An interesting new collection on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) comprised of courts records from Banchory, Banff, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum, Peterhead, Rosehearty, and Turiff:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Criminal and Court Records, 1841-1922
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62702/
Source: Aberdeenshire Criminal and Court Records, including Fraserburgh and Banff, 1874-1920. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen City Council.
About the Aberdeenshire Criminal and Court Records, 1841-1922
General collection information
This collection includes images of criminal and court records created in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, between 1841 and 1922. The records are in the form of ledgers with printed column headings and handwritten entries.
Using this collection
Records in this collection may include the following information:
- Name
- Alias
- Gender
- Age
- Birthplace
- Trial date and city
- Sentencing date and city
- Year that crime was committed
- City where crime was committed
- Parents' names
- Spouse's name
The information found in these records can help you discover or verify that your ancestor was involved in a court proceeding in Aberdeenshire at a specific time and place. Be aware that the records may tell you that your ancestor committed a serious crime. Court records with names of parents and spouses may help you expand your family tree.
Comment: the following courts records are included:
- Banchory Burgh: Extract Police Court Convictions, 1898-1911
- Banchory Burgh: Police Court Register, 1893-1912
- Banchory Burgh: Police Court Register, 1912-1922
- Banff Burgh: Police Court Complaint By Joseph Walker and Related Court Papers, 1844-1845
- Banff Burgh: Police Court Complaints, 1850
- Banff Burgh: Police Court Complaints, 1863
- Banff Burgh: Police Court Conviction of Alexander Pirie, 1842
- Banff Police Court Complaints and Convictions, 1841
- Ellon Burgh: Police Court Register of Cases, 1895-1907
- Ellon Burgh: Police Court Register of Cases, 1907-1922
- Fraserburgh Police Court Book, 1881-1896
- Fraserburgh Police Court Book, 1896-1904
- Fraserburgh Police Court Book, 1904-1910
- Fraserburgh Police Court Book, 1910-1915
- Inverurie Burgh: Police Court Account of Fines Paid, 1868-1922
- Oldmeldrum Burgh: Police Court Register of Crimes, 1894-1922
- Oldmeldrum Burgh: Police Court Register of Fines Received, 1912-1922
- Register of Criminal Proceedings in the Police Court of Peterhead, 1895-1909
- Register of Criminal Proceedings in the Police Court of Peterhead, 1909-1922
- Rosehearty Burgh: Police Court Record of Proceedings, 1918-1922
- Turriff Burgh: Police Court Papers, 1895-1922
- Turriff Burgh: Register of Cases Tried in the Police Court of Turriff, 1896-1917
Chris
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