Glasgow Records held on microfiche by the LDS

[RJ_Paton]

Recently researchers have found that some Glasgow City Council departments require a large fee to do any searches (e.g. in excess of £60 for a search at the cemeteries department). Through my local FHS I have found that the LDS microfilmed a number of the City Records and these are available from their Family History Centres.

The records appear to include
Almanacs , Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs
Biography, Business records and commerce , Business records and commerce - History
Cemeteries , Cemeteries - Inventories, registers, catalogs
Census , Census - 1841 - Indexes, Census - 1851, Census - 1851 - Indexes, Census - 1861 - Indexes
Church directories,  Church history,  Church records,  Church records - Indexes
Civil registration, Court records
Directories
Emigration and immigration
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Genealogy - Periodicals,  Sources
History,  Inventories, registers, catalogs - Indexes, Periodicals
Jewish history
Land and property
Maps
Medical records - Inventories, registers, catalogs
Migration, Internal
Military history
Minorities
Names, Geographical
Newspapers
Occupations
Officials and employees
Poorhouses, poor law, etc.
 Population
Postal and shipping guides
 Probate records
Probate records - Indexes
Public records
 Schools
Schools - History
Social life and customs
Societies
Voting registers

[RJ_Paton]

To check what records are available go to the LDS site at http://www.familysearch.org/ click on Library on the top menu and select Library Catalogue

In the search page which comes up enter Glasgow in the first box and Scotland in the second this should bring up a page of the records held each of which is a link to a breakdown of exactly which records have been recorded

For example under cemeteries Riddrie Park Cemetery the records are held for 1900 - 1995

Although there is a cost involved in ordering the records to be sent to your local Family History Centre its still a lot less than Glasgow Council ask.

[apanderson]

That's great Falkryn - I never thought of looking there - especially for burial records!

Anne