Links to Other Orkney Related Websites
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Here are some Orkney related web sites I have found useful. E-mail me with suggested additions.

• Australian  National Centenary Ancestral Project (Vicgold) - This genealogy database was prepared by the Australian National Heritage Foundation and contains 638,000 individuals extracted from the Victoria, Australia Registrar's birth, marriage and death certificates and early church records for families that immigrated to Australia.  It was available online until April 1998.  Records exist for births from the late 1700's to 1888.  I searched it by year (all surnames) from 1770 to 1888 and found a large number of Orcadian immigrants from about 1800 to 1845 (birth dates).  I printed all entries and intend to prepare an index which I will post here once completed.
  
  
• Caithness GENUKI - a site devoted to the genealogy of people from Caithness (Orkney's "neighbor" on the Scottish mainland).
    http://www.frayston.demon.co.uk/genuki/cai/  
  
  
• Census Indices   Westray 1851   Kirkwall 1851   Shapinsay 1851  Papa Westray 1841  Papa Westray 1851  Sanday 1841
  The following Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre census information (full text plus additional information) was prepared by Robert Marwick as part of his book Rousay Roots.  This census data is posted here with the permission of Mr. Marwick as a link to the original documents on Bill Teschek's Orkney Islands GENUKI Project Genealogy Page (see below).
   Rousay 1891  Egilsay 1891  Wyre 1891  
  
  
• Clouston Home Page - Maintained by James Douglas Clouston http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/l/o/James-D-Clouston/index.html  
  
  
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the British Commonwealth  forces who died in the First or Second World Wars.   (A record some 60,000 civilian casualties of the Second World War is provided without details of burial location.)  It is searchable on-line.  An excellent resource.  http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf  
  
  
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - a great starting point  http://www.CyndisList.com  
  
  
• Family Search - LDS sponsored Internet Genenealogy Service provides a free on-line "Ancestor Search" which searches: Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index (British Isles, North America, and Finland regions), and web sites (by last name only).   http://www.familysearch.org/  
  
• Genealogy Library - a "for a fee" commercial website but loaded with information  http://www.familytreemaker.com/glc_deny.html  
  
  
• Genealogy Research Library - a fine Canadian website.  Key services include searches and ordering copies of Scottish vital records. http://www.grl.com/grl/index.shtml  
  
  
• General Register Office for Scotland is the UK Government department responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population.   http://www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm   The GRO has contracted with Origins to allow online searches of the Old Parish Register, civil records from 1855-1898 and some census records for a fee.  http://www.origins.net/GRO/  
  
  
• Hudson Bay Company Archives - A good reference site to trace the many Orcadians who became became N American immigrants.  The Hudson Bay Company favored hiring  Orcadians because of their work ethic and ability to endure a difficult climate.  http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/about/faq.html  
  
  
• ORKNET - an active Orkney web site. Look at the Guestbook, Orkney Links and Bulletin Board. http://www.orknet.co.uk/  
  
  
• Orkney Family History Society http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI/ofhs.htm  
  
  
• Orkney Islands GENUKI Project Genealogy Page. Authored by Bill Teschek. A wealth of information. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI  
  
  
• Orkney Gateway - Supported by the Orkney Tourist Board and the Orkney Islands Council. http://www.orkneyislands.com/  
  
  
• Orkney Homecoming - details on a major gathering planned for June 1999 uniting all Orcadians - whether living in Orkney or abroad http://www.homecoming.co.uk  
  
  
• Orkney Islands http://www.cali.co.uk/HIGHEXP/Orknisle.htm  
  
  
• Orkney Islands GenWeb Page - great genealogy links http://rootsweb.rendall.net/orkney/  
  
  
• Orkney Islands Scotland Queries - a query page devoted to Orkney Genealogy http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Orkney  
  
  
• Orkney Scene - Rev Trevor Hunt, Minister for the parish of Firth (and Orkney Presbytery secretary, pages on the Orkney Presbytery and on Orkney in general. http://members.aol.com/TghOrkney/homepage.htm  
  
  
• Orkney Scotland Queries -  a very active Orkney Genealogy Query Website.  Part of the Orkney, Scotland GenWeb project. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Orkney  
  
  
• Orkney Website - Orkney's official presence on the Internet http://www.orkney.com/  
  
  
• Papa Westray - a website to one of the northern most islands of Orkney. http://www.btinternet.com/~alan.price/papay/papay1.htm  
  
  
• Rendall Network - Anne Rendall's site devoted to this Orcadian surname. http://rendall.net/  
  
  
• Sanday, Orkney Website - an overview of the island with a number of pictures, notes about community activities, where to go and what to see,  wildlife pictures, etc.  Nicely done with plenty of information. http://www.orknet.co.uk/sanday/  
  
  
• Scottish Names Research - a wonderful website with over 925 great genealogy links (see View Helpful Links) .  Also contains information on clans, Tartans, Crests and Arms and also linked Scottish music.  http://www.spiderweb.com.au/~frasbett/  
  
  
• Sigurd Towrie's Orkney Web Pages - Orkney culture, folklore, photos, etc. http://www.orkneyjar.com/index.html  
  
  
• Tankerness House Museum http://www.orkneyislands.com/guide/museums/tanker.html  
  
  
• Charles Tait Photographic - beautiful pictures of Orkney http://www.velvia.demon.co.uk/  
  
  
• WJI Home Page - Bill Irvine, an Orkney expatriate's home page. http://www.islandnet.com/~wji/wji.html  
  
  
• UK and Ireland Genealogy News Group
  soc.genealogy.britain
  soc.genealogy.surnames.britain
  soc.genealogy.uk+ireland