• Get your bearings with an outline map of the Orkney parishes.
• Use the online maps at National Library of Scotland to find where your forebears lived.
• Try the Gazeteer for Scotland for historical and more modern information.
• Orkneyjar – history, folklore and traditions of Orkney
• Orkney Library and Archive – resources for family and local history; lots of photos online
• Orkney Family History Society
• The Genuki page on Orkney (NB not updated for several years)
•  Kist o Riches (Tobar an Dualchais) – stories, songs and other oral recordings
• If you have links with North Walls or Brims (island of Hoy) check my page
• Listen to some Orkney dialect or some Orkney music

Planning a visit to explore your Orkney family history?

• Accommodation, travel etc – try Visit Orkney or Undiscovered Scotland and others
• Guided tours – Orkney Tourist Guides Association. I was at school with Great Orkney Tours
• Orkney Communities – news and events

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