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1773-1911 Scottish Post Office Directories
1783-1842 Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842 - Findmypast ($)
1825-1903 website
1829-1859 Fife, Scotland, The Dunfermline Register, 1829 - 1859 ($) - can be searched by name, year, and keyword or browsed by image.
1877 1877 Directory of North Eastern Scotland. This directory covers the counties of Forfar, Fife, Kinross, Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine.
1883-1887Directory of West Coast Scotland. Directories include the years 1883-84 and 1886-87.
1914 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1914 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
FamilyRelatives.com ($) - contains trade and occupational directories that can be searched by name.

Background

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.

Understanding Directories

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 FamilySearch Library has phone directories for Scotland on microfiche. The directories, however, cannot be circulated to FamilySearch centers.

Accessing Directories

The FamilySearch Library has a small collection of Scottish directories. While many directories are only available on microfilm at the FS Library, some directories have been digitized and can be accessed on the FamilySearch Catalog. 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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-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.
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-Directories usually show the name of a person, his or her address, and occupation. They seldom show the entire population, usually including only prominent members of the community, such as gentry, clergy, merchants, and 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).
+== Online Databases ==
+*'''1773-1911''' [http://digital.nls.uk/directories/ Scottish Post Office Directories]
+*'''1783-1842''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/scotland-forfarshire-angus-dundee-trade-and-postal-directories-1783-1842 Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842] - Findmypast ($)
+*'''1825-1903''' [https://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/?place=Scotland website]
+*'''1829-1859''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1954 Fife, Scotland, The Dunfermline Register, 1829 - 1859] ($) - can be searched by name, year, and keyword or browsed by image.
+*'''1877''' [http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=North-East_Scotland 1877 Directory of North Eastern Scotland]. This directory covers the counties of Forfar, Fife, Kinross, Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine.
+*'''1883-1887'''[http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=West_Coast_Scotland Directory of West Coast Scotland]. Directories include the years 1883-84 and 1886-87.
+*'''1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-50938/thoms-directory-great-britain-ireland-1914?s=275764761 Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1914] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
+*[http://www.familyrelatives.com/post_search.php?area_id=5 FamilyRelatives.com] ($) - contains trade and occupational directories that can be searched by name.
-A partial bibliography of directories is found in an appendix to:
+== Background ==
-Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald. ''In Search of Scottish Ancestry''. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. (FHL book Ref. 941 D27ham 1984.)
+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.
-Telephone directories can help you identify the 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.
+== Understanding Directories ==
+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<br>
+*Clergy<br>
+*Merchants<br>
+*Craftsmen<br>
+People such as coal miners and crofters do not appear in directories.
-The Family History Library has a small collection of Scottish directories. The catalog lists directories in the Locality Search under:
+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).
-GREAT BRITAIN - DIRECTORIES SCOTLAND - DIRECTORIES
+A partial bibliography of directories is found in an appendix to:
-SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - DIRECTORIES
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-SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - DIRECTORIES
+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 FamilySearch Library has phone directories for Scotland on microfiche. The directories, however, cannot be circulated to FamilySearch centers.
-=== Web Sites ===
+== Accessing Directories ==
-http://www.thescottishdirectory.org/
+The FamilySearch Library has a small collection of Scottish directories. While many directories are only available on microfilm at the FS Library, some directories have been digitized and can be accessed on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]. The catalog lists directories in the Place Search under:
-http://www.scotsmart.com/
+GREAT BRITAIN - DIRECTORIES
-http://www.scotlinks.com/
+SCOTLAND - DIRECTORIES
-http://www.searchscotland.net/
+SCOTLAND, [COUNTY] - DIRECTORIES
+SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - DIRECTORIES
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