the associated images
  • The Scotland Free Census Project currently has searchable transcriptions of the 1841 & 1851 Glenbucket census online, with other years to follow.
  • 1841 - A full transcription of the census is available The Hays of Glenbuchat
  • 1851 - A full transcription of this census is available at Strathdon Vital Records
  • 1871 - A full transcription of this census is available to members of the Glenbuchat Ancestors Group
  • 1901 - A partial transcription of this census is available to members of the Glenbuchat Ancestors Group

HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY:

WILLS:

  • Wills and inventories can be searched and viewed for a small fee at Scotland's People

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