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FAMILY NAMES
Alloway & Southern Ayrshire Family History Society
Ayrshireroots.com - surname database with over 11,000 names.
Ayrshire surnames index database - over 4,500 names from 850 subscribers
Ayrshire surnames list
East Ayrshire Family History Society
Troon@Ayrshire Family History Society
Maybole Historical Society’s Local and Family History Centre
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
LARGS & North Ayrshire Family History Society
Family History services by East Renfrewshire Council libraries.
Kyle Family Society
HERON Ayrshire Families
Marjorie JODOIN'S Homepage
GOVERNMENT SITES
East Ayrshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
North Ayrshire Council
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Ayrshire History - very good site for historical matters, but will not answer genealogical queries.
The Ayrshire Page - old postcards and various Ayrshire links.
Threetowners Homepage - general information and history site covering Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston.
19th Century Photographers in Ayrshire
Ayrshire Language - the language of the Land of Burns.
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES
Ayrshire Archives - holds the records of the former Ayr County Council and its predecessor organizations.
Local History services by East Renfrewshire Council libraries.
Familia - East Ayrshire is a directory of family history resources held in public libraries in Ayrshire, providing information about the libraries and their holdings.
Familia - North Ayrshire is a directory of family history resources held in public libraries in Ayrshire, providing information about the libraries and their holdings.
Familia - South Ayrshire is a directory of family history resources held in public libraries in Ayrshire, providing information about the libraries and their holdings.
South Ayrshire Libraries - showing locations and reference services.
South Ayrshire Libraries - genealogy resources.
South Ayrshire Libraries - local history collection
LOCAL WEBSITES
ARDROSSAN - 1837 Pigot's Directory.
ARDROSSAN - 1851 census (partial extraction).
ARDROSSAN - 1851 census (partial extract).
ARDROSSAN - 1859-1925 Poor Relief Applications.
AYR - 1881 census residents of Poor House.
BARR VILLAGE - history and general information.
BEITH - U.P. Church / Boys Brigade Hall Graveyard inscriptions.
CARRICK - monumental inscriptions.
COLMONELL - 1851 census (partial extract).
DALMELLINGTON - 1851 census (partial extract).
DALRY - St Margaret's Churchyard inscriptions.
DALRY - Trinity Church Memorial inscriptions
DALRY - Old Cemetery inscriptions. With over 1,000 monuments listed, this is a large page. Please give time for the page to load.
DALRY - 1851 census (partial extract).
DALRY - 1837 Pigot's Directory.
DALRYMPLE Parish Deaths; 1737-1787
, 1788-1819
, 1820-1854
DALRYMPLE Parish Marriages; 1699-1787
, 1788-1819
, 1820-1854
DALRYMPLE - parish family research homepage.
DALRYMPLE - churchyard cemetery inscriptions.
DREGHORN - 1851 Census (partial extract).
FENWICK - some Fenwick churchyard monumental inscriptions.
IRVINE - List of Provosts 1540-1975.
KILBRIDE - A photographic record of the marked graves at Kilbride Kirkyard accompanied by family history information gathered in connection with the names and dates on the monuments.
KIRKMICHAEL - 1851 census (partial extract).
KIRKWYND - monumental inscriptions from Kirkwynd Cemetery, Maybole (partial), 192 monuments cataloged in complete detail.
KILWINNING - registers of burials in Kilwinning Parochial Cemetery 1870-1897.
KILWINNING - 1839-1925 Poor Relief Applications.
KILWINNING - includes WWI memorial, Poor Relief applications 1839-1925 and a list of 1837 residents.
KILWINNING - Poor Relief notes.
LARGS & North Ayrshire Family History Society
LARGS and District Historical Society
LARGS - voters roll 1857.
LOUDON - CD of graveyard names available for sale.
LOUDON - 1851 census (partial extract).
MAUCHLINE - burials pre-1855.
MAUCHLINE - 1851 census (partial extract).
MAYBOLE - history homepage.
MAYBOLE - monumental inscriptions in Maybole Old Parish Kirkyard.
MAYBOLE - local & family history and general information.
MAYBOLE - councillors 1722-1828.
MAYBOLE - Stent (tax) Rolls 1816-1832.
MAYBOLE - Historical Society.
MAYBOLE - 1851 Ayrshire Directory.
NEWTON-UPON-AYR - 1851 census.
OCHILTREE - Parish Church history, monumental inscriptions & headstone index.
STAIR - Parish Church baptismal register 1862-1917.
STAIR - 1851 parish census details for all enumeration districts.
STAIR - Parish Church cemetery headstone inscriptions and baptismal register transcription.
STEVENSTON - inhabitants of Stevenston taken from the 1819 Landsborough list. Rev. Landsborough's certified lists of Male Heads of Families who were members of the Congregation and regular communicants.
STEVENSTON - inhabitants of Stevenston taken from the 1822 Landsborough list. Rev. Landsborough's certified lists of Male Heads of Families who were members of the Congregation and regular communicants.
STEVENSTON - inhabitants of Stevenston taken from the 1836 Landsborough list. Rev. Landsborough's certified lists of Male Heads of Families who were members of the Congregation and regular communicants.
STEVENSTON - inhabitants of Stevenston Parish in 1837.
STEVENSTON - poor relief notes.
STEVENSTON - monumental inscriptions Stevenston High Kirk.
STEVENSTON - 1835 Census. Rev. Landsborough's certified list of Male Heads of Families who are at the date hereof 10th August 1835 are members of the Congregation and regular communicants.
STEVENSTON - 1859-1925 Poor Relief Applications.
ST QUIVOX - 1821 census.
STRAITON - births and baptisms 1756-1815.
TROON - college register of former pupils 1934-present day.
MAPS, GAZETTEERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Ordnance Survey maps - free online maps covering the period 1860-1870.
Ayrshire maps by British History Online.
Town Plan of Ayr - surveyed 1855&
Town Plan of Girvan - surveyed 1857
Town Plan of Irvine - surveyed 1859
Town Plan of Kilmarnock - surveyed 1857-9
Town Plan of Maybole - surveyed 1856-7
MILITARY
Grave Location for Holders of the Victoria Cross in Strathclyde - which includes Ayrshire.
ARDROSSAN - WW1 Roll of Honour.
Ayrshire Roll of Honour
BEITH - WW1 and WW2 war memorial inscriptions.
KILWINNING - WW1 Memorial.
DALRY - WW1 and WW2 war memorial inscriptions.
IRVINE - WW1 war memorial inscriptions.
IRVINE - WW2 war memorial inscriptions.
KILBIRNIE - WW1 and WW2 war memorial inscriptions.
LARGS - WW1 and WWII war memorial inscriptions and details.
SALTCOATS - WW1 Roll of Honour.
STEVENSTON - World War 1 Roll of Honour.
TROON - WW2 war memorial inscription.
WEST KILBRIDE - WW1 Roll of Honour.
WHITLETTS - WW1 and WW2 war memorial inscriptions.
Glasgow & South Western Railway - names from WW1 war memorial at Ayr Station
NEWSPAPERS
Ayrshire Post
The Irvine Herald
Kilmarnock Standard
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald (Clyde and Forth Press) - No website at present.
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald - birth, death and marriage intimation database 1856-1929 (Ayrshire, Scotland). Free registration required.
OTHER BITS AND PIECES
List of Ayrshire church graveyards and cemeteries - shows websites where inscriptions can be viewed free of charge, purchased in book or CD format, and libraries where inscriptions can be found.
Ayrshire cemeteries - lists of Ayrshire cemetery names. If you find the name you're looking for, use the email link on the page and the author will send you a photo of the headstone.
Poorhouses in Scotland - Ayr, Cunninghame Combination (Irvine), Kyle Combination (Ayr) & Maybole Combination.
Ayrshire Born buried overseas
Ayrshire marraiges and deaths 1855-1895
Ayrshire Hearth Tax 1691 In 1690 The Parliament of Scotland granted a tax of 14 shillings on each hearth in Scotland in an attempt to pay back monies advanced to them by the Shires and Burghs, and to reduce the arrears of the army.
Ayrshire Roots - has censuses and other records for many towns and parishes in Ayrshire.
GENUKI's pages for Ayrshire
Pigot's
1837 Ayrshire Directory - covers most towns and settlements.
Passenger List Ayrshire to New York on the "Columbia" 1922
Ayrshire Roots contains information on towns, genealogy, surnames and a surname database.
GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy - page for Ayrshire.
Saving Graves - Ayrshire List of grave sites in Ayrshire, supports and encourages the protection, restoration and preservation of endangered Scottish cemeteries.
Burial Grounds in East Ayrshire
Cemeteries in South Ayrshire - includes information, photos and maps to local cemeteries.
Ayrshire Data from Census, OPRs & Kirk Sessions
AYR - IGI Batch Numbers.
Ayrshire Births Marriages and Deaths Database
Ayrshire data - Census, OPR and Kirk Sessions.
AyrshireRoots - graves and burial records of North Ayrshire including Arran.
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