Genealogy Resources for Ayrshire

Ayshire Maps and Directories

Ayrshire Maps 1636-1931
The above link will take you to a wonderful source of maps for Ayrshire. Also among the National Library of Scotland's greatest treasures are the earliest surviving detailed maps of Scotland, made by a Timothy Pont over 400 years ago.

Old Maps of Ayrshire Towns
Index of detailed old maps of most Ayrshire Towns around 1860. You can explore out to all sides by using the arrows at the top of the page. These maps are ideal for finding the locations of areas such as farms.

1791-99 and 1845 Statistical Accounts
Click on the Parish List tab then select Account Year followed by County and Parish required. Click on the page link in the 'reference' column when this is found.

1837 Ayrshire Directory by Pigot & Co
Background history of towns in Ayrshire. Mainly it was used as a business directory listing owners names and occupations.

Guide and Directory, Mauchline, Catrine and Sorn 1901
Taken from the original publication and covering Mauchline, Mossgiel, Failford, Barskimming, Ballochmyle, Catrine and Sorn.

Ayshire Family History Societies

Alloway & Southern Ayrshire FHS
East Ayrshire Family History Soc
Largs & North Ayrshire FH Soc
Troon & District Family History Society

Ayshire History and Genealogy Websites

Ayrshire Archives
Is a repository for the current and historic records of South Ayrshire and a base for the many activities.

Ayrshire Roots
Graham Wilson's site is well worth a visit, contains genealogy, history, surnames, parishes and more..

Ayrshire Surnames Database
Includes chat room, Ayrshire name database and poor relief records.

East Ayrshire Libraries Heritage Services
A large collection of materials relating to all aspects of Ayrshire life. The main collections are found at the Baird Institute, Cumnock and the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.

The Ayrshire Page
Rootsweb project with Family data and Ayrshire Born - Foreign Buried. Plus photographs of most of the towns of Ayrshire, links to other resources and mailing list.

Genuki: Ayrshire
Offers information on available resources for Aryshire and it's parishes.

GenWeb Project
Worth visiting has a forum board for Ayrshire, mailing list, and other links to resources.

Mauchline Village
Community website with history and photos, info on Robert Burns and more...

Maybole Home Page
Offering a wealth of information from photos, town guides, news articles and family history.

New Cumnock
One of my favorite sites for the history of New Cumnock, old parish records, photographs, post cards and history on the Covenanters.

Cumnock Living Heritage Group
Places of interest, it's people and the history of New Cumnock

Sorn Website
Covers Sorn, Muirkirk, Catrine, Mauchline, Glenbuck and Failford. With private collections, good history resources and photos.

Threetowners Home Page
For history, and resources on Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenson