Mike -- quoted from the site you listed: Towns and counties Online you can now access 694 directories for the period 1773 to 1911, covering 28 of Scotland's towns and counties. The number in brackets with each place name is the number of directories available. Aberdeen (88) Airdrie (1) Angus and Mearns (2) Ayrshire (32) Bute (19) Clackmannan (1) Dalkeith (8) Dumfries (1) Dundee (52) Edinburgh (128) Forfar (26) Glasgow (115) Greenock (65) Hamilton (2) Helensburgh (2) Inverness (15) Kilmarnock (3) Morayshire (5) Motherwell (1) Musselburgh (1) North-East Scotland (1) Perth (29) Peterhead (1) Portobello (3) Renfrewshire (61) Scotland (18) Stirling (12) West coast Scotland (2) On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Members of this list may find this a valuable source to find their ancestors > if they came from Ayrshire between 1845 and 1912. > > Might any member know if any other Scottish Counties have also been released > as well? > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 7:32 AM > Subject: [AYR] Post Office Directories > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Author: whiskymac17 > > Surnames: > > Classification: queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/14117/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Anyone interested in researching Ayr pre 1911 should have a look at the > > National Library of Scotland's recent release of Post Office directories > > for Ayr. These 32 volumes cover 1845 to 1912 and can be downloaded free of > > charge. The PDF versions can be searched by surname or address. Find them > > at http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > ____________________________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. > _______________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan.  Join the House of Boyd Society! >  http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers.  The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road?  Contact Kevin McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > ==================== > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post.  Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin?  Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was?  Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list?  Write the Help Desk for assistance   http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message