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Harray

• Bibliography
  
• Church Records
  
• Civil Registration
  
• Description and Travel
  
• Gazetteers
  
• Genealogy
  

Bibliography

The Stone Mason in Harray by John T. Firth, Mary Bichan, and Sheila Spence. 1988. Published: In "Old Orkney Trades" pp23-32.

Harray, Orkney's Inland Parish: by John T. Firth, Mary Bichan and Shiela Spence. Printed privately 1975, 1985. 97pp.
Reviews the Harray lairds (88 in 1973!), frequency of surnames, the churches, schools, townlands, and field names.

Church Records

Old Parish Registers

• Baptisms, 1784-1854. Incomplete 1791-95. Irregular entries frequent about 1800.
  
• Marriages, 1784-1854.
• Burials, 1810-1824. Mortcloth dues.

• Ref: OCR/KC/12: Harray Kirk Baptismal register 1855-1877 and 1901-1945, Marriage register 1855- 1878, Register of baptisms and marriges 1895-1902, Register of burials 1801, 1833-1852, Communion Roll 1836, 1864-1868 and 1895-1902.

Civil Registration

The Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the parish of Harray.
The records held by the registrar date back to 1st January 1855 when compulsory registration began in Scotland.

Description and Travel

Orknet has a page which contains a description and pictures of Harray

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Orkney Family History Researchers are engaged in researching family histories in Harray and all other parishes in Orkney. All of them are willing to share the results of their research with others.

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