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References

This page contains website, literary and other direct references relating to the history of Blackford and its surroundings.

On the web

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/PER/Blackford/index.html

The GENUKI site contains information relating to the Cemetery, Census and Church records for Blackford along with useful links to other sources.

 

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory1337.html

The Gazetteer for Scotland site contains a historical perspective of Blackford, drawn from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885.

 

https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Blackford,_Perthshire,_Scotland

The Familysearch.org site contains a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Blackford, including the Statistical Accounts, Census, Church, Civil Registration and Probate Records.

 

blog.htmlhttp://caledonianconnectionsgenealogy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/caledonian-genealogy-connections-blog.html

The Caledonian Connections site contains a transcript of the 1832 Electoral Roll for the Parish of Blackford

Literary References

Views of Auchterarder and District - Robert R Eason

Auchterarder in old Picture Postcards - Joan Macintosh

The Scottish Central Railway - Peter Marshall

Counties of Perth and Linross - Parish of Blackford - D S Stewart - August 1950, revised 1963

Old Auchterarder, Blackford and Braco - Alex F Young

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