Some helpful websites to visit in Ross & Cromarty

Burial Grounds in Ross-shire

• Ross and Cromarty Roots - new website with information on Burial Grounds and much, much more
  
• Highland Family History Society have the following published which you can purchase from their site: Alness, Avoch, Fortrose, Killearnan churchyard, Kilmuir Black Isle, St Clements Dingwall, Rosemarkie churchyard, Urquart old churchyard Black Isle
• Burials in parts of Ross-shire - Some burial ground information on this useful site
• Edderton Burial Ground - photographs by Shirley Sutherland - see also our Ross & Cromarty Photo Album
  

Census

• Freecen has the following Ross and Cromarty census records available: Alness 1841; Applecross 1841; Avoch 1841; Barvas 1841 & 1851; Contin 1841 & 1851; Cromarty 1841; Dingwall 1841; Edderton 1841; Fearn 1841; Fodderty 1841; Gairloch 1841 & 1851; Gairloch 1841 & 1851; Glensheil 1841 & 1851; Killeanrnan 1841; Kiltearn 1841; Kincardine 1841; Kintail 1841; Knockbain 1841; Lochalsh 1841; Lochbroom 1841; Lochcarron 1841; Loch 1841; Nigg 1841; Resolis 1841; Rosemarkie 1841; Rosskeen 1841; Stornoway 1841; Tain 1841; Tarbat 1841; Uig 1841; Urquhart Logie Wester 1841; Urray 1841
• Ships in Highland Ports in 1881 - a few names from Ross-shire plus one from Sutherland
  

Specific Place Information

• Alness Community Website - has history section
• Applecross - interesting small item here
  
• Cromarty Community Website - also has history section
• Coigach - Donald Macdonald Ross has a very informative website on the Coigach area including a very useful map of farms in the area
  
• Dingwall Community Website - history section and general information
• Edderton Community Website - may be a bit out of date, still talking of Christmas last year!
• Invergordon Community Website - history section
• Ross-shire photographs - lovely, take a wander through this site, lots of Sutherland pictures also
  
• Tain Community Website - has history section
• Tain Through Time - a museum site
• Tain Academy Records - at Ambaile - lots more on this site also
• Ullapool Museum website is very good. Click on genealogy and see just how much they have there. All OPRs for Lochbroom area plus Assynt, Sutherland; census records and most interestingly records of ships which left Lochbroom for Canada and America. I am not sure if you have to visit or if you can request information but worth a look.

Maps

• Parishes of Ross - here are all the parishes in the county, very useful
• Parish Map - shows parishes of Ross & Cromarty plus Sutherland and Caithness - best parish map I have come across
  

Newspapers

• Ross-shire Journal - has times gone past section similar to Sutherland's Northern Times

General Websites

• Glenmorangie website - Tain's huge employer and makers of fine whisky - great website - worth a visit - you do need to confirm you are old enough to look!