Location of historical records

Sheriffdoms
The historical records of Stonehaven sheriff courts are held by the National Archives of Scotland. For further details go to the National Archives of Scotland website or see Cecil Sinclair, Tracing Scottish Local History (HMSO, 1994) or Cecil Sinclair, Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors (HMSO, 1990).

JP court records
Justice of the Peace records for Kincardineshire are held by the National Archives of Scotland.

Register of sasines and sasine abridgements
Registers of sasines for Kincardineshire are held by the National Archives of Scotland (RS.6-8). Sasine abridgements for Kincardineshire, 1781-1948, are held by the National Archives of Scotland for the years 1781-1982 and by Aberdeenshire Archives for the years 1963-1982.

Other records:
Over the next two years the SCAN website through its Online Catalogues and Knowledge Base will become the definitive guide to the location of historical records relating to places in Scotland. At present the best online guide to the location of historical records is the National Register of Archives, ARCHON website.