Welcome to the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives online catalogue.

We hold the records of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and their predecessor local authorities, along with those of many businesses, organisations and individuals from the North East of Scotland

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Detail from volume 2 (1408-1414) of the UNESCO-recognised Aberdeen Burgh Registers.

Robert Stevenson’s 1812 plan of improvements to Stonehaven Harbour

Aberdeen County Assessed Tax Roll for 1809/10

Photograph of Ballater from the Aberdeen Harbour Board collection, c. 1914

City Building Warrant drawing of Pittodrie pavilion, 1905

Catherine Anderson’s entry in Aberdeen City Police Register of returned convicts, 1893

Album celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Northern Cooperative Society in 1961

Kincardineshire Constabulary wanted poster from 1907

Photograph from the opening ceremony of Duthie Park, 1883

Conceptual illustration from the 1949 Granite City Comprehensive City Plan

Letterhead for the bus company James Sutherland of Peterhead, 1940

The Town House Charter Room, where the City’s records have been stored since the 1870s.

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Welcome to the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives online catalogue.

Major Collections

Introduction to the Archives