Scotland, Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Valuation Roll 1874
Trace ancestors who owned or rented land in Kilmarnock with these valuation roll records from 1874. Transcripts with the most important family tree details, as well as digital copies of the original records can reveal:
Landlord's and/or tenant's names
Addresses
Description of the property
How much rent was paid
Scotland's valuation rolls recorded the people, properties and taxes for each county and burgh in the country between 1855 and 1996.
(NB: Additional valuation rolls for Scotland from 1855-1940 are available on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)
Scotland, Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Ratepayers 1838-1846
These unique records of ratepayers in Kilmarnock could reveal your Scottish ancestors' names, occupations and addresses.
Scotland, Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Voters Lists 1837-1852
We're rounding-off our exclusive Kilmarnock collection with these fascinating electoral records. A combination of the records' transcripts and digitised images of the original documents can reveal:
Names
Occupations
Addresses
Your ancestor's chosen candidate
Those who didn't vote
At the time these records were taken, the right to vote in Scotland was not universal. Only owners or tenants of residences worth more than £10 could vote, provided all of their taxes had been paid for the previous year.
Newspapers
Brand new to the site is:
* Crewe Chronicle covering the years 1874-1887 and 1889-1972
A list of papers that have had more pages added and the years covered:
* Halifax Evening Courier has been updated with editions from 1893-1896
* Midland Counties Advertiser has been updated with editions from 1854-1875, 1881, 1885, 1892-1896, 1941, 1943 and 1946
* Scarborough Gazette has been updated with editions from 1850, 1855 and 1868
* Newcastle Journal has been updated with editions from 1936-1937
* Huddersfield Daily Examiner has been updated with editions from 1874
* Torbay Express and South Devon Echo has been updated with editions from 1958-1967 and 1969-1972
* Leicester Daily Mercury has been updated with editions from 1926 and 1931
* Harrow Observer has been updated with editions from 1980
* Kensington Post has been updated with editions from 1986
* Newcastle Evening Chronicle has been updated with editions from 1893
For further details, and links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/exclusive-kilmarnock-records
Chris
You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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