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East Ayrshire Library Service

IGI on fiche for the whole of Scotland
IGI on fiche for the whole of Ireland

OPRs for the whole of Ayrshire on microfilm
Index to the OPRs for the whole of Ayrshire on fiche

Ayrshire Census Returns 1841-1891 on microfilm
Index to the 1891 Ayrshire Census on fiche

Ayr Advertiser - For most periods between 1834-1971.
Cumnock Chronicle - 1901 to date
Irvine Valley News - 1955-1966
Kilmarnock Chronicle - 1854-1855
Kilmarnock Herald & Ayrshire Gazette 1882-1955
Kilmarnock Herald & West County Advertiser 1845-1848
Kilmarnock Journal 1844-1857
Kilmarnock Standard 1863 to date
Kilmarnock Weekly Post 1856-1865
Weekly Supplement & Galston Advertiser 1880-1884 & 1886-1923

There are indexes to the articles in the early years of the Weekly
Supplement & Galston Advertiser. The Dick Institute have begun the task of producing indexes to the intimations from the local newspapers beginning with the Kilmarnock Chronicle & Kilmarnock Journal which both precede official registration. Please ask the Dick Institute if you wish to use these indexes.

All the pre 1918 gravestone inscriptions in the Cumnock area have been
transcribed and every surname indexed by the plot/lair number with a map of each cemetery to locate headstones.

The following cemeteries are recorded:-

Auchinleck Churchyard, Catrine Churchyard, Catrine Cemetery, Cumnock Old >Cemetery, Cumnock New Cemetery, Dalmellington Old Graveyard, Dalmellington New Cemetery, Dalrymple Churchyard, Mauchline Churchyard, Mauchline New Cemetery, Muirkirk Churchyard, Muirkirk New Cemetery, New Cumnock Old Cemetery, New Cumnock New Cemetery, Ochiltree Cemetery, Patna Cemetery, Sorn Cemetery, Stair Churchyard

Pre 1855 gravestone inscriptions in Kilmarnock & Loudon District

The following cemeteries are recorded:-

Darvel Old Cemetery, Dunlop Churchyard, Fenwick Cemetery, Fenwick Churchyard, Galston Cemetery, Galston Churchyard, Kilmarnock Cemetery, Kilmarnock High Kirk Churchyard, Kilmarnock Laigh Kirk Churchyard, Kilmarnock St. Andrews Churchyard, Kilmaurs Churchyard, Old Loudon Kirk Churchyard, Newmilns Cemetery, Riccarton Churchyard, Riccarton Kaimshill Cemetery, Stewarton Cemetery, Stewarton Churchyard.

A complete list of all gravestones within the burial grounds of the Laigh Kirk, Stewarton (Now known as St. Columba's Parish Church)

Researchers should note that not all families erected headstones.

Kilmarnock Directories 1833-1957

We hold some rolls from the 19th century, however these are of limited use as only those eligible to vote at elections are included, they were limited by property qualification in the early period and women were excluded.

Poor Relief Registers for the parishes of New Cumnock, Muirkirk, Mauchline (includes Catrine & Sorn)

Indexes are being produced for the New Cumnock Poor Relief Registers

Taken from "Tracing Your Family Tree - Sources in East Ayrshire" by East Ayrshire Family Library Service East Arshire library service had genealogy material in two places. The Baird Institute in Cumnock and the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock.

The Ayrshire collections include archives, books, maps and photographs. The resources include county histories, church histories, biographies and books on industries and towns.

We are always grateful to receive copies of research into Ayrshire family history. We hold copies of research on file on the hope that it is of use to future enquirers.

Access to the records is free. Genealogical and local history queries £11.75. No charge is made for residents of East Ayrshire. These charges will include any information found in the Ayrshire Census 1841-1891, and the pre 1855 Old Parish Registers if applicable. There will be a separate charge for photocopies supplied from other sources.