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Businesses (83)
- Aberdeen & Canadian Investment Trust Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Herald, newspaper Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Journals Ltd, newspaper publishers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen People's Press Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Stock Exchange Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Trawlowners & Traders Engineering Co Ltd, marine engineers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Trust Ltd, investment trust Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Press Ltd, printers and publishers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeenshire Light Railways Aberdeenshire
- Adam Mackie, merchant and farmer Fyvie, Aberdeenshire
- Alexander Kilgour, physician Loirston, Kincardineshire
- Alexander Pirie & Sons Ltd, paper manufacturers, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Andrew Mathieson, farmer Skene, Aberdeenshire
- Arthur King & Co, printers and publishers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Barry, Henry & Cook Ltd, engineers and ironfounders Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Bon-Accord Distillery Co Ltd, whisky distillers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Bonlinikon Felt Co Ltd, felt manufacturers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- C Davidson & Sons Ltd, paper manufacturers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
- Central Press (Aberdeen) Ltd, printers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Charles Irvine, Jamaica sugar planter Jamaica
- Craigenlow Quarries Ltd Dunecht, Aberdeenshire
- Culter Mills Paper Co Ltd, paper manufacturers Peterculter, Aberdeenshire
- D Wyllie & Son, publishers and booksellers, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- David Robertson, druggist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- David Stephen, merchant Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- East of Scotland Trust Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Edi Swan, stage designer
- Edinburgh Assurance Co Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Eliot family, merchants London
- Fetternear Home Farm Fetternear, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes & Co, merchants
- G Cornwall & Sons Ltd, printers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- George Bruce & Co, seed merchants Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- George Jamieson & Son Ltd, builders and timber merchants Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- George Jeffrey, writer to the signet Edinburgh, Midlothian
- George Ross, merchant Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- George Washington Wilson Ltd, photographers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- George Washington Wilson, photographer
- George Watson, farmer Forevan, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon & Co, wine shippers
- Grampian Regional Transport Ltd, bus service operators Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Great North of Scotland Railway Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- H & J Bryce, plumbers and brassfounders Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Hain Steamship Co Ltd, ship owners London
- John Avery & Co Ltd (The Greyfriars Press), printers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- John Maxton, merchant Leith, Midlothian
- John Milne, auctioneers and valuers, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- John Rickart, merchant Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Knox & Machray's Royal Mail Coach Office Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Ledingham Chalmers, solicitors Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- London & North Eastern Railway Co London
- North of Scotland Canadian & General Investment Trust Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- North of Scotland Canadian Mortgage Co Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- North Of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Shipping Co Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Ogston & Tennant Ltd, soap manufacturers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Old Aberdeen Savings Bank Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Philorth Estate Co Philorth, Aberdeenshire
- Philorth Steam Cultivation & Traction Co Ltd Philorth, Aberdeenshire
- Provident Clerks & General Guarantee Association Ltd London
- Riddoch of Rothiemay Ltd, timber merchants Rothiemay, Banffshire
- Robert Lawson & Sons (Dyce) Ltd, bacon curers Dyce, Aberdeenshire
- Robertson Burnet, drapers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Rosemount Press Ltd, printers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- South Midlands Timber Ltd
- Sutherland & Farquhar, fish salesmen Findochty, Banffshire
- T Falconer, solicitor Inverness, Inverness-shire
- Thomas Davidson, coal merchant, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Thomas Milne, nurseryman Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Total E & P UK Ltd, oil producers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- WA Fairhurst & Partners, consulting structural and civil engineers, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Walker & Duncan, civil engineers, estate agents, architects and land surveyors Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Walker family, farmers, Craignetherty Marnoch, Banffshire
- White Heather Publishing Co Ltd
- William Anderson, grocer and merchant Clochan, Aberdeenshire
- William Cruickshank, blacksmith Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire
- William Fiddes & Son Ltd, sawmillers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- William Jackson & Co (Aberdeen) Ltd, bookbinders Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- William Keith, physician Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- William Runcieman, farmer Dyce, Aberdeenshire;Castleton, Aberdeenshire
- William Shand, Jamaica sugar planter Jamaica
- William Smith, advocate Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Organisations (198)
- 78th Highland Regiment of Foot or Ross-shire Buffs
- Aberdeen Agricultural Graduates Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Amateur Athletics Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen and North of Scotland Zoological Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen and Northern Friendly Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Association of Civil Engineers Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Burgh Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Church of Scotland Training College Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen City Labour Party Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Clarion Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Clerical Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen College of Education Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen crew lists and agreements Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Fish Curers and Merchants Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Fish Salesmen's Association Ltd Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Harbour Board Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Institution for the Deaf and Dumb Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Liberal Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Literary Debating Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Medical Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Natural History Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Philosophical Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Philosophical Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Preachers' Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Linen and Comfort Guild Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Shipmaster Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Trades Council Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Union Perseverance Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen United Free Church Training College Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Bird Club records
- Aberdeen University Celtic Society Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Club, London London
- Aberdeen University Edinburgh Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Aberdeen University Ladies Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Library Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen University Students' Representative Council Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeenshire Commissioners of Supply Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- Aberdeenshire elections Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- Aberdeenshire Harriers Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeenshire militia Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Strichen Strichen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Aberdeen district Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Aberdeen district Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Aberdeen no. 1 branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Aberdeen no. 2 branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Aberdeen no. 3 branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Keith branch Keith, Banffshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Peterhead branch Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Turriff branch Turriff, Aberdeenshire
- Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers: Aberdeen branches Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- American Society for Archaeological Research in Asia Minor
- Amnesty International: Aberdeen Branch
- Aquhorthies Roman Catholic College, Inverurie Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
- Arnage Barony Arnage, Aberdeenshire
- Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen: Keith branch Keith, Banffshire
- Association of University Teachers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Balfour Stewart Auroral Laboratory, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ballater Mutual Improvement Association Ballater, Aberdeenshire
- Banchory Farmer Friendly Society Banchory, Kincardineshire
- Banffshire elections Banffshire;Grampian
- Banffshire lieutenancy Banffshire;Grampian
- Banffshire militia Banffshire;Grampian
- Bishop Gavin Dunbar's Hospital, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Bon Accord Society in Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Bourtie Barony Bourtie, Aberdeenshire
- British Astronomical Association London
- Buchan Coursing Club Buchan, Aberdeenshire
- Buchan Medical Society Buchan, Aberdeenshire
- Butchart Scottish Country Dance Class Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Cairngorm Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: North-East Scotland
- Celtic Club, Dundee Dundee, Angus
- Chanonry School, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Christian, whaler, of Aberdeen
- Christ's College, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Church of Scotland General Assembly Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Church of St Mary Immaculate, Glengairn Glengairn, Grampian
- Clerical and Administrative Workers Union: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- County Club of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Crichie Barony Crichie, Aberdeenshire
- Culterty Field Station Newburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Deer Farmers Society Deer, Aberdeenshire
- Deer Presbytery Deer, Aberdeenshire
- Deer United Free Presbytery Theological Club Deer, Aberdeenshire
- Deeside Field Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Dr John Anderson Trust, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Dr Tulloch's Academy, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Drumlithie Free Church Drumlithie, Kincardineshire
- Duchess of Portland
- Dyke Friendly Society Dyke, Moray
- Edinburgh Committee of the Liberal Supporters for the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities Parliamentary Elections of 1868, 1869 and 1876 Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Episcopal Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Forestry Commission Oral History Project
- Fraserburgh and Banff Turnpike Trust Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire;Banff, Banffshire
- Fraserburgh Burgh Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Fraserburgh Harbour Commission Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Fraserburgh Parochial Board Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Fraserburgh Regality Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Fraserburgh Road Fund Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Free East Church School, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Gardener Fraternity of Old Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Garioch and Northern Medical Association Garioch, Aberdeenshire
- General Mordaunt's troops Ipswich, Suffolk
- George Street United Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Gigha Oral History Project
- Glasgow-Aberdeen Universities' Golfing Society
- Gordon's Mill Farming Club Aberdeenshire
- Graphical, Paper and Media Union: Aberdeen and district branches Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society Ellon, Aberdeenshire
- Hercules, whaler, of Aberdeen
- Highland Light Infantry (71st Foot)
- Highland Society of Scotland
- HMS Desiree (1800)
- HMS Scout (1832)
- International Biological Programme
- Inverness-shire militia Inverness-shire;Highland
- Jessie, sloop
- Jobbing Compositors' Organisation (Aberdeen Typographia) Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- John Crawford's Trust, Kelso Kelso, Roxburghshire
- John Gordon's Charitable Fund Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- Kenmore Barony Kirkcudbrightshire
- Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire Conservative Association Kincardineshire;Grampian
- Kincardineshire militia Kincardineshire;Grampian
- Kincardineshire Volunteers Kincardineshire;Grampian
- Macduff Harbour Macduff, Banffshire
- Maud United Free Church Maud, Aberdeenshire
- Merchant Society of Old Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Mitchell's Hospital, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National League of the Blind and Disabled: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union Of Dock Labourers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Public Employees: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Seamen: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- National Union of Vehicle Builders: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- New Deer Agricultural Association New Deer, Aberdeenshire
- New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Newhills Liberal Association Newhills, Aberdeenshire
- Newmachar Kirk Session Newmachar, Aberdeenshire
- North of Scotland College of Agriculture Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Northern College of Education, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Old Machar Parochial Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Philorth Barony Philorth, Aberdeenshire
- Plumbing Trades Union: Aberdeen lodge Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Rosehall estate Rosehall, Sutherlandshire
- Ross-shire militia Ross and Cromarty;Highland
- Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Commercial Motormens Association: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Co-operative Womens Guild: Greyfriars branch, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish National Operative Plasterers Federal Union: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Operative Coachmakers' Union: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Ornithologists' Club: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Painters Society: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Schoolmasters Association
- Scottish Sea Fishers Union Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Typographical Association: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Union of Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Ship Constructors and Shipwrights Association: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Shuttle Lane Mission, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Society of Lithographic Artists Designers Engravers and Process Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Society of Probationers in Aberdeen for advancing the Interests of the Church of Scotland by extending Church accommodation Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Spalding Club, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- St Andrew, barque, of Aberdeen
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- St Andrew's Catholic Church, Braemar Braemar, Aberdeenshire
- St Clement's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- St George's Episcopal Church, Folla-rule (or Meiklefolla) Folla-rule, Aberdeenshire
- St John's Episcopal Church, Longside Longside, Aberdeenshire
- St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- St Sunniva, cruise ship
- Stonehaven Music Club Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
- Stonehaven Northern Oil Wives Club (SNOW) Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
- Transport & General Workers Union: Grampian Transport First Aberdeen branch
- Trinity Congregational Church, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Turriff College Turriff, Aberdeenshire
- Union of Post Office Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- United Operative Cabinet and Chairmakers Society of Scotland: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- United Patternmakers Association: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders: Aberdeen No 2 branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- University of Aberdeen Lairig Mountaineering Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- University of Aberdeen Sports Union Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Well Services Contractors Association Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- WG Walker's Academy, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- William Harvey's Trust, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Woodford, east indiaman
- Woodside Oldgroves Farmers Friendly Society Woodside, Aberdeenshire
- World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910 Edinburgh, Midlothian
Persons (338)
- Adams, Adrian, (1945-2000), anthropologist and campaigner
- Adcock, Arthur St John, (1864-1930), novelist
- Alava, Miguel Ricardo de, (1771-1843), Spanish soldier and diplomat
- Alexander, Samuel Michael David, (1932-2010), industrial trainer and amateur ornithologist
- Anderson, James, (1739-1808), economist
- Anderson, John, (1798-1839), genealogist and writer to the signet
- Angus, Marion Emily, (1865-1946), Scottish poet
- Arbuthnot, Charles, (1767-1850), diplomat, politician and public servant
- Arbuthnot, Charles George James, (1801-1870), General MP
- Baillie, Robert, (1672-1726), Church of Scotland minister
- Bain, Alexander, (1818-1903), psychologist, logician and writer on education
- Baird, John Lawrence, (1874-1941), 1st Viscount Stonehaven, statesman
- Ballantyne, Robert , (1942-2004), industrial technician
- Barnett, Euphemia Cowan, (1890-1970), botanist
- Barrett-Ayres, Reginald, (1920-1981), composer and musician
- Bates, Herbert Ernest, (1905-1974), novelist
- Bayley, Sir John Edward George, (1793-1871), 2nd Baronet Lawyer
- Bayne, Peter, (1830-1896), author
- Beattie, James, (1735-1803), poet
- Beattie, James Hay, (1768-1790), Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, Marischal College
- Begg, Hugh MacKemmie, (b 1941), economist
- Bell, Patrick, (1799-1869), Church of Scotland minister and inventor of agricultural machinery
- Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene, (1870-1953), poet and author
- Bickersteth, Geoffrey Langdale, (1884-1974), Professor of English Literature Aberdeen University
- Birnie, Alexander Robertson, (1877-1951), poet and playwright
- Black, John, (1834-1881), Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen
- Blackhall, Sheena, (fl 1987-2007), poet
- Blacklock, Thomas, (1721-1791), poet
- Blackwell, Sir Basil Henry, (1889-1984), Knight, publisher
- Blewitt, Octavian, (1810-1884), secretary, Royal Literary Fund
- Blount, Charles, (1654-1693), deist
- Blunden, Edmund Charles, (1896-1974), poet
- Bootle-Wilbraham, Edward, (1837-1898), 1st Earl of Lathom
- Boston, Thomas, (1677-1732), minister of Ettrick
- Bottomley, Gordon, (1874-1948), poet and dramatist
- Bouck, Charles Harold, (1873-1952), hunter
- Bourne, William Richmond Postle, (fl 1974), ornithologist
- Boyd-Orr, John, (1880-1971), 1st Baron Boyd Orr, statesman
- Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred, (1858-1929), folk song collector
- Brodie, Alexander, (d 1828), vicar of Eastbourne
- Brown, John, (1722-1787), professor of Divinity
- Bruce, Helen, (b 1912), author of 'Nine temples of Bangkok'
- Bruce, Michael, (1635-1693), Irish Presbyterian
- Bruce, Robert, (1911-1999), sinologist
- Bryce, Ian , (c1950-2001), local historian
- Buchan, Jim, (b 1928), local historian
- Buchan, John, (1875-1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, novelist, historian, MP, governor-general of Canada
- Buchan, Peter, (1790-1854), collector of Scottish ballads
- Bulloch, John, (1805-1882), Shakespearian Scholar
- Bulloch, John Malcolm, (1867-1938), author and literary critic
- Burghart, Richard, (1944-1994), anthropologist
- Burn, Aubrey Ronald Graham, (1887-1972), Anglican clergyman and classical scholar
- Cairns, David H, (1904-1992), professor of Practical Theology
- Cairns, David Smith, (1862-1946), principal of Christ's College Aberdeen and theologian
- Calder, Angus Lindsay, (1942-2008), academic and author
- Calder, Sir William Moir, (1881-1960), Knight archaelogist and classical scholar
- Cameron, Rev William, (1751-1811), minister and author
- Campbell, Archibald, (d 1744), Bishop of Aberdeen
- Campbell, George, (1719-1796), theologian principal of Marischal College
- Cant, Andrew, (1590-1663), Covenanter
- Cardno, David Hawthorn, (1853-1938), whaler
- Cardno, James, (1915-1992), psychologist
- Carew, Sir Benjamin Hallowell, (1760-1834), Knight, Admiral
- Carnegie, Susan, (1744-1821), writer and philanthropist
- Caseby, Alexander, (1898-1991), missionary
- Chalmers, George, (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chapman, John Bisset, (1875-1949), author
- Child, Francis James, (1825-1896), philologist
- Clyne, Arthur, (1853-1924), architect
- Conway, George Robert Graham, (1873-1951), civil engineer and historian of Mexico
- Cooper, James, (1846-1922), ecclesiastical historian
- Copland, Patrick, (1749-1822), Professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen
- Coppard, Alfred Edgar, (1878-1957), poet and author
- Cormack, Alexander Allan, (1891-1976), schoolmaster and antiquary
- Coull, James Reid, (b 1935), senior lecturer in geography, Aberdeen University
- Craib, William Grant, (d 1933), botanist
- Craven, James Brown, (1850-1924), Archdeacon of Orkney and historian
- Cruickshank, Ernest William Henderson, (1888-1964), physiologist
- Cruickshank, Helen Burness, (1886-1975), poet
- Cumming, John, (1807-1881), minister of Crown Court Church, Covent Garden
- Cumming, Ronald Patrick, (b 1923), surgeon
- Cuthbertson, Sir David Paton, (1900-1989), Knight, pathological biochemist
- Daube, David, (1909-1999), jurist
- Davidson, Alexander Dyce, (1807-1872), Free Church of Scotland minister
- Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet, (1710-1782), astronomer
- Deuchar, Alexander, (d1844), antiquary
- Devon, James, (1866-1939), HM Prison Commissioner for Scotland
- Diack, Francis Carney, (1865-1939), Celtic scholar
- Donald, Francis Cantlie, (1882-1974), minister of Lumphanan
- D'Orleans Montpensier, Antoine Phillipe, (1775-1807), Duc De Montpensier
- Douglas, Alexander Stuart, (b 1921), physician, scientist and haematologist
- Drummond, James, (1648-1716), 4th Earl and 1st Titular Duke of Perth
- Drummond, James Andrew John Laurence Charles, (1767-1851), 8th Viscount Strathallan
- Drummond, Sir James Robert, (1812-1895), Knight, Admiral
- Duff, James, (1729-1809), 2nd Earl Fife
- Duff, James, (1776-1857), 4th Earl Fife, Major General
- Duff, William, (1696-1763), 1st Earl Fife
- Dunbar, James, (d 1798), university teacher and writer on moral philosophy
- Duncan, Isabel, (fl 1878-1893), wife of merchant captain
- Duncan, James Bruce, (1848-1917), folksong collector and minister of the United Free Church of Scotland
- Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Dundas, Robert, (1758-1819) Lord Arniston, Scottish Judge
- Dunnett, George Mackenzie, (b 1928), Zoologist
- Eeles, Francis Carolus, (1876-1954), liturgical scholar and historian
- Elphinstone, George Keith, (1746-1823), 1st Viscount Keith, Admiral
- Erskine, John, (1675-1732), 6th Earl of Mar
- Esslemont, Mary, (1891-1984), physician
- Falconer, Sir David, (1640-1686), Knight, Lord President of Session
- Farquhar, Sir Arthur, (1772-1843), Knight, Admiral
- Ferguson, Alexander Stewart, (1883-1958), Professor of Philosophy
- Fisher, James, (1697-1775), Secession minister
- Forbes, Sir Charles , (fl1910-1920), of Newe
- Forbes, Richard Walter, (1762-1835), traveller Rolvenden, Kent
- Forbes, Sir William, (1739-1806), 6th Baronet, banker and author
- Fowler, Andrew, (1894-1971), physician and surgeon
- Fox, Henry Edward, (1755-1811), General colonial governor
- Francis, Sir Philip, (1740-1818), Knight, politician
- Fraser, Alexander George, (1785-1853), 16th Baron Saltoun, General
- Fraser, Alexander Mackenzie, (1758-1809), Lieutenant General
- Fraser, Charles Mackenzie, (1792-1871), Colonel
- Fraser, Edward, (fl 1802-1807), officer in the East India Company's Madras European Regiment
- Fraser, James, (1634-1709), theologian
- Fraser, John, (1882-1945), Celtic scholar
- Fraser, Olive, (1909-1977), writer and poet
- Fraser, William, (1752-1789), numismatist
- Garden, Elizabeth Anne (Betty), (1918-1963), ornithologist
- Garton, George Alan, (1922-2010), biochemist
- Gillespie, Thomas, (1708-1774), Church of Scotland minister
- Glennie, John, (1806-1864), Scottish travel diarist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Glennie, Margaret, (c1800-1845), Scottish travel diarist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Godsman, James, (1893-1972), local historian
- Gordon, Lord Adam, (1726-1801), General and MP
- Gordon, Alexander, (1743-1827), 4th Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, Charles Harold, (1908-1992), schoolteacher
- Gordon, Harry, (1893-1957), comedian
- Gordon, James, (d 1732), Minister of Foveran
- Gordon, John Campbell, (1847-1934), 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Gordon, June, (1913-2009), Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, musical conductor and conductor
- Gordon, Thomas, (1714-1797), classical scholar and antiquary
- Gordon, Thomas, (1788-1841), Major General, philhellene and historian
- Gowdie, John, (1682-1762), Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh
- Gray, Thomas, (1716-1771), poet
- Gregory, James, (1753-1821), physician
- Greig, Gavin, (1856-1914), folk song collector and teacher
- Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford, (1866-1960), Knight, Professor of English Literature, Edinburgh University
- Grieve, Christopher Murray, (1892-1978), poet
- Grosart, Alexander Balloch, (1827-1899), author and editor
- Grubb, William, (1907-2002), fiddle music collector
- Hall, Samuel Carter, (1800-1889), author and editor
- Hamilton, Daisy Margaret Camilla, (1872-1942), natural historian
- Hamilton, Gilbert Frewin, (1913-1974), anatomist
- Hamilton, Henry, (1896-1964), economic historian
- Hamilton-Gordon, George, (1784-1860), 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman
- Hargreaves, John Desmond, (1924-2015), historian
- Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, (1865-1922), Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper proprietor
- Harvey, Alexander, (1811-1889), physician
- Hay, Alice Ivy, (d 1982), author and Hebrew scholar
- Hay, Malcolm Vivian, (1881-1962), soldier, historian and author
- Henderson, John Alexander, (d 1928), antiquary
- Henley, John, (1692-1756), theologian and preacher
- Hope, John, (1725-1786), botanist and physician
- Hume, Joseph, (1777-1855), politician
- Hunter, William, (1812-1903), advocate and factor to Aberdeen University
- Hutchieson, James Cruickshank, (1847-1930), poet Scotland;Bournemouth, Hampshire
- Hutchison, Arthur Gilbertson , (fl1910-1949), geologist
- Hutchison, James McDonald Strachan, (1940-2018), physicist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire;Alyth, Perthshire;Bradford, Yorkshire;St Andrews, Fife
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard, (1894-1963), novelist and critic Surrey
- Jack, Adolphus Alfred, (1868-1946), Professor of English Literature Aberdeen University
- Jenkinson, Sir Charles Hilary, (1882-1961), Knight, archivist
- Jerdan, William, (1782-1869), journalist
- Johnstone, James Fowler Kellas, (1846-1928), bibliophile
- Jolly, Alexander, (1756-1838), Bishop of Moray
- Keith, Alexander, (1895-1973), journalist, author, farmer, broadcaster and historian
- Keith, George, (d 1694), 7th Earl Marischal
- Keith, George, (1693-1778), 9th Earl Marischal
- Keith, George Skene, (1752-1823), Church of Scotland minister, writer on agriculture
- Keith, James Francis Edward, (1696-1758), Marshal Keith
- Keith, John, (d 1714), 1st Earl of Kintore
- Keith-Falconer, Algernon Hawkins Thomond, (1852-1930), 9th Earl of Kintore
- Keith-Falconer, Anthony Adrian, (d1804), 5th Earl of Kintore
- Kilgour, Alexander, (d 1874), physician
- King, James, (? 1589-1652), 1st Baron Eythin, Lieutenant General
- King, William, (1650-1729), Archbishop of Dublin
- Knight, Margaret Kennedy, (1903-1983), psychologist and humanist Herefordshire;London;Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Knight, William, (1786-1844), natural philosopher
- Kosterlitz, Hans Walter, (1903-1996), pharmacologist
- Laing, David, (1793-1878), antiquary
- Laird, John, (1887-1946), philosopher
- Lauder, Sir John, (1646-1722), Knight, Lord Fountainhall. Scottish judge, politician and diarist
- Laws, Robert, (1851-1934), missionary
- Lawson, George, (1749-1820), theologian
- Layard, Sir Austen Henry, (1817-1894), Knight, politician, diplomat and archaeologist
- Leatham, James, (1865-1945), editor and publisher
- Leslie, Alexander, (1826-1893), Episcopalian clergyman
- Leslie, James, (1786-1873), Montreal merchant and politician
- Lewis, David, (1916-1995), Presbyterian minister and translator
- Lillie, John Adam, (1884-1983), Sheriff of Fife and Kinross
- Lindsay, John Maurice, (1918-1990), writer and broadcaster
- Lockhart, Robert Douglas, (1894-1987), anatomist
- Lorimer, Sir Robert Stodart, (1864-1929), Knight, architect
- Low, Alexander, (1868-1950), anatomist
- Lubbock, David Miles, (1911-1982), businessman
- Macartney, William Macleod, (1912-1999), Church of Scotland minister
- MacDonald, George, (1824-1905), novelist and poet
- MacDonald, James Ramsay, (1866-1937), statesman
- Macdonald, John, (1869-1939), philologist and physician
- Macfarlane, Leslie John, (b 1924), scholar
- MacGillivray, James Pittendrigh, (1856-1938), sculptor
- MacGillivray, William, (1796-1852), naturalist
- Machen, Arthur Llewelyn Jones, (1863-1947), novelist and essayist
- Mackay, Charles, (1812-1889), poet and journalist
- Mackay, Mona Elspeth, (1908-2003), school teacher and novelist
- Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, (1891-1955), historian and literary critic
- Mackie, Maitland, (1884-1975), farmer and Chairman of the Board of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture
- Mackintosh, Sir James, (1765-1832), Knight, philosopher and MP
- MacLachlan, Ewen, (1775-1822), Gaelic Poet and Scholar
- MacLaurin, Colin, (1698-1746), mathematician
- Maclean, Colin, (1925-2013), journalist and publisher
- Macrae, Farquhar Baliol, (fl 1925-1966), colonial administrator
- Maidment, James, (1793-1879), antiquary
- Mallard, John R, (b 1927), professor of medical physics
- Mare, Walter John de la, (1873-1956), author and poet
- McHardy, Rev William Duff, (1911-2000), Hebrew scholar, Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Oxford Cullen, Banffshire;Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Oxford, Oxfordshire;London
- McKellar, Kenneth, (1927-2010), singer
- McKilligan, Alexander, (1855-1946), journalist and photographer
- McLennan, George Stewart, (1883-1929), piper
- Melvin, James, (1795-1853), schoolmaster
- Mercer, James, (1734-1804), soldier poet
- Millar, John, (1735-1801), jurist
- Minto, William, (1845-1893), professor of Logic and English
- Mitchell, Henry B. , (fl1902-1908), solicitor and author
- Mitchell, James Leslie, (1901-1935), novelist as Lewis Grassic Gibbon
- Mitchell, William, (1670-1727), Church of Scotland minister
- Moir, James, (1812-1887), merchant in Portsoy
- Montagu, Elizabeth, (1720-1800), author
- Moore, Sir John, (1761-1809), Knight, Lieutenant General
- Morgan, Diane , (fl2010), author and local historian
- Morrice, Ken, (1924-2002), psychiatrist and poet
- Mortimer, Gordon, (1923-1995), Church of Scotland minister
- Murray, Charles, (1864-1941), Director of Works South Africa
- Murray, John, (1755-1830), 4th Duke of Atholl
- Napier, Richard, (1787-1868), barrister
- Nicholson, Edward Max, (1904-2003), ornithologist and environmentalist
- Nicol, James, (1810-1879), geologist
- Nicoll, Sir William Robertson, (1851-1923), Knight, journalist
- Noble, Sir Thomas Alexander Fraser, (1918-2003), Knight, colonial administrator, economist and Principal of Aberdeen University
- Noltie, Henry Robert, (fl1909-1949), student, Aberdeen University
- Ogilvie-Forbes, Sir George Arthur, (1891-1954), Knight, diplomat
- Ogston, Sir Alexander, (1844-1929), Knight, surgeon and bacteriologist
- Paget, Sir Arthur, (1771-1840), Knight Diplomat
- Paton, James, (d 1973), meteorologist
- Pearce, Brian, (1915-2008), historian and translator
- Pennant, Thomas, (1726-1798), naturalist, traveller and topographer
- Pennington, Thomas Hugh, (b 1938), bacteriologist
- Penny, William, (1809-1892), sea captain and Arctic explorer
- Pery, William Hale John Charles, (1840-1896), 3rd Earl of Limerick
- Physick, Edward Harold, (1878-1972), Author
- Powys, Theodore Francis, (1875-1953), author
- Raeburn, John Ross, (1912-2006), agricultural economist
- Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, (1781-1826), Knight, colonial governor
- Ree, Stephen, (1852-1918), Church of Scotland minister antiquarian and genealogist
- Reid, Thomas, (1710-1796), natural and moral philosopher
- Richardson, Andrew, (d1790), Church of Scotland minister
- Riddell, John, (1785-1862), peerage lawyer and genealogist
- Roberts, Cecil Edric Mornington, (1892-1976), author and journalist
- Robertson, James, (d1732), minister of Leuchars
- Robertson, Joseph, (1810-1866), historian
- Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis, (1834-1897), Knight, colonial governor
- Rose, Richard, (b 1933), Director, Centre for the Study of Public Policy, Aberdeen
- Ross, Alexander, (1591-1654), Royal Chaplain and author
- Row, John, (? 1598-? 1672), Presbyterian Minister, Principal of King's College, Aberdeen
- Russell, James George Ferguson, (1836-1887), diplomat
- Scott, Hercules, (d 1860), Professor of Moral Philosophy, Aberdeen University
- Scott, Robert Eden, (1770-1811), philosopher
- Scougal, Henry, (1650-1678), Professor of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen
- Seton, Alexander, (1814-1852), Lieutenant Colonel
- Seton, Sir William, (d1744), 2nd Baronet of Pitmedden Member of Scottish Parliament
- Shand, William, (1776-1845), Jamaica plantation owner
- Shennan, Theodore , (fl1900-1950), Professor of Pathology, University of Aberdeen
- Shepherd, Nan, (1893-1981), author
- Shire, Helena Mary Mennie, (1912-1991), literary scholar
- Shirras, George Findlay, (1885-1955), economist
- Sim, George, (1835-1908), naturalist
- Simpson, Grant Gray, (b 1930), historian
- Simpson, William Douglas, (1896-1968), Aberdeen University Librarian, historian and archaeologist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Skene, David, (1731-1770), physician and botanist
- Skene, James, (1775-1864), artist and antiquary
- Skinner, James Scott, (1843-1927), composer
- Skinner, John, (1721-1807), Episcopalian minister, song writer and historian
- Slade, Harry Gordon, (fl 1971), architectural historian
- Smith, Alexander, (1696-1766), squarewright Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Smith, Annie Burnett-, (1859-1943), writer
- Smith, Garden Grant, (1860-1913), artist and editor of Golf Illustrated
- Smith, Harvey Hall, (1880-1958), banker
- Smith, Helen Jane Hall, (d 1990), family historian Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Smith, William, (1817-1891), Aberdeen city architect
- Smith, William Robertson, (1846-1894), theologian and semitic scholar
- Speirs, John, (1907-1979), lecturer and author
- Stalker, Alexander Logie, (1920-1987), pathologist
- Stewart, Dugald, (1753-1828), philosopher
- Stewart, James, (fl 1880-1900), Diplomat Colonial Administrator
- Stewart, James Stuart, (1896-1990), Theologian
- Stewart, Robert, (1769-1822), 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, statesman
- Strachan, Peter D, (fl 1957-1998), journalist
- Stuart, John, (1751-1827), classical scholar
- Taylor, Rachel Annand, (1876-1960), author and journalist
- Taylor, Roger, (b 1940), writer
- Taylor, Sir Thomas Murray, (1897-1962), Knight, lawyer and university principal
- Telford, Thomas, (1757-1834), civil engineer
- Thom, William, (1798-1848), weaver poet
- Thomson, Alexander, (1798-1868), advocate, Free Church of Scotland benefactor
- Thomson, David, (1817-1880), Professor of Natural Philosophy
- Thomson, John, (d1911), co-founder of Aberdeen University Press
- Thomson, William, (1824-1907), Baron Kelvin, physicist
- Tomlinson, George, (1801-1863), Bishop of Gibraltar
- Tough, Alistair, (b 1953), archivist
- Trail, James William Helenus, (1851-1919), Botanist
- Trail, Samuel, (1806-1887), Professor of Systematic Theology Aberdeen
- Troup, Jonathan, (fl 1786-1798), physician
- Usher, Charles Howard, (1865-1942), ophthalmologist
- Walker, William, (1840-1931), bibliophile
- Watson, Adam, (b 1930), biologist, ecologist
- Watson, W Hunter, (fl 1936-2016), athlete
- Watt, Alexander Stuart, (1892-1985), plant ecologist
- Watt, Edward W, (1877-1955) journalist and Lord Provost of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire;Inverness, Inverness-shire
- Weatherley, Paul Egerton, (1917-2001), botanist Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Webster, Sarah Barclay, (1901-1991), resident of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Wilkinson, Thomas, (1751-1836), Quaker
- Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, (1869-1959), physicist
- Wilson, Robert, (1787-1871), physician and traveller
- Woodman-Smith, William John, (1858-1914), solicitor
- Wyllie, James McLeod, (1907-1971), classical scholar and lexicographer
- Yaron, Reuven, (b 1924), legal scholar
- Yonge, Sir George, (1731-1812), 5th Baronet, politician and colonial governor
- Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, (1913-1973), poet and playwright
- Yule, Sir Henry, (1820-1889), Knight, geographer and Indian administrator
- Yule, Robert, (1817-1857), soldier
- Zulueta, Francis de, (1878-1958), legal historian
Diaries (6)
- Brooke, G, (1931-1959)
- Carson, William E, (1897-1897) Scotland
- Clark, Peter Moir, (fl 1868), travel diarist Shetland
- Dalgarno, James, (fl 1838-1839), student Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Duncan, Isobel, (fl 1878-1893), travel diarist
- Moore, Adam G N, (1955-1964), Student Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Families (88)
- Anderson family of Candacraig Candacraig, Aberdeenshire
- Arbuthnot family of Nether Kinmundy Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire
- Arbuthnott family, Viscounts of Arbuthnott Arbuthnott House, Kincardineshire;Fordoun, Kincardineshire;Kinneff, Kincardineshire;Tintinhull, Somerset;Wyke Regis, Dorset
- Astor family, Barons Astor of Hever Tarland, Aberdeenshire
- Baird family of Auchmedden Auchmedden, Aberdeenshire
- Brodie family of Brodie Brodie, Moray;Auldearn, Nairnshire
- Burnett family of Elrick Elrick, Aberdeenshire
- Burnett family, baronets, of Leys Crathes, Kincardineshire
- Burton-Mackenzie family of Kilcoy Castle Kilcoy, Ross and Cromarty
- Chalmers family, publishers, of Aberdeenshire
- Crawford family of Climpy Climpy, Lanarkshire
- Dalrymple family of Tullos Tullos, Kincardineshire;Nigg, Kincardineshire
- Dingwall-Fordyce family of Brucklay Castle Brucklay Castle, Aberdeenshire
- Douglas and Davidson families of Inchmarlo Inchmarlo, Kincardineshire
- Duff family of Hatton Castle and Meldrum Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire
- Duff family, Earls Fife Montcoffer Lodge, Banffshire;Duff House, Banffshire
- Duff family, Earls Fife: Innes House Innes House, Moray
- Duff family, Earls Fife: Mar Lodge Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire
- Farquharson family of Finzean Finzean, Aberdeenshire
- Ferguson family of Kinmundy Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes family of Echt Echt, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes family, baronets, of Newe Newe, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes Irvine family of Barra Barra Castle, Aberdeenshire;Straloch, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes-Irvine family of Drum Drum, Aberdeenshire
- Forbes-Leith family of Whitehaugh Whitehaugh, Aberdeenshire
- Fraser family of Castle Fraser Castle Fraser, Aberdeenshire
- Fraser family of Culbokie Culbokie, Ross and Cromarty
- Fraser family of Inverallochy Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire
- Fraser family, Barons Saltoun: Philorth Philorth, Aberdeenshire
- Gammell family of Drumtochty and Countesswells Drumtochty, Kincardineshire;Countesswells, Aberdeenshire;Lethendy, Perthshire
- Gordon family of Abergeldie
- Gordon family of Cairness and Buthlaw Cairness, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family of Cluny Castle Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family of Craig Craig, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family of Letterfourie Letterfourie, Banffshire
- Gordon family of Newton, Culsalmond Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family of Overhall Overhall, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family of Sheilagreen Sheilagreen, Aberdeenshire
- Gordon family, Dukes of Gordon Huntly, Aberdeenshire;Glenfiddich Lodge, Banffshire;Glenlivet, Banffshire;Kinrara Lodge, Inverness-shire;Lochaber, Inverness-shire;Harmony Hall, Trinidad;Fochabers, Moray;Gordon Castle, Moray
- Gordon family, Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair: Cromar Cromar, Aberdeenshire
- Hay family of Lawfield Lawfield, Berwickshire
- Hay family of Seaton Seaton, Aberdeenshire
- Henderson family of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Henderson family of Caskieben Caskieben, Aberdeenshire
- Innes family of Cowie Cowie, Kincardineshire
- Innes family of Learney Learney, Aberdeenshire
- Innes family, baronets, of Innes Balquhain, Aberdeenshire;Crombie, Banffshire;Rothmackenzie, Banffshire;Garmouth, Moray;Innes, Moray;Orbliston, Moray;Delny, Ross and Cromarty;Huish, Devon;Langton, Yorkshire
- Johnston family, baronets, of Caskieben Caskieben, Aberdeenshire;Hilton House, Aberdeenshire;Portlethen, Kincardineshire
- Keith family, Earls Marischal and Murray family, baronets, of Ochtertyre Ochtertyre, Perthshire;Fowlis Easter, Angus
- Keith-Falconer family, Earls of Kintore Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire;Inglismaldie, Kincardineshire
- King family of Tertowie Tertowie, Aberdeenshire
- Leith family of Freefield and Glenkindie Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire
- Leith-Ross family of Arnage Arnage, Aberdeenshire
- Leslie family of Balquhain Balquhain, Aberdeenshire
- Leslie family of Berryden Berryden, Aberdeenshire
- Leslie family of Warthill Warthill, Aberdeenshire
- Lumsden family of Cushnie Cushnie, Aberdeenshire
- Mackintosh family of Mackintosh Moy, Inverness-shire
- Miller family of Glenlee Glenlee, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Milne family of Craigellie Craigellie, Aberdeenshire
- Moir family of Peterhead Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
- Moir Family of Stoneywood and Scotstown, Aberdeenshire Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Morehead family of Herbertshire Herbertshire, Stirlingshire
- Nicolson family of Glenbervie Glenbervie, Kincardineshire
- Ogilvie-Forbes family of Boyndlie Boyndlie, Aberdeenshire
- Pearson family, Viscounts Cowdray Dunecht, Aberdeenshire
- Robinson-Douglas family of Orchardton Orchardton, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Rose family of Montcoffer Montcoffer, Banffshire
- Ross de Moleyn family of Balnagown Balnagown, Ross and Cromarty
- Russell family of Aden Aden, Aberdeenshire
- Scott family of Campfield Campfield, Aberdeenshire
- Seton family of Mounie Mounie, Aberdeenshire
- Seton family, baronets, of Pitmedden Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire
- Shand family of The Burn The Burn, Kincardineshire;Fettercairn, Kincardineshire
- Silver family of Netherley Netherley, Kincardineshire
- Sinclair family, Earls of Caithness Dunbeath, Caithness-shire;Murkle, Caithness-shire;Reay, Caithness-shire;Thurso, Caithness-shire
- Sinclair-Wemyss family of Southdun Southdun, Caithness-shire
- Skene family of Rubislaw Rubislaw, Aberdeenshire
- Smith family, baronets, of Crowmallie Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire
- Stephen family of Kinmundy Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire
- Stuart family of Inchbreck and Laithers Inchbreck, Aberdeenshire
- Tayler family of Rothiemay Rothiemay, Banffshire
- Thom family of Corse of Monellie, Forgue Monellie, Aberdeenshire
- Turner family of Kinharrachie Ellon, Aberdeenshire
- Turner family of Turner Hall and Tipperty Turner Hall, Aberdeenshire
- Urquhart family of Meldrum and Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
- Wharton Duff family of Orton Orton, Moray
- Wolrige-Gordon family of Hallhead and Esslemont Esslemont, Aberdeenshire;Hallhead, Aberdeenshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (132)
- NRA 42822 Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board link to online catalogue
- NRA 22904 Aberdeen and North of Scotland Zoological Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 28721 Aberdeen and Northern Friendly Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 21662 Aberdeen Fish Curers and Merchants Association Ltd link to online catalogue
- NRA 44216 Aberdeen Fish Salesmen's Association Ltd link to online catalogue
- NRA 14566 Aberdeen Journals Ltd, newspaper publishers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19080 Aberdeen Shipmaster Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 14563 Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co link to online catalogue
- NRA 14567 Aberdeen Stock Exchange and Stock Exchange Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 30007 Aberdeen Trawl Owners & Traders, Engineering Co Ltd link to online catalogue
- NRA 28717 Aberdeen University Club, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 14143 Aberdeen University Library misc accessions
- NRA 19246 Aberdeen University Library: sermon collections
- NRA 19266 Aberdeen University Press Ltd link to online catalogue
- NRA 18294 Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers: Aberdeen district link to online catalogue
- NRA 14145 Marion E Angus, poet: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 25353 Charles Arbuthnot, diplomatist: family corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 10014 Arbuthnott family, Viscounts of Arbuthnott: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22623 Badenach-Nicolson of Glenbervie: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19254 Robert Baillie sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 22903 Euphemia Cowan Barnett, botanist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19078 Barry, Henry & Cook Ltd, engineers and ironfounders, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 14560 Patrick Bell, minister and inventor: Canadian journals link to online catalogue
- NRA 25352 Geoffrey Langdale Bickersteth, professor of English Literature: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22902 Gordon Bottomley, poet and dramatist: literary papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19255 Alexander Brodie sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 14147 Peter Buchan, ballad collector: personal and family corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 10120 Burnett family, baronets, of Leys: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19341 Burton-Mackenzie family of Kilcoy: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16092 John and Mary Byron financial corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 16085 George Chalmers, antiquary: genealogical papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22899 John Bisset Chapman, author: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22900 James Cooper, professor of church history: diaries link to online catalogue
- NRA 25350 Alexander Allan Cormack, historian: collected papers incl corresp and papers of Susan Carnegie link to online catalogue
- NRA 19081 G Cornwall & Sons, printers, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 19240 Culter Mills Paper Co Ltd, Peterculter link to online catalogue
- NRA 9757 Davidson & Garden, advocates, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 30006 Alexander Dyce Davidson, Free Church minister: lectures and sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 20687 C Davidson & Sons ltd, paper mfrs, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 16084 Stephen Demainbray, astronomer: misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16093 Alexander Deuchar, genealogist: papers rel to Grant family history link to online catalogue
- NRA 10138 Duff family of Meldram and Hatton Castle: family corresp, papers and plans
- NRA 35370 Duff family, Earls Fife: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 8397 Duff family, Earls Fife: family and misc estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 18295 Isabel Duncan (wife of William Duncan, master of barque Scotia): diaries and letters link to online catalogue
- NRA 19090 James Bruce Duncan, minister and folk song collector: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16080 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: misc corresp and papers
- NRA 41054 Forbes family, baronets, of Newe: deeds and legal papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16130 James Forbes of Seaton: household accounts and misc family papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 14557 Richard Walter Forbes of Rolvenden: travel journals, accounts and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16097 William Forbes of Monymusk: legal papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 11014 Fraser family of Castle Fraser and Inverallochy: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16106 Fraser family of Culbockie: legal and family papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 21471 Fraser family, Lords Saltoun of Abernethy: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19257 James Fraser, clergyman: homilies and sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 14149 William Fraser, numismatist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22897 Garioch and Northern Medical Association and Buchan Medical Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 19252 Thomas Gillespie sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 16102 Glasgow sermon and lecture transcripts link to online catalogue
- NRA 14562 John and Margaret Glennie: Scottish travel journals link to online catalogue
- NRA 19258 James Godsman personal papers and local history collection link to online catalogue
- NRA 20974 Gordon family of Cairness and Buthlaw: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 18763 Gordon family of Cluny Castle: estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16127 Gordon family, Dukes of Gordon: family and military papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 28723 Gordon family, Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair: Cromar estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22901 Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, professor of English: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 25357 Malcolm Vivian Hay, historian, and Alice Ivy Hay: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 14556 John MacDonald Henderson, engineer: personal and family papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19250 John Henley, preacher and lecturer: sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 16098 Highland Society of Scotland link to online catalogue
- NRA 16086 Joseph Hume, radical politician: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 16104 William Hunter, advocate: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 10175 Innes family of Cowie: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 22898 Adolphus Alfred Jack, professor of English: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 33334 Johnston family, baronets, of Caskieben: legal and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 10210 Keith-Falconer family, Earls of Kintore: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16088 William Kelly, architect, Aberdeen: misc corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 22349 King family of Tertowie: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 25649 John Laird, professor of moral philosophy: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16128 Austen Henry Layard, archaeologist: papers rel to lectures on Nineveh link to online catalogue
- NRA 18292 James Leatham, author and publisher: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 10991 Leith-Ross family of Arnage: estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 34092 Leith-Ross family of Arnage: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 24535 Leslie family of Balquhain: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 18296 George Macdonald, novelist and poet: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16126 John Macdonald, physician: Kildrummy local history collection link to online catalogue
- NRA 14558 Agnes Mure Mackenzie, writer: letters to Nan Shepherd link to online catalogue
- NRA 17509 Adam Mackie, merchant and farmer, Fyvie link to online catalogue
- NRA 16087 Sir James Mackintosh, MP: misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 25354 Farquhar Baliol Macrae, colonial administrator: papers rel to Northern Rhodesia link to online catalogue
- NRA 16105 James Clerk Maxwell, physicist: letters to PG Tait link to online catalogue
- NRA 19249 William Mitchell sermon collections link to online catalogue
- NRA 14152 Moir families of Stoneywood and Scotstown: misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 26365 Moir family of Peterhead: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19253 John Mowatt sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 28719 Edward Max Nicholson: papers rel to the International Biological Programme link to online catalogue
- NRA 18293 North Deeside Turnpike Trust link to online catalogue
- NRA 13029 Ogilvie-Forbes family of Boyndlie: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19003 Pearson family, Viscounts Cowdray: Dunecht estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16129 Captain William Penny, Aberdeen: shipping papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19091 Thomas Reid, natural and moral philosopher: family papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19251 Andrew Richardson sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 23342 Riddoch of Rothiemay Ltd, timber merchants, Elgin link to online catalogue
- NRA 19248 James Robertson, minister of Leuchars: sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 40831 Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 14559 William Runcieman of Mains of Dyce and Mains of Castleton: farm diaries link to online catalogue
- NRA 43250 Russell family of Aden: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16094 Rutherford family, Lords Rutherford: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 25648 Robert Eden Scott, philosopher: corresp and papers, incl papers of Thomas Gordon, philosopher link to online catalogue
- NRA 19256 Henry Scougal sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 25355 Seton of Mounie: family and estate papers incl papers of James Anderson, economist link to online catalogue
- NRA 43624 William Shand of The Burn: corresp and papers, mainly rel to Jamaican estates link to online catalogue
- NRA 25351 William Douglas Simpson, archaeologist and historian: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 28718 Sinclair-Wemyss family of Southdun: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16095 David Skene, physician and botanist: corresp and scientific papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 14561 William Smith, advocate: diaries link to online catalogue
- NRA 29157 Sutherland & Farquhar, fish salesmen, Findochty link to online catalogue
- NRA 25356 Henrietta Tayler, writer: MS collection rel to Duff family link to online catalogue
- NRA 14564 Rachel Annand Taylor: poems and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19918 Sir Thomas Murray Taylor, Principal of Aberdeen University: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 18291 William Thom, weaver poet: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 30005 Alexander Thomson, advocate and Free Church benefactor: travel journal and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 28720 David Thomson, professor of natural philosophy: family corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 22895 JWH Trail, botanist: family corresp and papers
- NRA 10738 Turner family of Kinharrachie: deeds and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 23315 United Patternmakers Association: Aberdeen branch link to online catalogue
- NRA 16099 William Walker, bibliophile: Scottish local history collection link to online catalogue
- NRA 42824 Paul Egerton Weatherley, botanist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 16131 James Webster, New Deer: music book link to online catalogue
- NRA 16193 Wiggins Teape Ltd, paper mfrs, Aberdeen link to online catalogue
- NRA 19247 Alexander Young sermons link to online catalogue
- NRA 22896 Sir Henry Yule: corresp and papers rel to biography of Lord Napier link to online catalogue
Accessions
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