Research Centres
Peterhead Registrars Office:
Aberdeen Council, Arbuthnot House, Peterhead.
(Registration documents, as far back as 1855, can be accessed as scanned images at any of the local Registration Offices in Aberdeenshire. These offices also have access to scanned images of the 1871, 1891 and 1901 censuses and indexes of the Old Parish Records and the 1881 census.)

NOTE: The former district of Boddam was incorporated into the modern Peterhead District in 1931.The former districts of Crimond, Longside and St Fergus were incorporated into Peterhead in 1968.

Specific Registers held at Peterhead are as follows
Peterhead Births: 1902 to present.
Crimond, Longside and St Fergus Births: 1900 to 1967.
Peterhead Deaths: 1940 to present.
Crimond, Longside and St Fergus Deaths: 1940 to 1967.
Peterhead Marriages: 1940 to present.
Crimond, Longside and St Fergus Marriages: 1940 to 1967.

The following cemetery burial records are also held at Peterhead Registrars Office;
Balmoor from 1954, Constitution from 1869, Grange from 1992, Longside Churchyard from 1875, Longside Cemetery from 1913, St Fergus Churchyard from 1854 and St Peters Churchyard from 1706.

Search costs: Particular search £5. General search £10 per hour or part thereof.

Aberdeenshire and North East Scotland Family History Society.
164 King Street, Aberdeen, AB2 3BD, E-mail: enquiries@anesfhs.org.uk)
(www.anesfhs.org.uk) Has a magnificent wealth of information the whole of Scotland and much of the UK generally.
(NOTE: Buses, Route No. 260 and 263, operate between Peterhead and Aberdeen run every half hour throughout the day and stop right outside the ANESFHS offices).
Arbuthnot Museum, St Peters Street, Peterhead, open Monday to Friday from 11am to 4pm
Peterhead Heritage Centre, The Lido, Peterhead Bay. This is currently restricted to being open to the public only during the summer period.

Books
The Peterhead 1801 Census by the Rev Moir. Available from the A&NESFHS
Notes on Historic Buchan, Derek Jennings, 2003. ISBN 0 9537213 0 2.
Bygone Peterhead, Jim Buchan, 1999. ISBN 1 84033 081 3.
The Whaling Years, Gavin Sutherland, 1993. ISBN 0 906265 17 7.
Nothing but my Sword, The life of Field Marshal James Keith, Sam Coull, 2000. ISBN 184158 024 4.

Web sites

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Comprehensive site containing Birth, Death, Marriage and Census information for the whole of Scotland.

www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory181.html

www.buittle.org.uk/quarry.htm 
Although largely about granite quarrying in Dumfries this site has an excellent detailed explanation of granite quarrying in the 19th century.

www.blootoon.com/doric.asp 
Provides the visitor with a basic summary of the more common local Doric words and expressions.

www.danielsd.demon.co.uk/peterhead.htm
For a listing of major calendar events through the ‘Peterhead’ ages.

www.mysongbook.de/msb/songs/e/eclipse.html
Contains a song about and potted history of the Eclipse – Captain Gray’s famous Peterhead whaler.

www.nefa.net/archive/sailwhale/htm
Highly detailed history of whaling from this North East coast. The same site also contains detailed accounts of the herring and white fish history; www.nefa.net/archive/fishing/herringwhitefishing.htm 

www.explorenorth.com/whalers/features/whalewrecks.htm
A listing of Artic Whalers shipwrecked between 1746 and 1907

www.users.bigpond.net.au/phdgen/
Excellent site contains references for
The 1715 listing of the Peterhead Fencibles
A copy of the 1825 Pigot’s Directory for Peterhead.
Peterhead seamen who served in the 1840’s and 1850’s
Peterhead Electors – 1867
Those who served and died in the First World War
Those who enlisted, and died in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
First World War casualties buried at Peterhead Cemetery
Plus other usual background information

www.phlomis.plus.com/index.htm
A wealth of Aberdeenshire genealogical information

www.nls.uk/maps/index.html
The National Library of Scotland where old maps of Peterhead (referred to above) can be viewed and facsimiles purchased, site also contains much more information. 

www.nunavutparks.com/on_the_land/kekerten_park.cfm 
Site covering the Kekerten Park Scottish history site

www.thekeithclan.com 
www.keithclan.com 
www.clankeith.org
Three different sites covering Clan Keith activities and historical background.

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/peterhead/
A useful base for posting messages amongst kindred sprits.

Whilst visiting Peterhead it should be noted that Peterhead Library has a number of computers with Internet access and the Community Centre has an Internet Café facilities.