Topics online
To help you find information from the Archive's collections,
volunteers from the
Friends of P&KC Archive have been working on creating
electronic finding aids in the form of databases and downloadable
.pdf's.
They are each on different topics, ones we think will be of
interest to you. Some of them re-create the information of the
original documents, while others point you to which collections are
likely to hold the kind of material you are seeking.
The topics online include:
Jacobites in Perthshire
The Archive holds documents relating to the Jacobite rebellions
and activities in Perthshire, and a Friends volunteer has created a
database which has gathered them all together. Through the
database you can contain find which collections and
documents are about the Jacobites, and details from the
original records about those who were involved.
Try searching the Jacobite database
Perth burgh burial registers, 1794-1855
The Archive holds all the burial registers for Perth burgh and
the Friends have been transcribing the earliest volumes.
The records in the database give the reference number of the
burial register and can include full name, age, dates of death and
burial, cause of death, names of kin, occupation and details of the
burial. The information varies from register to register, so not
all details will appear in all the records.
Try searching the Perth burgh burial registers
Please note: The Archive only holds the original burial records for
Perth burgh, 1794-1977 (PE1/20), some for Kinnoull,
1880-1901(PE1/20/28), and for Kirkton of Mailer burial
ground, 1850-1975 (MS52).
All other burial records, the majority dating from 1900, are
held by
Bereavement Services
Threiplands' People
You can search the Threiplands People database to find members
of the Threipland family, their relatives, friends and associates.
The database also includes tenants and workers on the Threipland
estates in Perthshire and Caithness, as well as local
tradesmen.
This database is to help you pinpoint a document in which the
person appears. It's likely that someone will appear in more than
one document, although the database record will usually only list
one reference number.
However, you can visit the Archive and use the reference number
to point you to the appropriate section of the collection's
catalogue, a copy of which is held in the searchroom. It's likely
that other relevant documents will be listed alongside. Then you
can consult all the documents you need.
Try searching Threiplands People
Women's sources
This database can tell you which collections in the Archive
contain information about women and their lives.
You can find out which collections have information about female
employees, how they interacted with local authorities, or what kind
of businesses women were involved in. Some collections have
information about women's domestic lives or their participation in
politics, philanthropy, health and welfare.
You can use the database to point you in the direction of
collections that will help your research into women's
history.
Please note: You are unlikely to find individuals in this
database
Try searching Women's Sources
Military sources
This group of databases cover WWI, WWII, and the Perthshire
Militia.
WW1 and WW2
The two world war databases can tell you which collections in
the Archive contain information about these conflicts, particularly
about life on the home front.
Please note: You are unlikely to find individuals in these
databases
Perthshire Militia
The Militia databases contain details from the original records
about individual soldiers and their families
Try searching the
World War collections and the
Militia collections
Perthshire People & Kinross-shire Kin
A Friends' volunteer has searched through some of the Archive's
collections descriptive lists to identify items that would be of
particular interest to genealogists.
Arranged by name and in alphabetical order, the resulting
PDF tables, can be downloaded. See if there's anyone of
interest to you, make a note of the reference number and come in
and see the original document.
Feedback
Volunteers from the Friends of Perth & Kinross Council
Archive will be continually updating the databases, so if you don't
find what you're looking for today, try again in a few months.
Meanwhile, if you have any comments or suggestions about the
databases, please
contact the Archive.
