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Collapse CA - Records of the Royal Burgh and City of AberdeenCA - Records of the Royal Burgh and City of Aberdeen
Expand 1 - Aberdeen City: Minutes of Meetings1 - Aberdeen City: Minutes of Meetings
Expand 2 - Aberdeen City: Deeds and Sasines2 - Aberdeen City: Deeds and Sasines
Expand 3 - Aberdeen City: Town Charters3 - Aberdeen City: Town Charters
Expand 4 - Aberdeen City: Chartularies and Feu Registers4 - Aberdeen City: Chartularies and Feu Registers
Expand 5 - Aberdeen City: Legal and Court Records5 - Aberdeen City: Legal and Court Records
Expand 6 - Aberdeen City: Financial Records6 - Aberdeen City: Financial Records
Expand 7 - Aberdeen City: Guildry Records7 - Aberdeen City: Guildry Records
Collapse 8 - Aberdeen City: Letter Books and Correspondence8 - Aberdeen City: Letter Books and Correspondence
Expand 1 - Aberdeen City: Incoming Letter Books1 - Aberdeen City: Incoming Letter Books
Expand 2 - Aberdeen City: Incoming Letter Books Supplementary Series2 - Aberdeen City: Incoming Letter Books Supplementary Series
Expand 3 - Aberdeen City: Outgoing Letter Books3 - Aberdeen City: Outgoing Letter Books
Collapse P - Aberdeen City: Parcels of Correspondence and PapersP - Aberdeen City: Parcels of Correspondence and Papers
Expand 1 - Warrants of Transportation, Death and Banishment1 - Warrants of Transportation, Death and Banishment
Expand 2 - Documents relating to the Tolbooth, New Jail and Courthouse2 - Documents relating to the Tolbooth, New Jail and Courthouse
Expand 3 - Documents relating to Captain Kenneth Irvine and the ship Endeavour3 - Documents relating to Captain Kenneth Irvine and the ship Endeavour
Expand 4 - Accounts Current between William Copland Esq Advocate and Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen on behalf of the Town of Aberdeen and the Trustee of the ninth district under the Commutating Act for Aberdeenshire, for the New Road from Aberdeen to Bridge of Dee and Bridge of Don4 - Accounts Current between William Copland Esq Advocate and Town Clerk Depute of Aberdeen on behalf of the Town of Aberdeen and the Trustee of the ninth district under the Commutating Act for Aberdeenshire, for the New Road from Aberdeen to Bridge of Dee and Bridge of Don
Expand 5 - Civic Documents: Petitions, Legal Papers and Accounts5 - Civic Documents: Petitions, Legal Papers and Accounts
Expand 6 - Accounts relating to the Town Council of Aberdeen6 - Accounts relating to the Town Council of Aberdeen
Expand 7 - Documents relating to the New Jail and Courthouse7 - Documents relating to the New Jail and Courthouse
Expand 8 - Papers relating to Ecclesiastical Affairs8 - Papers relating to Ecclesiastical Affairs
Expand 9 - Legal Papers9 - Legal Papers
Expand 10 - Miscellaneous Civic Documents10 - Miscellaneous Civic Documents
Expand 11 - Acts of Convention of Royal Burghs11 - Acts of Convention of Royal Burghs
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Expand 13 - Election Rolls and Declarations of the City Council13 - Election Rolls and Declarations of the City Council
Expand 14 - Papers Relating to the City Council, Infirmary and Workhouse14 - Papers Relating to the City Council, Infirmary and Workhouse
Expand 15 - Papers relating to Mowat & Co v Magistrates of Aberdeen15 - Papers relating to Mowat & Co v Magistrates of Aberdeen
Expand 16 - Civic Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen16 - Civic Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen
Expand 17 - Process Papers Alexander Duthie Jr v William Carnegie High Court of Admiralty17 - Process Papers Alexander Duthie Jr v William Carnegie High Court of Admiralty
Expand 18 - Process Papers relating to the Collection of Excises18 - Process Papers relating to the Collection of Excises
Expand 19 - Papers relating to the Town's Processes19 - Papers relating to the Town's Processes
20 - Papers of Covenanting Times
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Expand 22 - Documents relative to Civic Affairs22 - Documents relative to Civic Affairs
Expand 23 - Civic Papers23 - Civic Papers
Expand 24 - Parliamentary Election Papers24 - Parliamentary Election Papers
Expand 25 - Papers relating to the Poor's Fund, Seat Rents and Local Acts of Government25 - Papers relating to the Poor's Fund, Seat Rents and Local Acts of Government
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Expand 30 - Legal, School, & Civic Papers30 - Legal, School, & Civic Papers
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Expand 32 - Petitions and Letters regarding business of the Town Council32 - Petitions and Letters regarding business of the Town Council
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Expand 34 - Town Council Papers34 - Town Council Papers
Expand 35 - Papers on Council Business35 - Papers on Council Business
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Expand 37 - Papers of Council Reports, Acts and Business37 - Papers of Council Reports, Acts and Business
Expand 38 - Case Papers38 - Case Papers
Expand 39 - Papers of Aberdeen Town Council39 - Papers of Aberdeen Town Council
Expand 40 - Case Papers of Magistrates v. Kirk Session40 - Case Papers of Magistrates v. Kirk Session
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42 - Oaths of Allegiance
Expand 43 - Petitions, Precepts and Articles of Roup43 - Petitions, Precepts and Articles of Roup
44 - Oaths of Allegiance
Expand 45 - Financial Papers45 - Financial Papers
Expand 46 - Case Papers of the Wreck of the Catherina of Christiana46 - Case Papers of the Wreck of the Catherina of Christiana
Expand 47 - Case Papers relating to the Wreck of the Good Intent of Dundee47 - Case Papers relating to the Wreck of the Good Intent of Dundee
Expand 48 - Commissions for Parliamentary Elections and Council Business48 - Commissions for Parliamentary Elections and Council Business
Expand 49 - Miscellaneous Council Papers:49 - Miscellaneous Council Papers:
Expand 50 - Town Council Public Papers50 - Town Council Public Papers
Expand 51 - Town Council Papers and Accounts51 - Town Council Papers and Accounts
Expand 52 - Acts of Council and Burgh Papers52 - Acts of Council and Burgh Papers
Expand 53 - Petitions and Associated Council Papers: 53 - Petitions and Associated Council Papers:
Expand 54 - Petitions, Acts and Process Papers 54 - Petitions, Acts and Process Papers
Expand 55 - Petitions, Acts and Process Papers55 - Petitions, Acts and Process Papers
Expand 56 - Lists for the Town Guard and Militia56 - Lists for the Town Guard and Militia
Expand 57 - Militia and Town Guard Papers57 - Militia and Town Guard Papers
58 - Town Guard Papers
59 - Militia Lists
60 - Militia Muster Rolls
61 - Militia and Town Guard Lists
Expand 62 - Extracts of Cess and Stent Rolls62 - Extracts of Cess and Stent Rolls
Expand 63 - Admiralty Papers63 - Admiralty Papers
Expand 64 - Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen64 - Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen
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Expand 66 - Scroll Acts of Council66 - Scroll Acts of Council
Expand 67 - Petitions to the Town Council67 - Petitions to the Town Council
Expand 212 - Parcel 212: Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1660 to 1669212 - Parcel 212: Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1660 to 1669
216 - Parcel 216: Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1690 to 1699
217 - Parcel 217: Registered Bonds and Contracts of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1597 to 1609
220 - Aberdeen City: Parcel 220 - Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1680 to 1689
221 - Parcel 221: Registered Deeds of the 17th Century for the Burgh of Aberdeen
222 - Parcel 222: Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1650 to 1659
223 - Parcel 223: Registered Deeds of the 17th Century
224 - Parcel 224: Registered Deeds of Various Dates, 1600 Downwards
225 - Parcel 225: Registered Deeds of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1670 to 1679
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1 - Decreet of the Lords of Council and Session concerning a tenement of land on the West Side of the Gallowgate within the Burgh Lands of Aberdeen
2 - Decreet Transumpt of James Smith against the Laird of Leys
3 - Assignation of Alexander Lumsden and Andrew Birnie
4 - Copy Decreet and Transumpt between Isobel Wells and George Keith
5 - Decreet of Sheriff Court of Edinburgh in the name of George Patton, Writer in Edinburgh
6 - Transumpt Decreet of the Baillie Court of Aberdeen in the cause of John Farquhar against Alexander Irvine
7 - Extract Submission and Decreet Arbitral of John Chrystie against Patrick Whyte and Others
8 - Decreet of the Court of Apprysing Held within the Tolbooth of Aberdeen
9 - Contract between James Leith and Andrew Meldrum
10 - List of Locations on the Visitation of the Mosses of Aberdeen as are Ridden Yearly
11 - Bond of Alexander Aberdein to James Leslie on Behalf of the Kirk Session of Aberdeen
12 - Bond of William Livingston to Andrew Burnet
13 - Precept between the Laird of Echt and the Laird of Udny
14 - Itinerary of Perambulat of the Inner Marches of Aberdeen
15 - Assedation of James Abercrombie to John Davidson
16 - Letters of Horning and Poinding of Charles II Compelling payment of Teinds from Gilbert Menzies to Alexander Patton
17 - Bond of George Barclay of Mastrick to Gilbert Menzies of Pitfodels and Master John Kennedy
18 - Copy Decreet Trasumpt Between William Cumming and His Spouse, and the Laird of Leys
19 - Discharge of Band and Obligation between George Gordon and Henry Buchan
20 - Discharge of Band and Obligation between George Lundie and William Setton
21 - Record of Obligation of James Paterson to John Gordon
22 - Disposition Between Master John Hay and John Cheyne
23 - Order of Interemption Against Butts on the Commonty of Gilcomston
24 - Band by Robert Cruickshank Elder to take possession of Five Hundred and Twenty Five Merks from Patrick Bellie
25 - Discharge of Isobell Donaldson to John Gordon
26 - Discharge of John Rait to James Moffat
27 - Bond of John Gordon to the Magistrates of Aberdeen
28 - Band of Collin Cravie to present himself and his father to the Magistrates of Aberdeen
29 - Obligation of Walter Alexander to John Leslie
30 - Draft Decree of the Magistrates of Aberdeen on Unfreemen Practicing the Hammermen Trade within the Burgh Roods of Aberdeen
31 - Discharge of Hendrie Elphinstone to Alexander Thomsone
32 - Notice of encroachment of Pitfodels onto the Freedom Lands of the Burgh of Aberdeen
33 - Description of part of the Freedom Lands of Aberdeen adjacent to the Pitfodels Estate and lying near to Selvie's Gate
35 - Letters of Inhibition against John Anderson
36 - Consent to Discharge of Bond against Alexander Thomson
37 - Band by the Thesaurer of Aberdeen to the Collector of the Kirk Session for the sum of One Thousand Pounds
38 - Instrument Against Pitfodels
39 - Copy Petition of the Town of Aberdeen to the Lords of Council and Session
40 - Inventory of the Means, Costing, and Estate of Samuel Mitchell, given in by William Mitchell
41 - Reckoning of Complaint of Alexander Paton against Gilbert Menzies
42 - Instrument Against Pitfodels
43 - Instrument Against Pitfodels
44 - Band acknowledging full payment of monies due from Alexander Allan to George Cruickshank
45 - Information for the Town of Aberdeen against the Laird of Pitfodels
46 - Letter of William Seton to Henry Burk
47 - Description of the Marches of the Lands of Tulloch
48 - Description of the Boundaries and Marches of the Common Land of Aberdeen
49 - Continuation of Lawburrows of the Town of Aberdeen against Pitfodels
50 - Petition of William Mow to the Town Council of Aberdeen
51 - Ticket of William Davidson to John Donaldson and Company
52 - Copy Bond of John Day to John Cheyne
53 - Letters of Horning and Poinding against William Ord and William Hog
54 - Band between Marjorie Bisset and Alexander Black
55 - Contract between the Laird of Fedderat and James Reid
56 - Band and Obligation between Alexander Webster and the Magistrates of Aberdeen
57 - Discharge of Obligation by Gilbert Black and His Spouse to Thomas Shand
58 - Procuratory of Resignation from Alexander Maxwell to Andro Hinschan
59 - Receipt from the Dean of Guild of the Burgh of Aberdeen for the sum of 2700 Merks from Alexander Forbes
60 - Act in Favour of Sir John Smyth
61 - Extension of the Inhibition Against William Davidson
62 - Band of Robert Gordon Thesaurer of Aberdeen to George Logie Collector of the Church Session of Aberdeen
63 - Aberdeen County Appraisal Court Proceedings
64 - Ratification and Obleisement by Robert Irving of Fedderat in favour of John Gordon Merchant Burgess of Aberdeen
65 - Inquisition of the Baillie Court of Aberdeen in the matter of Alexander Gordon and William Davidson
66 - Letter of Andrew Meldrum discharging obligations of Edward Watson and Isobell Hervie
67 - Letter of Patrick Davidson, Master of the Music School of Aberdeen, discharging obligations concerning Alexander Davidson
68 - Letters of Lawburrows at the instance of the Provost, Baillies, and Council of Aberdeen against Sir Gilbert Menzies of Pitfodels
69 - Note For Information on the borders and marches of the Freedom Lands of Aberdeen
70 - Letter of James Bonar swearing acknowledgement of receipt of the sum of two hundred Merks Scots Money
Expand 227 - Parcel 227: Papers Relating to Business of the Town Council of Aberdeen227 - Parcel 227: Papers Relating to Business of the Town Council of Aberdeen
228 - Parcel 228: Legal Process Papers
229 - Parcel 229: 17th Century Legal Papers and Registered Deeds
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Expand 231 - Aberdeen City: Parcel 231231 - Aberdeen City: Parcel 231
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239 - Aberdeen City: Parcel 239
240 - Aberdeen City: Parcel 240
Expand OAM - Parcel OAM: Bundle originally referred to as "Old Aberdeen Miscellany"OAM - Parcel OAM: Bundle originally referred to as "Old Aberdeen Miscellany"
Expand 9 - Aberdeen City: Records of the Police Commissioners9 - Aberdeen City: Records of the Police Commissioners
Expand 10 - Aberdeen City: Maps and Plans10 - Aberdeen City: Maps and Plans
Expand 12 - Aberdeen City: Proclamations, Advertisements, and Notices12 - Aberdeen City: Proclamations, Advertisements, and Notices
Expand 13 - Aberdeen City: New Street Trustees 13 - Aberdeen City: New Street Trustees
Expand 14 - Aberdeen City: Harbour Records14 - Aberdeen City: Harbour Records
Expand 16 - Aberdeen City: Mortification Fund Records16 - Aberdeen City: Mortification Fund Records
Expand 17 - Commutation Road Assessment Books 17 - Commutation Road Assessment Books
Expand 18 - Aberdeen City: Rentals and Taxation18 - Aberdeen City: Rentals and Taxation
Expand 19 - Aberdeen City Electoral Registers and Poll Books 19 - Aberdeen City Electoral Registers and Poll Books
Expand 20 - Aberdeen Burgh: Feu Duties20 - Aberdeen Burgh: Feu Duties
21 - Aberdeen Burgh & Corporation: Register of Leases
Expand 22 - Tack Books of Mills & Customs 22 - Tack Books of Mills & Customs
24 - Aberdeen Burgh: Abstract of Dispositions granted by the Town's Trustees
Expand 25 - Aberdeen City: Education Records25 - Aberdeen City: Education Records
Expand 26 - Aberdeen City: Children's/Social Work Department Records26 - Aberdeen City: Children's/Social Work Department Records
Expand 27 - Aberdeen City: Tramways/Transport Department27 - Aberdeen City: Tramways/Transport Department
28 - Aberdeen City: Regulations and Conditions of Employment
Expand 29 - Aberdeen City: Burgh Surveyor's/City Engineer's Department Records (cataloguing in progress)29 - Aberdeen City: Burgh Surveyor's/City Engineer's Department Records (cataloguing in progress)
Expand 30 - Aberdeen City: Town Planning Department Records (cataloguing in progress)30 - Aberdeen City: Town Planning Department Records (cataloguing in progress)
Expand 32 - Corporation of the City of Aberdeen Public Health records32 - Corporation of the City of Aberdeen Public Health records
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