Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives is the gateway to the written history of the North East of Scotland.

We collect, preserve and make publicly available the historical records belonging to Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils

This image of a car ferry and jetty is from the Aberdeen Harbour Board Collection. Unfortunately, we don't have informat...
14/09/2026

This image of a car ferry and jetty is from the Aberdeen Harbour Board Collection. Unfortunately, we don't have information on where it was...our catalogue title and description read:

'Aberdeen Harbour Board: Photograph of car on ferry boat approaching jetty with another car and its occupants waiting'

'Car on jetty has licence XM 1571 (London registration). A group of four people are stood next to the car with their backs to photographer. Two people are visible on the ferry. On the opposite shore a large property, possibly a hotel, is visible behind a jetty. A number of cars are visible on the opposite shore.'

It is from c. 1910s. Can you work out where the location could be? 🧐

(reference AHB/11/1/5/37)

A reminder that you can access some of our earlier Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire school admission registers online via...
10/09/2026

A reminder that you can access some of our earlier Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire school admission registers online via Ancestry! You can search across all those that have been digitised and made avaialble, or browse a particular school 🧐

🔗 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62690

Ancestry is often available for free via your local library, including our Aberdeen City Libraries!
- https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Council-Services/libraries/local-studies-resources/ancestry-library-edition

More information about our school and education records is available here:

📚 https://sites.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/archives/types-of-records-and-guides/education-and-school-records

This colourful poster to save paper and salvage waste are from the WW2 papers of Inverbervie Town Council. This bundle a...
09/09/2026

This colourful poster to save paper and salvage waste are from the WW2 papers of Inverbervie Town Council. This bundle also included a 'salvage steward' memo.

(Reference AS/Kber/1/7/1/2)

A final post for National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥 This is a questionnaire filled out about the classic Marlene Dietrich film "The...
07/09/2026

A final post for National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥 This is a questionnaire filled out about the classic Marlene Dietrich film "The Blue Angel" in July 1931. The questionnaire was part of the Aberdeen Juvenile Organisations Committee's efforts to collect evidence on the type of films shown to children ahead of a Scottish conference on Cinema Film Censorship in the autumn of 1931 (reference CA/25/8/4/2)

More cinema plans from our collections for National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥 This City Building Warrant plan shows the new cinema...
07/09/2026

More cinema plans from our collections for National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥
This City Building Warrant plan shows the new cinema operating room to be installed at the Trades Hall in Belmont Street in 1923, converting the building into what would become the Belmont Cinema (reference BW/10450). It shows the line from the projector to the screen.

Today is National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥 There have been many cinemas in the north east over the years - this plan shows a propo...
07/09/2026

Today is National Cinema Day 🎬🍿🎥 There have been many cinemas in the north east over the years - this plan shows a proposed cinema on Queen Street in Peterhead in 1930 (reference AS-Aphd-5-2-221)

🌟 Thank you to everyone who has visited our Doors Open Day event today! 🌟We've had a fantastic time sharing some of our ...
05/09/2026

🌟 Thank you to everyone who has visited our Doors Open Day event today! 🌟

We've had a fantastic time sharing some of our records, the Town House Civic Rooms, and collaborating with many family history societies across Scotland. We hope you enjoyed your visit and would love to hear any feedback you have 🥰

Why not venture into Aberdeenshire for their Doors Open Day events next weekend?:

🔗 https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-building



Aberdeen Doors Open Day

Come along to our Town House site for Doors Open Day today 🎉 Our doors are open until 16:30 and we've a family and local...
05/09/2026

Come along to our Town House site for Doors Open Day today 🎉 Our doors are open until 16:30 and we've a family and local history fair in the Town and County Hall as well 🥰



Aberdeen Doors Open Day
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On display at our Doors Open Day event TODAY (Saturday 5th September) are these records related to Stonehaven Harbour 🌊T...
05/09/2026

On display at our Doors Open Day event TODAY (Saturday 5th September) are these records related to Stonehaven Harbour 🌊

They are a plan and shore dues table dating from the 1730s and 1812.

Come along to see the records in more detail - we're open today at the Town House, Broad Street, until 16:30 😍 Whilst you visit, you can also view our beautiful civic rooms and engage with the local and family history societies that are joining us for the day!



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