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Ayrshire
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs

Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.

Updates highlighted in Red

This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.

	1820 Census 1841 Census Index 1851 Census 1861 Census 1861 Census Indexes 1881 Census Transcript & Index 1891 Census Index Court Records Directories Family History Groups Gazetteers	Maps Military Miscellaneous Monumental Inscriptions Nonconformist Records Occupational Records Parish Registers New Poor Law Probate Records Taxes
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1820 CENSUS

1820 Census of Irvine

fiche Ayr 12-13

1841 CENSUS INDEXES

The library holds a surname index for the whole of the County of Ayrshire.

1851 CENSUS
Ayrshire Parishes in the 1851 Census held in the AIGS Library
Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records and are filed in the Film cabinets under their County Abbreviation and Film Number.

Galston (507)
Barr (580)
Beith (581)

Colmonell (582)
Coylton (583)
Craigie (584)

Girvan (481)
Irvine (521)
Kilbirnie (533)

1861 CENSUS
Ayrshire Parishes in the 1861 Census held in the AIGS Library
Note that these items are microfilm of the original Census records and are filed in the Film cabinets under their Parish Numbers.

Ardrossan (576)
Auchinleck (577)
Ayr (578)
Ballantrae (579)
Barr (580)
Beith (581)
Colmonell (582)
Coylton (583)
Craigie (584)
Cumnock (608)
Cumnock (610)
Cuninghame Combination Poorhouse
Dailby (585)
Dalmellington (586)
Dalry (587)
Dalrymple (588)
Dreghorn (589)
Dundonald (590)
Dunlop (591)
Fenwick (592) film 592-595
Galston (593)
Girvan (594)
Irvine (595)

Kilbirnie (596)
Kilmarnock (597)
Kilmaurs (598)
Kilwinning (599)
Kirkmichael (600)
Kirkoswald (601)
Largs (602)
Loudoun (603)
Mauchline (604)
Maybole (605)
Monkton & Prestwick (606)
Muirkirk (607)
Ochiltree (609)
Riccarton (611)
St. Quivox/Newton on Ayr (612)
Sorn (613)
Stair (614)
Stevenston (615)
Stewarton (616)
Straiton (617)
Symington (618)
Tarbolton (619)
West Kilbride (620)

Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships
The film of 1861 Census of Merchant and Royal Navy Ships in Port covers all of Scotland. For Ayrshire, ships are listed in the following Registration Districts: - Ardrossan Old, Ayr, Dundonald, Girvan and Irvine.
These entries are all listed on film 902.

1861 CENSUS INDEXES

Index to the Marine Returns for Scotland	fiche Sct 1E
1861 Census Index of East Ayrshire covering the parishes of: - Auchinleck, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dunlop, Fenwick,Galston,, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Loudon, Mauchline, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, Sorn, Stair and Stewarton.	fiche Ayr 5D-7D
1861 Census Index of North Ayrshire covering the parishes of: - Ardrossan, Beith, Dalry, Dreghorn, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilwinning, Largs, Stevenston and West Kilbride.	fiche Ayr 8D-19D
1861 Census Index of South Ayrshire covering the parishes of: - Ayr, Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Coylton, Craigie, Dailly, Dundonald, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Monkton, St. Quivox & Newton on Ayr, Straiton, Symington and Tarbolton.	fiche Ayr 20D-31D

1881 CENSUS TRANSCRIPT & INDEX
1881 Census Index for entire County of Ayrshire in 6 sets of fiche.
(Surname Index, Birth Place Index, Census Place Index, As Enumerated, Misc. Notes, Ships, Institutions).
Also on CD (1881 British Census and Index).

1891 CENSUS INDEX
Parishes in the Ayrshire 1891 Census in the AIGS Library
The Institute has a complete set of Indexes for all parishes for the 1891 Census on fiche.

COURT RECORDS

Decisions of the Court of Session 1781-1822
Published by David Hume in 1839 this is a wonderful record of hundreds of court decisions involving people from all over Scotland.

DIRECTORIES

1820 Directory of Ayrshire Part Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Ayr 22
1825 Pigot’s Directory of Scotland	CD
1837 Directory of Ayrshire Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Ayr 23
1915 Directory of Ayrshire Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Ayr 14-15
1915 Directory of Scotland [Private Residents & Trades] Part of The Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Sct 419-425
1934 Directory of Ayrshire [Central] Part of the Nick Vine Hall Collection	fiche Ayr 16-21

FAMILY HISTORY GROUPS

Troon & District Family History Society Members Interests Directory, October 1997

fiche Ayr 1

GAZETTEERS

Francis Groome's 1896 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland [6 volumes] together with additional material and indexes.	CD
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland	CD

MAPS

The collection of Maps held in the library is in paper format, and will be found in either the Maps Stands or on top of the film cabinets in Map holders.

Civil Parishes and Counties of Scotland showing Overall Dates of Old Parochial Records Held in Edinburgh and available Worldwide on microfilm. - County of Ayrshire.

Plan of the towns & part of the parishes of Ayr, Newton upon Ayr & Saint Quivox [from the actual survey 1818, Wood, John]

Plan of the town of Kilmarnock [from the actual survey 1818, Wood, John]

Complete Set of Ordnance Survey Plans for Scotland

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