BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:
Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Cabrach - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
Cairnie - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
Drumoak - Partly in Kincardine until 1891
Gartly - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
Glass - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
King Edward - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
New Machar - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
Old Deer - Partly in Banffshire until 1891
SURNAMES:
Most Common Surnames:
Anderson, Brown, Campbell, Craig, Robertson, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Thomson, Wilson
Common Surnames:
A: Abel, Adam, Alexander, Allan
B: Bain, Barron, Beaton, Beattie, Begg, Benton, Benzie, Berry, Birnie, Bisset, Black, Booth, Bremner, Brodie, Bruce, Buchan, Burnett, Burr
C: Calder, Cameron, Cattanach, Chapman, Cheyne, Christie, Clark, Cooper, Copland, Coutts, Cowie, Cran, Cruickshank, Cumming
D: Daniel, Davidson, Dawson, Dickson, Donald, Downie, Duff, Duthie, Duncan, Dunn, Durward
E: Edwards, Ellis, Emslie, Esson, Ewen, Ewing
F: Farquhar, Farquharson, Ferguson, Findlay, Fleming, Florence, Forbes, Forman, Fowlis, Fraser, Fyfe
G: Gall, Garden, Gauld, George, Gerrard, Gibb, Gilbert, Gordon, Grant, Gray
H: Hall, Harper, Harvey, Hay, Henderson, Horn
I: Ingram, Innes
J: Jackson, Jaffray, Johnston
K: Keith, Kelly, Kennedy, King, Kinghorn, Knight, Knowles
L: Laing, Lamont, Lawson, Ledingham, Leslie
M: MacDonald, Mackie, Main, Maitland, Marshall, Meldrum, Michie, Middleton, Milne, Mitchell, Moir, Morrison, Murray, Mutch
N: Nicol, Niven, Noble
P: Park, Paterson, Philip, Pirie
R: Rae, Reid, Rennie, Riddel, Ritchie, Robson, Ross, Rough
S: Sangster, Shand, Sharp, Sim, Simpson, Skene, Souter, Stephen, Stewart, Stott, Strachan, Stronach, Stuart, Summers
T: Tait, Taylor, Troup
W: Walker, Watson, Watt, Webster, West, Will, Williams, Whyte, Wood
Y: Young
POPULATION:
1755: 116,168
1801: 121,065
1811: 133,871
1821: 155,387
1831: 177,657
1841: 192,387
1851: 212,032
Location of Aberdeenshire
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Note: OPR stands for Old Parochial Registers, which are the earliest records of baptisms, marriages, and burials kept by The Church of Scotland. The OPR number is useful, and often necessary, in tracking down these records. The Church of Scotland kept the records before civil registration was introduced in 1855. Civil registration district numbers (RD numbers) are included in the timelines on the Parish pages. See the All Parishes Index for ancient parishes and parishes created or subdivided from older parishes.