Brechin Library - Genealogy Resources
General Information
Brechin Library holds a collection of books and ephemera highlighting all aspects of Brechin past and present. Many other areas of Angus are also represented. There is a microfilm viewer, microfiche reader and a photocopier for public use.
Old Parish Registers (OPR’s)
Each library holds the OPR’s for its immediate area.
An Angus wide collection of OPR microfilms can be found in Angus Archives.
Census
Each library holds the census for its immediate area.
An Angus wide collection of census on microfilm can be found in Angus Archives.
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
The IGI for Scotland is available in all full time libraries.
Newspapers
| Brechin Advertisers | 1848 - to date 1951 - 1991 |
Microfilm Bound |
| Brechin Herald | Feb. 1890 - May 1892 | Microfilm |
| Brechin & District News | Oct. 1952 - Jan. 1953 | Microfilm |
The newspapers are not indexed
Brechin Advertiser & Angus & Mearns Intelligence (bound) 1850-1851
Montrose, Arbroath & Brechin Review (bound) 1840
Voters Rolls
Lists of voters are available in Oliver & Boyd’s Edinburgh Almanac Angus Supplement held in Forfar Public Library. These date back to 1835.
Valuation Rolls
| Burgh Valuation Rolls | 1900-1901, 1932/33; 1939/40 - 1940/41; 1942/43 - 1946/47; 1950/51; 1952/53; 1954/55; 1957/58 - 1960/61 |
| District Valuation Rolls | 1972/73 - 1975/76, 1985/86, 1999/2000 Non Domestic (Microfiche) |
Directories
Brechin Almanac & Directory 1890-1894, 1895-1898, 1909-1912
Brechin Almanac & Local (Burns) Directory (single volumes) 1876/77/78/79, 1887, 1887-88, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894(2), 1895, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904(4), 1906, 1907(3), 1908, 1911, 1913, 1914(2), 1915, 1916(2), 1917, 1918, 1919, 1939(2), 1940(3), 1941(2)
Brechin Almanac & Directory (Black & Johnston) 1886-1889, 1890-1893
Brechin Almanac and Local Register (Burns) 1874
Brechin Almanac and Daily Local Remembrancer Illustrated (Edwards) 1872-1875
Brechin Almanac and Local Handbook Illustrated (Edwards) 1876-1884
Brechin Almanac and Local Handbook (Edwards) 1881-1890
Brechin Almanac and Local Handbook 1901-1910, 1921-1930, 1931-1940
Brechin Directory (Cummings) 1901-1902, 1904
Brechin Directory (Swan) 1959
Monumental Inscriptions(M.I.’s)
Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Angus - ed. A. Mitchell
Brechin Cathedral Gravestones prepared by Society of Friends of Brechin Cathedral.
Maps
Brechin Library holds a small collection of maps, mainly Ordnance Survey. Also included are Roy’s Military Survey 1747-55, John Wood’s 1822 map of Brechin, Pont and Gordon’s maps of Angus and a plan showing the proposed railway line between Forfar and Brechin.
Indexes
Burgess - 1710 -1974
The Old Wrights Society Register Book - 1801-1938
The St. James Lodge of Free Gardeners - 1806-1838
The original documents are held in the Angus Archives, Montrose Library.
Photographs
Brechin photographs are now available in Angus Archives
Wills
Commissariat Record of Brechin - Register of Testaments 1576-1800 - ed. Francis J. Grant, 1902
Available is a list of indexes, transcripts and holdings of manuscript and burgh material held by Angus Archives at the Angus Archives.
Contact:
Gavin Hunter
Brechin Library
10 St Ninian’s Square
Brechin
DD9 7AA
© Angus Council 1998 - 2008