In order to preserve material and make it more accessible to others, small groups of our members regularly take on the task of transcribing local archives. Gravestone inscriptions from a number of Ayrshire cemeteries have also been completed, particularly those covering the parish of Dundonald. Much of this work is published. Please see our Publications page for a complete list.

We have recently returned after a number of years to the transcription of the Dreghorn Poor Relief records held in the Ayrshire Archives. A CD of this transcription is now available.

We have just completed work on the seventh volume of the AIRSHIRE NEWS which covers the period January 1851 to November 1860 (See our publications page). This is transcribed from the notes of local Troon historian, the late Walter W. Clearie who searched the local newspapers of the time and extracted items of interest, mainly concerning Troon and its surrounding area but also sometimes of national importance. Walter's notes from later years are now being transcribed and further volumes of AIRSHIRE NEWS will be published in due course.