Moray

Births, Marriages & Deaths

• Moray Births 1855–2019
• Moray Marriages
• Moray Deaths and Burials

Cemeteries & Memorials

• Moray Burial Ground Research Group

  Contains almost 53,000 names from churchyards and cemeteries throughout Moray, including Alves, Bellie, Birnie, Burghead, Dipple, Drainie Old, Essil, Kinneddar, Kirkhill, Lhanbryde Old Churchyard, Rafford Churchyard, Urquhart Churchyard and Spynie Old Churchyard.

Historical Directories

These directories are a great resource for finding people and businesses in a town or village for a particular year. You can find out where your ancestors lived, worked and sometimes more.

• Elgin and Forres Directory 1844
• Elgin and Forres Directory 1847
• Elgin and Forres Directory 1850
• Elgin and Forres Directory 1852
• Morayshire Directory 1863

Local History

• A History of Moray

  Contains a history of the county, its towns, county families, the land and the people.

• The History of the Province of Moray

  An online book in three volumes containing the history of some parishes, families, the military history and church history.

  • Vol. I
  • Vol. II
  • Vol. III

Military Records

• The Morayshire Roll of Honour 1914–1918

  A biographical record of the men and women who took part in the Great War.

Societies

• Moray & Nairn Family History Society

  Established in February 2009 for people researching their ancestry in Moray and Nairnshire. The society aims to promote the study of genealogy and family history in these counties, as well as producing publications relating to them.