ARBUTHNOT, Kincardineshire

"The inland parish of Arbuthnott, situated almost wholly to the north of the Bervie, extends from near the mouth of that river to where it meets in the west the parish of Fordoun, a distance of 5 miles. With projections in the north and south, it has a length of 6 miles. In the north-west the river Forthy separates it from the parish of Glenbervie, and on the north-east Arbuthnott adjoins the parish of Dunottar. To the east lies Kinneff. On the south Arbuthnott is bordered by the parish of Bervie and on the south-west by Garvock. Fordoun lies to the west. The parish covers an area of 9583 acres, nearly 15 square miles."

The Statistical Account of Scotland The County of Kincardine

• Cemeteries
• Church Records
• Civil Registration
• Gazetteers

Cemeteries

Monumental Inscriptions for the parish have been recorded in Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Kincardineshire, edited by Alison Mitchell, Scottish Genealogy Society, 1986, ISBN 0 901061 29 8.

Church Records

Old Parish Records for the parish of Arbuthnot [250] are located inc New Register House, Edinburgh.

These have also been microfilmed by the LDS:

		Births	Qty	Marriages	Qty
250	Arbuthnot	6902887	2	6902878	1

Civil Registration

All records of Civil Registration are held at New Register House, Edinburgh. Microfilm copies of births, deaths and marriages for the years 1855 - 1875, 1881 and 1891 have been filmed by the LDS and can be ordered to any family history centre worldwide. Please check film numbers before ordering.

Year	Birth	Death	Marriage	Year	Birth	Death	Marriage
1855	0103353	0103487	0103595	1867	0350952	0349044	0348996
1856	0256463	0256412	0256518	1868	0352728	0363249	0363203
1857	0280426	0280262	0280143	1869	0340315	0384132	0384479
1858	0280489	0280318	0280179	1870	0352801	0385333	0363142
1859	0280552	0280371	0280220	1871	0224469	0224595	0224541
1860	0280616	0292810	0292769	1872	0300073	0300308	0300214
1861	0224092	0224407	0224165	1873	0300147	0300366	0300261
1862	0292925	0292866	0294870	1874	0329022	0340253	0347929
1863	0294804	0294745	0294914	1875	0384396	0412905	0363302
1864	321194	0323659	0323613	1881	0232636	0234191	0233477
1865	321263	0330115	0330174	1891	0255099	0256349	0256084
1866	0332603	0350892	0333286

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Arbuthnot from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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