If some of your ancestors lived in Aberdeenshire, Scotland as my Youngs and Fyvies did, the recent addition of a 19th-century assessment roll for the town of Peterhead to Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives‘ website may interest you.
The 30-page transcribed index was originally compiled for the Police Commissioners in 1820-1821.
Entries include a dancing master, several hairdressers and a musician. The most common entry is seaman. There are also entries for local companies, including the Herring Fishing Company, the Whale Fishing Company, and Gordon Barron & Company.
The original document can be viewed at Old Aberdeen House.
As for my ancestors, I did find one Fyvie and a few Youngs on the roll, but I’m not sure they’re mine.
