----- Original Message ----- Hi Mike and List, The complete run of the Kilmarnock Standard starts in 1863, but the Burns Centre Museum also holds 3 other Kilmarnock papers from somewhat earlier times. Currently, the British Newspaper Archives only include 2 newspapers, both from the county town Ayr. While those occasionally have news from East Ayrshire, there's not very much. In the Glasgow newspapers there are occasional items that I've found also. But, I remember seeing quite a bit of interest to me in the Kilmarnock Standard when I was at Kilmarnock in 2011, but just as I was about to photograph pages from it (after some success with other records), my cellphone failed completely. I have a much better one now that I'll use on my next trip. The 2 Ayr papers are the: • Ayr Advertiser, or, West Country Journal(260 pages) Ayrshire Express(52 pages) Hope this helps, and we can get access to the Kilmarnock Standard. More votes apparently moves it up the list to get scanned and indexed.. Jim Bundy I'm toying with the idea of another UK trip in 2016, but we'll see. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: "jbundy48" <jbundy48@comcast.net>, ayrshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2015 3:31:49 PM Subject: Re: [AYR] Kilmarnock Standard and British Newspaper Archives Thank you Jim 1) Folks lets vote for the Kilmarnock Standard being Indexed!!! The more noise the more likely we are to get it done. (Would it also be worth writing to the MP that covers Kilmarnock to get them to request it being Indexed?) 2) Jim, do you know when the Standard started? 3) Do the Glasgow Newspapers, that are Indexed cover Ayrshire events? 4) Perhaps I should have asked what is the nearest Newspaper to Kilmarnock that is Indexed? Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. -----Original Message----- From: jbundy48 via Sent: Friday, December 4, 2015 4:52 AM To: ayrshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [AYR] Kilmarnock Standard and British Newspaper Archives I've found the above resource helpful with many of my families, filling in many details of those for whom I had just basic facts. One newspaper that would be most useful for me, and I think many on the Ayrshire list, would be the Kilmarnock Standard, quite relevant to anyone researching in East Ayrshire. I've asked about adding this newspaper by contacting the British Newspaper Archive staff several times, but today I received a more helpful answer than just " we're adding newspapers all the time, and will consider this one". The following is what I received: " We're glad that you are happy with the service provided by the British Newspaper Archive. We're not able to tell you exactly when or which specific newspapers will be digitised and added to our site as that is dependent on licensing decisions but if the newspaper that you are searching for is not available online at the moment, please do keep checking back as we are adding thousands of pages every week. Alternatively, you can now use our Feedback Forum to vote for newspapers that others have suggested, or suggest one for digitisation: We're glad that you are happy with the service provided by the British Newspaper Archive. We're not able to tell you exactly when or which specific newspapers will be digitised and added to our site as that is dependent on licensing decisions but if the newspaper that you are searching for is not available online at the moment, please do keep checking back as we are adding thousands of pages every week. Alternatively, you can now use our Feedback Forum to vote for newspapers that others have suggested, or suggest one for digitisation: httpcolonslashslashhelpdashanddashadvice.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukslashforumsslash243704dashnewspapersdashwedashshoulddashadddashnext I then searched on Kilmarnock Standard and put in votes for it. I didn't have to sign in to do this either. If you're interested, let's get the votes going on it. Jim Bundy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message