Family History

The Highland Council Genealogy Service
Highland Archive and Registration Centre
Bught Road
Inverness
IV3 5SS

Telephone UK: 01463 256444

E-mail: genealogy@highland.gov.uk

An integral part of the Highland Archive and Registration Centre, is the Family History Centre, a facility dedicated to all aspects of genealogy, clan history, and family history throughout the Highlands and the wider world.

Sources include:

Old Parish Registers on microfilm for the counties of

• Caithness
• Sutherland
• Ross and Cromarty
• Inverness
• Nairn
• Argyll 

Parish Register Indexes

Census returns on microfilm from 1841 – 1901 for the counties of

• Caithness
• Sutherland
• Ross and Cromarty
• Inverness
• Nairn
• Argyll
• Orkney
• Shetland

International Genealogical Index

Gravestone inscriptions

Reference works

Further information is also available through The Highland Council Archive Service

Genealogical Research Service
The Highland Council Genealogy staff are available for help and advice in researching your family tree. All research undertaken by yourself, without supervised guidance is free.   Advice and guidance on genealogical sources is freely given during your visit, for a limited period of up to 10 minutes.