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Ardersier (Scottish Gaelic: Àird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands, on the Moray Firth, east of Inverness, near Fort George and Nairn Map. Its name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners". One local legend is that carpenters working on the construction of ecclesiastical buildings on the other side of the Moray Firth were quartered here. Prior to the building of Fort George, a small fishing hamlet called Blacktown existed in the area of Fort George, its economy based around several small open fishing boats. Its relocation eventually led to the creation of the village of Ardersier.
Until 1975 Ardersier was in the county of Inverness and, from 1930 onward, in an administrative district called the Inverness district. In 1975 Inverness-shire was replaced by Highland Region and again in 1996 by the Highland Council Area. The parish has an area of 17 sq. km (6.5 sq. miles). The only settlement is the village of Ardersier. For a 19th century description of the parish, see the description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) as transcribed and copyrighted by Colin Hinson and provided on the web by GENUKI. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Ardersier.
[edit] Notes for the Highland Council Area and the Western Isles Council AreaThe local archives are held by The Highland Archive Service which is based in Inverness with branches in Stornoway, Fort William and Caithness. It is "responsible for locating, preserving and making accessible archives relating to all aspects of the history of the geographical area of the Highlands." Family history societies and historical associations covering the Highland Council Area and the Western Isles Council Area are:
These associations publish their aims on their websites as well as a list of publications. In many cases the publications are also available through the Scottish Genealogy Society (see below).
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[edit] Sources for Emigration Records
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