Further reading for Taxation Records Scottish Record Office, 'The Guide to the National Archives of Scotland' (Edinburgh 1996) National Archives of Scotland, 'Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the National Archives of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 2003) Cecil Sinclair, 'Tracing Scottish Local History: A Guide to Local History Research in the Scottish Record Office' (Edinburgh, 1994) 'West Lothian Heath Tax 1691 with county abstracts for Scotland' (Scottish Record Society, 1982) includes useful information on the deficiencies of the hearth tax lists. 'The Hearth Tax for Ayrshire', Ayrshire Records Series Vol. 1 (Ayrshire Federation Of Historical Societies, 1998). 'Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society', vols 47-49. 'Monumental Inscriptions in North and South Perthshire' (Scottish Genealogy Society, 1974-5). 'List of pollable persons within the shire of Aberdeen' (Spalding Club publications, 1844) 'Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club', 24 (1903-4) 'Edinburgh Poll Tax returns for 1694' (Scottish Record Society, 1951).