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Scotland Resources / Re: Scottish Burgesses, excluding Edinburgh
« on: Friday 23 March 18 16:00 GMT (UK) »
I have discovered that the Trades House has digitised their Burgess Roll from 1846 (just after Anderson's book ends) to 1956. These records are not the full Incorporation records as many people now join more than one Incorporation, so they only really hold the mother Incorporation of the individuals.
On looking through the records I noticed that they have the names and details of the soldiers who volunteered to fight in the Boer War, all of whom received a free Burgess ticket.
Another interesting point to note is that there are lots of females in the records. These were ladies who wished to acquire a Burgess ticket. Sadly they were not allowed to join any of the Incorporations until about 2002.
The address for the records are: https://www.tradeshousemuseum.org/trades-house-of-glasgow-books.html
The site holds lots of information about the Incorporations and also Glasgow.
On looking through the records I noticed that they have the names and details of the soldiers who volunteered to fight in the Boer War, all of whom received a free Burgess ticket.
Another interesting point to note is that there are lots of females in the records. These were ladies who wished to acquire a Burgess ticket. Sadly they were not allowed to join any of the Incorporations until about 2002.
The address for the records are: https://www.tradeshousemuseum.org/trades-house-of-glasgow-books.html
The site holds lots of information about the Incorporations and also Glasgow.