Ancestry adds Aberdeenshire Records

Title Records
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, School Admission Registers, 1852-1927 711,807
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, World War II Related Records, 1940-1945 9,398
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Police Records, 1818-1948

63,323

The Aberdeenshire, Scotland, School Admission Registers, 1856-1928 collection contains images of school admission registers produced  between 1856 and 1928. The registers are arranged in a ledger format with printed column headings and handwritten information about students. Important dates for each student and information about their family were recorded. The registers included an index of students arranged alphabetically by surname.

The index provides the page number where each student can be found in the register. For schools closed before 1975, the collection is divided into geographic groups.

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, World War II Related Records, 1940-1945 

This is a real mixture. The item below is from one John Reid
in 1941, part of the Aberdeen Town Council Education Committee – English Examination Papers.

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Police Records, 1818-1948

Another mixed bag. Here’s an example for a John Reid.

I suspect Ancestry has used handwriting recognition technology in processing these collections. HRT opens up these collections it’s doubtful one would ever search, or know about!

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