General Websites
Alford Community Website Under development. |
Alford Fiddlers Local community music group. |
Alford Heritage Centre and Museum A new website for the Alford Heritage Centre and Museum, currently being developed on a Spanglefish template. |
Alford Railway Museum Brief details. Railway Museum also functions as seasonal tourist office. |
Battle Of Alford Brief description. |
Battle of Culblean Brief details of this battle in the Scottish Wars of Independence. |
Battle of Harlaw Brief details |
Cabrach website Details of place names, more images, famous sons of, etc. Well worth a visit. |
CANMORE A pretty extensive database of archaeological sites in Scotland. Users can search on a number of criteria and sites may be displayed on maps. Registration (free and simple) is necessary. |
Castle Forbes Website giving details of Castle Forbes fisheries, accommodation, etc, and a link to Clan Forbes website. |
Charles Murray Very comprehensive details of his life and works. |
Electric Scotland Account of Vale of Alford |
Geograph The ongoing attempt to record, in photographs, as many points in the UK as possible. Try a search under AB33. |
Glenbuchat Heritage Archive An excellent and informative website giving considerable detail of places and people associated with Glenbuchat. |
GNSRA A wonderful collection of railway information and images associated with our local line which is sadly no more. |
Gordon Higlanders Museum |
Gordon Higlanders, Bydand Fairly detailed transcriptions of diary records of events. |
Grampian Life Forum has discussions on topics of concern to folk in the North East of Scotland |
Grampian Transport Museum Major displays on local transport. Seasonal events. |
Haughton House Details of Haughton House and the Farquharsons. |
Howe Trinity Church Alford Parish Church |
Keig The website of Keig Community. |
Kemnay Community Local History section |
Kinnethmont An excellent website, run by Jim Grant, catering in detail for images and information relating to Kennethmont. |
Life of John Duncan Full copy of his biography on-line |
North East Scotland Family History Society A superb local resource, based in Aberdeen. Membership required to use all the facilities, but some information available on website and some useful links. |
OFARS A local archaeology group dedicated to practical field investigations in North East Scotland.....Time Team wi local loons an' quines! |
PM Jimmy McHardy Brief details of PM McHardy's life. |
Reid Genealogy Website Website compiled by Cressida Potter. |
River Don Salmon Fisheries Board and Trust Details of conservation projects associated with the River Don. |
Scott Skinner In depth treatment of his life and music. |
Sept McCombie Details of this sept of the clan MacThomas |
The Gordon Highlanders More general details of the Gordons. |
The MacRobert Trust |
The Stewarts of Alford A rootsweb site helping members of this family trace family connections. David, who has set up this site, says: "The site is a World Connect Project at Ancestry and is open to the public (no registration required)the link will take you to my Index page - just click on the letter corresponding to the last name you are searching for and a list of names and birthplace/dates will appear. A further click on that name will take you to that person and allow you to manoeuvre up or down through the family. If you have information on emigration of a famiily, I would love to have it as my research resources are limited to the UK." |
Tombstone Imagery Symbolism encoded in tombstone motifs. |
Tullynessle and Forbes Public Hall The website of the newly refurbished Tullynessle Hall....find out what's on and how you can help. |
William Robertson Smith This wonderful website gives further details of the life and work of this notable academic who was born and raised in Keig, and whose life is also described in "Children of the Manse" edited by Astrid Hess and Gordon Booth. |
Contributor's Websites
Alford Heritage Centre and Museum Located in Mart Road, Alford, Aberdeenshire, a wonderful collection of items from long ago, and not so long ago. Well worth a visit, but this image library is being developed as an adjunct to the museum and includes material donated to or loaned to it. |
Cressida Potter Interested in genealogy...see website. |
Ken McHardy Sen. Ken is the great nephew of PM Jimmy McHardy and has a wealth of knowledge and memories of Strathdon and the surrounding areas. His son, Andrew has set up a superb website on the McHardy clan (see link below) with many of his father's reminiscences recorded there. |
Roy Gilbert Has an interest in ancestors in Leochel Cushnie and Kemnay. |
GreatNorthScotlandRailwayAssociation GNSRA, dedicated to preserving memories, information and photographs about this great Scottish railway. |
James Kenworthy James is a well known local archaeologist who teaches at Aberdeen University Adult Learning. |
Russell Ward Russell has strong family connections in Alford and is currently researching his Gordon family history. He is the editor and owner of Grampian Life, an excellent website devoted to showcasing this part of the North East of Scotland. |
Jim Grant Editor of a fascinating website on Kennethmont (Kinnethmont) and also an Aberdeenshire contributor to the war memorial website www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/ |