Useful Links
For information on visitor facilities and travel to Orkney, see the official Orkney tourism website:
www.visitorkney.com
contact VisitOrkney direct on
tel: +44 1856 872856
fax: +44 1856 875056
e-mail: info@visitorkney.com
Other useful links:
www.ancestralscotland.com
The national genealogy site of Scotland's official tourism organisation,
VisitScotland
www.orkneyfhs.co.uk
The Orkney Family History Society
www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI/
The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland - the definitive records office
www.familysearch.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
www.scotsorigins.com
Searching genealogical data for Scotland
www.orkneyjar.com
a feast of Orkney heritage and interesting information
www.scran.ac.uk
Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
www.ScottishDocuments.com
Scots wills, up to 1902
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www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/
The Manitoba State Archive's Hudsons Bay Company Archive
www.nas.gov.uk
National Archives of Scotland
www.nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
National Archives
www.bl.uk
The British Library
www.burkes-peerage.net
Burke's Peerage and Gentry (UK)
www.scotsgenealogy.com
The Scottish Genealogy Society
www.scottishbanner.com
The Scottish Banner
www.scottish-roots.co.uk
Scottish Roots
www.safhs.org.uk
Scottish Association of Family History Society
www.asgra.co.uk
The Association of Scottish Genealogists
www.sog.org.uk
The Society of Genealogists
www.scotlandgenweb.org
Scotland Gen Web
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history
Sgian Dhu BBC Scotland
www.rampantscotland.com
Rampant Scotland's Clan/Family Histories
www.scotlandsclans.com
Scotlands Clans
www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk
The Heraldry Society of Scotland
www.familia.org.uk
Local Authority Library Services
www.scottish-tartans-society.co.uk
The Scottish Tartans Society
www.visitbritain.com
British Tourist Authority
www.cursiter.com
Orkney Genealogy, family history of Orkney



