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***LINKS to Stirlingshire Resources***
« on: Thursday 05 June 03 13:09 BST (UK) »
Some links for Stirlingshire resources to aid research:

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Re: ***LINKS to Stirlingshire Resources***
« Reply #1 on: Friday 13 July 12 12:50 BST (UK) »
Census


Family History Societies


History and General information


Images and Photograph Archives and Collections

Census information Crown Copyright, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: ***LINKS to Stirlingshire Resources***
« Reply #2 on: Friday 13 July 12 14:48 BST (UK) »
Maps

When looking at maps of parishes and places in Stirlingshire over the years, it is worth noting that there have been many boundary changes over the years that may affect where you will find a parish/place in time. This link here provides a brief summary www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/gazetteer/county-stirling.htm


Genmaps Stirlingshire - 20 Maps of Stirlingshire from 1650 to 1925
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/sti.htm

Mining


Miscellaneous – a number of links by place and some more general information


More general info:

Newspapers


Workhouses

  • Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses, Lanarkshire. There are two locations included for the Stirlingshire area, Stirling and Falkirk.

Stirling Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Stirling

Falkirk Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Falkirk

Stirlingshire Poor Relief Indexes
http://www.stirlingarchives.scot/poor-relief-indexes/

Census information Crown Copyright, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk