Montrose Library holds a collection of books and ephemera highlighting all aspects of Montrose past and present. Many other areas of Angus are also represented.
- There is a microfilm viewer, microfiche reader and a photocopier for public use.
- Old Parish Registers (OPR’s) are available on microfilm for every parish in Angus. A detailed list of holdings is available.
- The Census for 1841 - 1891 for every Parish in Angus is available on microfilm. It is not indexed.
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) for Scotland is available in all full time libraries.
- Newspapers
- Voters' Roll
- Lists of Montrose voters can be found within the Montrose Yearbooks and in Oliver & Boyd’s Edinburgh Almanac. Angus & Mearns Supplement, which is held in Forfar Library.
- Valuation Rolls
- Angus Archives at the Angus Local Studies Centre holds Valuation Rolls for Montrose after 1902.
- Directories
- Monumental Inscriptions (M.I.’s)
- Pre-1855 Gravestones in Angus - ed. A. Mitchell
- St. Cyrus Kirkyard (Nether & Upper Kirkyards) at 80.929.5
- Maps
- The Library holds a collection of Ordnance Survey maps.
- Indexes
- Craftsmen from the Montrose Yearbooks
- Obituaries from the Montrose Yearbooks 1884 - 1899
- Original documents in Montrose Museum
- Duplicate in the Angus Archives, Montrose Library
- Photographs
Angus Archives at the Angus Local Studies Centre holds a collection of original photographs of Montrose.
Montrose Library holds the entire collection.