Place:Highland Region, Scotland

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NameHighland Region
TypeRegion
Coordinates57.5°N 5°W
Located inScotland     (1975 - 1996)
See alsoInverness-shire, Scotlandcounty existing prior to 1975 from which Highland Region was formed
Ross and Cromarty, Scotlandcounty existing prior to 1975 from which Highland Region was formed
Nairnshire, Scotlandcounty existing prior to 1975 from which Highland Region was formed
Caithness, Scotlandcounty existing prior to 1975 from which Highland Region was formed
Sutherland, Scotlandcounty existing prior to 1975 from which Highland Region was formed
Highland (council area), Scotlandunitary authority formed from Highland Region in 1996
Contained Places
Burgh
Fort William ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kingussie ( 1975 - 1996 )
District
Aird ( 1975 - 1996 )
Badenoch and Strathspey ( 1975 - 1996 )
Badenoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverness (district) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochaber ( 1975 - 1996 )
Skye ( 1975 - 1996 )
Former parish
Bona ( 1975 - 1996 )
Hamlet
Achendrean ( 1975 - 1996 )
Advie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Altnaharra ( 1975 - 1996 )
Alvie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardcharnich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Berriedale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Canisbay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Castlehaven ( 1975 - 1996 )
Clashnessie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Coldbackie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Creich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Croick (Easter Ross) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Croick (Sutherland) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Daviot ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fearn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fodderty ( 1975 - 1996 )
Freswick ( 1975 - 1996 )
Hilton (Tain) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Huna ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inchnadamph ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmuir ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinlochluichart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochailort ( 1975 - 1996 )
Meikle Ferry ( 1975 - 1996 )
Morefield ( 1975 - 1996 )
Onich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Oykel Bridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rosehall ( 1975 - 1996 )
Sarclet ( 1975 - 1996 )
Sibster ( 1975 - 1996 )
South Ballachulish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Staffin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Stoer ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strath Kanaird ( 1975 - 1996 )
Syre ( 1975 - 1996 )
Torrin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inhabited place
Acharacle ( 1975 - 1996 )
Achduart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Achiltibuie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Achnasaul ( 1975 - 1996 )
Achosnich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Airor ( 1975 - 1996 )
Alness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Applecross ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardersier ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardmolich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardvasar ( 1975 - 1996 )
Arisaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Aviemore ( 1975 - 1996 )
Avoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Back of Keppoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Balintore ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ballachulish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Balnacra ( 1975 - 1996 )
Banavie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Beauly ( 1975 - 1996 )
Bernisdale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Bettyhill ( 1975 - 1996 )
Blarmacfoldach ( 1975 - 1996 )
Boat of Garten ( 1975 - 1996 )
Bonar Bridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Broadford ( 1975 - 1996 )
Brochel ( 1975 - 1996 )
Brora ( 1975 - 1996 )
Brough (Caithness) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Caol ( 1975 - 1996 )
Carbost ( 1975 - 1996 )
Carrbridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Castletown ( 1975 - 1996 )
Catlodge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Clyth ( 1975 - 1996 )
Conon Bridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Contin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Corpach ( 1975 - 1996 )
Corran ( 1975 - 1996 )
Croachy ( 1975 - 1996 )
Cromarty ( 1975 - 1996 )
Cromdale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Croy ( 1975 - 1996 )
Culloden ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dalhalvaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dalwhinnie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Diabaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dores ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dornie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dornoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dounreay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Drumbeg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Drumnadrochit ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dulnain Bridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dunbeath ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dunnet ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dunvegan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Edderton ( 1975 - 1996 )
Edinbane ( 1975 - 1996 )
Embo ( 1975 - 1996 )
Evanton ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fort Augustus ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fortrose ( 1975 - 1996 )
Foyers ( 1975 - 1996 )
Gairloch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Garve ( 1975 - 1996 )
Glencoe ( 1975 - 1996 )
Glenfinnan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Golspie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Grantown-on-Spey ( 1975 - 1996 )
Halkirk ( 1975 - 1996 )
Helmsdale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Hill of Fearn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Hilton of Cadboll ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inver ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverdruie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Invergarry ( 1975 - 1996 )
Invergordon ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Invermoriston ( 1975 - 1996 )
John o' Groats ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kentallen ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmaluag ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmorack ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinbrace ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinloch Hourn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinlochbervie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinlochewe ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kinlochleven ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kyle of Lochalsh ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kyleakin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kylerhea ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lair ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lairg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Latheronwheel ( 1975 - 1996 )
Littleferry ( 1975 - 1996 )
Littlemill ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochaline ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochalsh ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochinver ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lybster (Latheron) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Mallaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Marybank (Urray) ( 1975 - 1996 )
Melvaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Melvich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Mey ( 1975 - 1996 )
Morar ( 1975 - 1996 )
Muir of Ord ( 1975 - 1996 )
Mybster ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nairn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nethybridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Newtonmore ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nigg ( 1975 - 1996 )
North Ballachulish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Plockton ( 1975 - 1996 )
Poolewe ( 1975 - 1996 )
Portgower ( 1975 - 1996 )
Portmahomack ( 1975 - 1996 )
Reay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Reiss ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rogart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Scourie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Scrabster ( 1975 - 1996 )
Spean Bridge ( 1975 - 1996 )
Staxigoe ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strathpeffer ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strathy ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strontian ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tain
Talisker ( 1975 - 1996 )
Teangue ( 1975 - 1996 )
Thurso ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tomatin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tongue ( 1975 - 1996 )
Torridon ( 1975 - 1996 )
Uig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ullapool ( 1975 - 1996 )
Urray ( 1975 - 1996 )
Watten ( 1975 - 1996 )
Westerdale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Wick ( 1975 - 1996 )
Island
Canna ( 1975 - 1996 )
Eigg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Muck ( 1975 - 1996 )
Raasay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rona ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rum ( 1975 - 1996 )
Sanday ( 1975 - 1996 )
Scalpay Longay and Pabay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Skye ( 1975 - 1996 )
Stroma ( 1975 - 1996 )
Locality
Camster ( 1975 - 1996 )
Knoydart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Minginish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Moidart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Morar ( 1975 - 1996 )
North Morar ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strath Oykell ( 1975 - 1996 )
Torridon ( 1975 - 1996 )
Waternish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Military base
Fort George ( 1975 - 1996 )
Parish
Abernethy and Kincardine ( 1975 - 1996 )
Abernethy ( 1975 - 1996 )
Alness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Alvie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Applecross ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardersier ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardgour ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ardnamurchan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Arisaig and Moidart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Assynt ( 1975 - 1996 )
Avoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Boleskine and Abertarff ( 1975 - 1996 )
Bower ( 1975 - 1996 )
Bracadale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Canisbay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Cawdor ( 1975 - 1996 )
Clyne ( 1975 - 1996 )
Contin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Creich ( 1975 - 1996 )
Cromarty ( 1975 - 1996 )
Cromdale ( 1975 - 1996 )
Croy and Dalcross ( 1975 - 1996 )
Daviot and Dunlichity ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dingwall ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dores ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dornoch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Duirinish ( 1975 - 1996 )
Dunnet ( 1975 - 1996 )
Durness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Duthil ( 1975 - 1996 )
Edderton ( 1975 - 1996 )
Eddrachillis ( 1975 - 1996 )
Farr ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fearn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Fodderty ( 1975 - 1996 )
Gairloch ( 1975 - 1996 )
Glenelg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Glenshiel ( 1975 - 1996 )
Golspie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Halkirk ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverness and Bona ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kildonan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Killearnan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmallie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmonivaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmorack ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmuir ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kilmuir-Easter ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kiltearn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kincardine ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kingussie and Insh ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kintail ( 1975 - 1996 )
Kirkmichael ( 1975 - 1996 )
Knockbain ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lairg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Latheron ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lismore and Appin ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochalsh ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochbroom ( 1975 - 1996 )
Lochcarron ( 1975 - 1996 )
Logie-Easter ( 1975 - 1996 )
Loth ( 1975 - 1996 )
Morvern ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nairn ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nigg ( 1975 - 1996 )
Olrig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Portree ( 1975 - 1996 )
Reay ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rogart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rosemarkie ( 1975 - 1996 )
Rosskeen ( 1975 - 1996 )
Sleat ( 1975 - 1996 )
Small Isles ( 1975 - 1996 )
Snizort ( 1975 - 1996 )
Strath ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tain
Tarbat ( 1975 - 1996 )
Thurso ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tongue ( 1975 - 1996 )
Urquhart and Logie-Wester ( 1975 - 1996 )
Urray ( 1975 - 1996 )
Watten ( 1975 - 1996 )
Wick ( 1975 - 1996 )
Q.s. parish
Glengarry ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverallan ( 1975 - 1996 )
Knoydart ( 1975 - 1996 )
Region
Black Isle ( 1975 - 1996 )
Coigach ( 1975 - 1996 )
Easter Ross ( 1975 - 1996 )
Wester Ross ( 1975 - 1996 )
Seat
Dunachton ( 1975 - 1996 )
Settlement
Elgol ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ramasaig ( 1975 - 1996 )
Salen ( 1975 - 1996 )
Tomdoun ( 1975 - 1996 )
Traditional county
Caithness ( 1975 - 1996 )
Inverness-shire ( 1975 - 1996 )
Nairnshire ( 1975 - 1996 )
Ross and Cromarty ( 1975 - 1996 )
Sutherland ( 1975 - 1996 )

The Highland Region was one of the twelve divisions of Scotland initiated in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The act abolished the county and burgh councils that had been in operation since 1890.

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

The area was created as a two-tier region in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, with an elected council for the whole region and, in addition, elected councils for each of eight districts,

The act also abolished county and burgh councils.

In 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, the Highland Regional Council and the district councils were wound up and their functions were transferred to a new Highland Council.

Contents

Research tips

  • official civil (from 1855) and parish registers (from when first produced) for births, marriages and deaths for all of Scotland
  • original census images for all years available (1841-1911).
  • collections of wills and testaments and
  • property tax listings
  • an extensive collection of local maps
  • kirk session records for individual parishes (added in 2021 and not yet complete).

This site is extremely easy to use. There are charges for parish register entries, collections of wills, and census listings (the 1881 census is free to view, also on Ancestry and FindMyPast). The charges are reasonable and payable by online transfer. Viewing the kirk session records is free, but a charge will be made for a copy.

  • The National Library of Scotland have an online map collection of historic and modern day maps which can zoom in on a specific farmhouse or street in a town. Their collection also includes London and some counties of southeast England.
  • Gazetteer for Scotland contains an article for each parish from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland by F. H. Groome, (published 1882-4) and short details about each parish today including names of small settlements within a parish.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki explains a great many legal terms only found in Scotland and provides a gazetteer for genealogists for each parish across the county. It reviews the availablility of parish registers.
  • GENUKI Scotland which provides for each Scottish parish (indexed by county), amongst other data, complete quotations from A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851) by Samuel Lewis, John Bartholomew's A Gazetteer of the British Isles (1877), and possibly other gazetteers from individual counties and regions. It is worth reviewing one of its county pages to see what is available online or in print from local archive providers. Each county page has a "Where in ---shire is .... ? section--very helpful in pinpointing the small places below parish level.
  • A list of Burial Grounds in Scotland is now available on the website of the Scottish Association of Family History Societies.
  • The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online provides access to digitised and fully searchable versions of both the Old Statistical Account (1791-99) and the New Statistical Account (1834-45). These uniquely rich and detailed parish reports, usually written by local Church of Scotland ministers, detail social conditions in Scotland and are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Scottish history.

Notes for the Highland Council Area and the Western Isles Council Area

The 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).

  • The FreeCen Project--Scotland has a searchable (not browsable) transcription for each of the counties in the area. Nairnshire and Caithness have the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 complete. Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty have 1841 complete with some work on 1851 and Sutherland has not completed 1841.

Transcriptions of Gravestone Inscriptions

  • The Scottish Genealogy Society provides a series of monumental inscriptions either in print in booklet form or on CD for each of the counties in the area (Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty, and Sutherland). Some of the booklets cover only one graveyard, others cover a group. Prices vary. In many cases the coverage is of pre-1855 stones only--this is because gravestone inscriptions are often used by family historians as death registration equivalents in the era of the Old Parish Registers (when deaths were not universally recorded).
  • The Fearn Peninsula Graveyards Project has a paid website which allows browsing in ten graveyards in Easter Ross. They charge £2.50 for 24 hours of usage with unlimited searches.
  • An index of monumental inscriptions from Caithness compiled by D J Ryrie might prove to be a useful start for searching gravestones in that county. GENUKI states "All (?) of the monumental inscriptions (MIs) in Caithness have been collected and are in print currently from Books From Scotland amongst other places." The Scottish Genealogy Society also has a list of their holdings.
  • Sutherland cemeteries are covered in Pre-1855 tombstone inscriptions in Sutherland burial grounds by A S Cowper & I Ross, published at Edinburgh in 1989 by the Scottish Genealogy Society.
  • There are no specific notes for gravestone transcriptions for either Inverness-shire or Nairnshire in GENUKI. However, the Scottish Genealogy Society lists booklets for both counties.

Sources for Emigration Records

  • Hebrides People have a database containing lists of people who emigrated to North America from a number of parishes in the Western Isles.
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