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'''Poll Tax.''' This tax was levied annually on all males except beggars and monks. The records exist between 1694 and 1699 and are housed in the Scottish Record Office. The records are arranged by county. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of these records (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=212761&disp=Poll+tax+records%2C+1694-1699+for+Ayrs++ 559527]-[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=212764&disp=Supplementary+list+of+poll+tax+records2++ 559528]).
'''Poll Tax.''' This tax was levied annually on all males except beggars and monks. The records exist between 1694 and 1699 and are housed in the Scottish Record Office. The records are arranged by county. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of these records (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=212761&disp=Poll+tax+records%2C+1694-1699+for+Ayrs++ 559527]-[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=212764&disp=Supplementary+list+of+poll+tax+records2++ 559528]).


=== Records at the Family History Library ===
=== Records at the Family History Library ===


The Family History Library has microfilmed copies of some of the original tax lists. Look in the Locality Search of the catalog under:
The Family History Library has microfilmed copies of some of the original tax lists. Look in the Locality Search of the catalog under:  


SCOTLAND - TAXATION
SCOTLAND - TAXATION  


SCOTLAND - [COUNTY] - TAXATION
SCOTLAND - [COUNTY] - TAXATION  


SCOTLAND - [COUNTY] - [PARISH] - TAXATION
SCOTLAND - [COUNTY] - [PARISH] - TAXATION  


For more information, see the following sources:
For more information, see the following sources:  


Dowell, Stephen, and A.R. Ilersic. ''A History of Taxation and Taxes in England.'' 6 vols. London: Frank Cass & Co., Ltd., 1965. (FHL 942 R4d.) These volumes give a detailed history of taxation in England and Scotland and define the relationship between the two countries in terms of tax levying and implementation.
Dowell, Stephen, and A.R. Ilersic. ''A History of Taxation and Taxes in England.'' 6 vols. London: Frank Cass & Co., Ltd., 1965. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+R4d 942 R4d].) These volumes give a detailed history of taxation in England and Scotland and define the relationship between the two countries in terms of tax levying and implementation.  


Gibson, Jeremy. ''The Hearth Tax and Other Later Stuart Tax Lists and the Oath Association Rolls.'' Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1986. (FHL book 942 R43g.) This reference gives the types of taxes, dates covered, and repository catalog numbers for surviving tax records in Scotland, England, and Wales.
Gibson, Jeremy. ''The Hearth Tax and Other Later Stuart Tax Lists and the Oath Association Rolls.'' Solihull, England: Federation of Family History Societies, 1986. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+R43g 942 R43g].) This reference gives the types of taxes, dates covered, and repository catalog numbers for surviving tax records in Scotland, England, and Wales.  


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