Ancestry has added a new searchable version of the National Library of Scotland's Post Office Directories collection, or at least, some of it. From the site:
Scotland, Postal Directories, 1825-1910
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62491/
Source: Scottish Post Office Directories https://digital.nls.uk/91047488. Edinburgh, Scotland: National Library of Scotland.
General collection information
This collection contains postal directories from Scotland between the years 1825 and 1910. Many types of directories are available, including:
- Street directories
- Trade directories
- County directories
- Outlying district directories
Directories are most often organised alphabetically, although some may be organised by street name and house number. All records are typed in English.
Using this collection
Records in the collection may include the following information:
- Name
- Occupation
- Street Address
- Town
- Year
Records in the collection may also occasionally include the following:
- Employer Name
- Employer Address
- Occupation Title
- Names of Coworkers
Comment: This collection is also available for free at the NLS website, at https://digital.nls.uk/directories/, with more volumes available here covering publications from 1774-1911, about 700 in total. However, the volumes were originally digitised in partnership with the Internet Archive, with the exercise going well beyond 1911, and thus at the Internet Archive NLS site at https://archive.org/details/scottishdirectories you will find over 1000 volumes going up to the 1940s for many Scottish cities.
It is regrettable that Ancestry has stopped at 1910 for now, but a third party index is certainly very useful for the volumes presented here, as searching on the NLS can be a little awkward. I actually find it easier to browse through directories, rather than rely on keyword searches, and Ancestry does also provide this as an option.
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