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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Carnegie Library: South Ayrshire Council
Local History Library
12 Main Street
Ayr
KA8 8ED
Tel: 01292 286385
Fax: 01292 611593
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Jeanette Castle
Opening hours:
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes (basic)
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
Yes
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Ayr Registry Office
5. Census returns
Carnegie Library: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Ayrshire coverage complete
1891 Ayrshire
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
1851/52 Ayrshire Directory
1883: Carrick Directory
1837: Pigot & Co. Scotland
1867: Slater. Scotland
1820-21 and 1822: Commercial directory of Scotland, Ireland and the four most northern counties of England
All held in Carnegie Library
6(b) City and Town Directories
Ayr 1845/46 onwards (not complete)
A few Kilmarnock directories 1868-1938/39
Carnegie Library
6(c) Telephone Directories
1950s onwards and one or two from beginning of the century. Carnegie Library
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
1892-1974 Ayr Burgh
1975 Kyle and Carrick District
1996 South Ayrshire
Carnegie Library
7(b) Poll Books
Valuation Rolls:
Ayr Burgh 1906-1975
Ayrshire 1899/1900 - 1941/42
Kyle and Carrick 1975 to 1996-
South Ayrshire 1996
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1988 IGI microfiche. Carnegie Library - UK and 1991 IGI UK, microfiche: Carnegie
1991 Alloway - Scotland
1991 Prestwick - Scotland
1991 Girvan - Scotland
1991 Troon (Main Resource Centre) - UK
9. Unpublished Indexes
Ayrshire Post (for South Ayrshire district only) from 1920-1950
10. Parish Registers
OPRs - Ayrshire coverage on microfilm. One or two parishes in Lanark and Dumfries
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Scottish Historical Review. Carnegie Library
Poor Law Magazine
Scottish Genealogist
Family Tree Magazine
Scottish Local History
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Scottish History Society
Bannyntyre Club
Carnegie Library
Ary Burgh Records: Sasines: Indexes 1599-1609, 1617-1634, 1635-1660
13. Other material
Ayr Advertiser 1803 to date
Ayrshire Post 1880s to date
Microform in Carnegie Library
14. Guides to Collections
Detailed guide being prepared
15. Local Record Offices
Ayrshire Archives
County Buildings
Wellington Square
Ayr
Tel:01292 612000
Email: [email protected]
Other information
Booking system in operation for microfilm/fiche reader-printers
Microfiche readers not bookable
Calendars or confirmations and inventories 1876 to 1936, 1948-1959.
Monumental inscriptions, most of Ayrshire
Carnegie Library hold the Ayr Burgh Records (BG) under charge and superintendance from the Scottish Record Office
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