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Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. They list information for the year they are published. | |||
In Scotland, directories first appeared in the mid-eighteenth century and continue to the present day. | |||
== Online Databases == | == Online Databases == | ||
Directories are | *[http://digital.nls.uk/directories/ Scottish Post Office Directories], index. [http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=ScotlandDownload pdf's] | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1954 Fife, Scotland, The Dunfermline Register, 1829 - 1859] ($) | |||
*[http://www.familyrelatives.com/post_search.php?area_id=5 FamilyRelatives.com], trade directories. | |||
*[http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Scotland 1825-1903]: These are available in either PDF or viewable online. (Some years are missing) | |||
*[http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=North-East_Scotland 1877:] These are available in either PDF format or viewable online. This includes: | |||
**Forfar<br> | |||
**Fife<br> | |||
**Kinross<br> | |||
**Aberdeen<br> | |||
**Banff<br> | |||
**Kincardine<br> | |||
*[http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=West_Coast_Scotland 1883-84, 1886-87]: West Coast Directory for Scotland | |||
Directories usually show; | |||
Directories usually show | *Name of a person<br> | ||
*Name of a person | *Address<br> | ||
*Address | |||
*Occupation | *Occupation | ||
They seldom show the entire population, usually including only prominent members of the community such as | *They seldom show the entire population, usually including only prominent members of the community such as <br> | ||
*Gentry<br> | *Gentry<br> | ||
*Clergy<br> | *Clergy<br> | ||
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A partial bibliography of directories is found in an appendix to: | A partial bibliography of directories is found in an appendix to: | ||
Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald. ''In Search of Scottish Ancestry''. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. (Family History Library {{FHL|209448|title-id|disp=book Ref. 941 D27ham 1984}}.) | |||
Telephone directories can help you identify all of the people in a place who have the same surname. This information can be very useful for identifying modern descendants of a family. The Family History Library has phone directories for Scotland on microfiche. The directories, however, cannot be circulated to family history centers. | |||
The | *The Family History Library has a small collection of Scottish directories. The catalog lists directories in the Place Search under: | ||
GREAT BRITAIN - DIRECTORIES | GREAT BRITAIN - DIRECTORIES | ||
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Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. They list information for the year they are published. In Scotland, directories first appeared in the mid-eighteenth century and continue to the present day.
Online Databases[edit | edit source]
- Scottish Post Office Directories, index. pdf's
- Fife, Scotland, The Dunfermline Register, 1829 - 1859 ($)
- FamilyRelatives.com, trade directories.
- 1825-1903: These are available in either PDF or viewable online. (Some years are missing)
- 1877: These are available in either PDF format or viewable online. This includes:
- Forfar
- Fife
- Kinross
- Aberdeen
- Banff
- Kincardine
- Forfar
- 1883-84, 1886-87: West Coast Directory for Scotland
Directories usually show;
- Name of a person
- Address
- Occupation
- They seldom show the entire population, usually including only prominent members of the community such as
- Gentry
- Clergy
- Merchants
- Craftsmen
People such as coal miners and crofters do not appear in directories.
Directories may cover all of Scotland, a region of Scotland, or a specific city such as Glasgow. There are also directories for specific segments of Scottish society such as burgesses, gentry, or Scottish advocates (lawyers).
A partial bibliography of directories is found in an appendix to:
Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald. In Search of Scottish Ancestry. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. (Family History Library book Ref. 941 D27ham 1984.)
Telephone directories can help you identify all of the people in a place who have the same surname. This information can be very useful for identifying modern descendants of a family. The Family History Library has phone directories for Scotland on microfiche. The directories, however, cannot be circulated to family history centers.
- The Family History Library has a small collection of Scottish directories. The catalog lists directories in the Place Search under:
GREAT BRITAIN - DIRECTORIES
SCOTLAND - DIRECTORIES
SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - DIRECTORIES
SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - DIRECTORIES
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