Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives recently added a transcription of the Inverbervie Cess Book to its website. Inverbervie is a small town in Aberdeenshire, south of Stonehaven.
The Cess Book records the names and occupations of those liable to pay taxes in Inverbervie between 1757 and 1765. It’s a somewhat short list of less than 100 names, but it can be a good resource for family historians.
When posting the link to the transcription on its Facebook page, the archives wrote: “It’s worth bearing in mind that spellings have been left as the way they were in the original document, so there may be some differences between what was written and what is now the standard spelling. If you’re stumped by any of the occupations listed, ScotlandsPeople’s glossary may help.
Also on the archives’ website are Assessed Tax Rolls, 1799 – 1831. The archives’ section begins here.
No sign of my Fyvie ancestors from New Machar in the archives’ online records or on DNA sites. More and more, I am leaning toward them being aliens.
Hi Gail
Stonehaven and the area around it was in Kincardineshire until around 1975. Local archives should now be in Aberdeen, but I can’t be sure of this. Inverbervie was in the parish of Bervie.
I work with the website “WeRelate” and by some fluke I wrote up Fyvie for their website earlier this morning. You might be interested in some of the research tips I gathered together for the area. New Machar is yet to come. Proceeding slowly through the 84 parishes in old Aberdeenshire alphabetically.
I’ll take a look at the website, WeRelate. Thanks!
My Murrays, Donaldsons and Rudimans are from that area. Thanks for letting me know about the site.
If you have any questions, let me know.