REGISTERS.

ORKNEY.

-	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Birsay	1631	1631	-
Cross and Burness	1711	1711	-
Deerness	1753	1753	-
Evie	1725	1725	-
Evie and Rendall	1802	1802	1816
Firth and Stenness	1732	1732	1746
Harray	1784	-	-
Holme and Paplay	1654	1654	-
Hoy and Graemsay	1799	1799	-
Kirkwall and St.Ola	1657	1657	-
Orphir	1711	17118	1817
Rousay and Eagleshay	1733	1733	-
St.Andrews	1657	1657	-
Sandwick	1728	1727	-
Shapinsay	1632	1632	1793
South Ronaldsay and Burray	1749	1704	-
Stromness	1695	1695	1763
Stronsay	1743	1801	1801
Westray	1733	1784	-

Eday and Lady made no return,.

SHETLAND

-	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Delting	1751	1751	-
Fetlar and Northyell	1754	-	-
Lerwick	1704	-	-
Sandsting and Aithsting	1733	-	-
Unst	1776	-	-
Yell	1723	1800	1740
Dunrossness	1746	1746	-

Delting, Nesting, and Northmaving, are not made clear.
No returns made from Bressay, Burra and Quarff; Tingwall, Whiteness, and Weesdale; or Walls.

CAITHNESS.

-	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Bower	-	-	-
Canisbay	1651	1706	-
Dunnett	-	-	-
Halkirk	1790	-	-
Latheron	1740	1755	-
Olrig	1700	-	-
Reay	1745	-	-
Thurso	1648	-	-
Watten	1701	1714	-
Wick	1701	1703	-

*Turnbull's Parochial Registers of Scotland, 1849.

REGISTERS.

PARTICULAR REGISTER OF SASINES
CAITHNESS
I (1) 1646-1674 (2) 1658-1661 II 1675-1869.

ORKNEY AND SHETLAND
I. (1) Orkney 1617-1626, and 1634-1656. (2) Shetland 1623-1672
II (1) Orkney and Shetland combined, 1661-1752
(2) Orkney 1753-1869, gap from 21st November 1765 to 1st September, 1767
(3) Shetland, 1744-1869

GENERAL REGISTER OF SASINES
1869, Orkney, Shetland, and Caithness

TESTAMENTS
Caithness 1661; Orkney and Shetland 16ll, and deeds 1644.

Retours, or Inquisltiones post mortem commence in 1545 and continue to the present day. They are equivalent to service of heir to property of a deceased landowner.