*** LINKS to Lanarkshire Resources ***

[MonicaL]

Some links for Lanarkshire resources to aid research:

To help find things more quickly, resources have been grouped in categories.  The links here have been compiled from topics submitted by RootsChatters. Thanks to everyone who has contributed   

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Archives

• North Lanarkshire Council Archives has moved, see new link - http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=15875
• South Lanarkshire Council Archives - www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/427/libraries_and_archives
• The Mitchell Library - www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/Pages/home.aspx The Strathclyde Area Genealogy Centre and the City Archives are also housed at the Mitchell Library.
• Fascinating films of what is available at the Mitchell Library for family research - great to view if you are planning a visit. Have a look at this post www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,522720.0.html which includes the links to the six part series of films.
• Glasgow Archdiocese (Roman Catholic) Archives - www.rcag.org.uk/history_intro.htm
• Glasgow University Library and Archives - www.gla.ac.uk/about/librariesmuseumsandarchives/

Burials and Monumental Inscriptions

See Reply No.2 below*

Census

• Freecen https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl has now excellent coverage of the earlier censuses. 100% coverage of the 1841 and 1851 census (check here for updates www.freecen.org.uk/statistics.html). These are transcripts compiled by volunteers.                             
• Original images for the 1841 - 1911 censuses are only available from the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• Researchers often look to what may be available before the start of the censuses as we know them, from 1841. This provides an excellent summary of what is available across the whole of Scotland and locations of archive documents or material - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Scottish_Population_Listings_Pre1841.pdf
  https://pdf4pro.com/cdn/scottish-censuses-population-listings-amp-44b1d.pdf - link amended Oct 2022

Family History and Heritage Groups

• Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society - www.gwsfhs.org.uk
• Lanarkshire Family History Society - www.lanarkshirefhs.org.uk
• Pollockshaws Heritage Group - www.pollokshaws.org.uk/index.asp
• Rutherglen Heritage Group - http://rutherglenheritage.wordpress.com/about/
• Shotts History Group - www.shottshistorygroup.co.uk/ourhistory.htm
• Shotts History https://shottshistory.uk/ -October 2022 - Alternative link, although it may not cover quite the same areas
• Stonehouse Heritage Group - www.stonehouseheritage.co.uk/

History and General information

• www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/
• The Glasgow Story www.theglasgowstory.com/index.php
• The Glasgow Guide www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-tya.html Amongst other useful info, this site also includes a list on name changes to streets in Glasgow before 1940, see www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-streetschanged1.html
• The origin and history of Glasgow streets - http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/minstr/minstrindexes.html
• Searchable on-line database of the 1913-14 valuation rolls - www.theglasgowstory.com/valindex.php
• Glasgow West-end and it's Occupants 1836-1915
  Website which is indexed by Street Address - http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk
  

Images and Photograph Archives and Collections

• Virtual Mitchell, a vast collection of photographs at the Mitchell Library - www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/
• The Glasgow Digital Library - http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
• The changing face of Glasgow through photographs (particularly strong for the period of the 1960-70s) - http://urbanglasgow.co.uk/
• See also the collection of images on the Glasgow Story site www.theglasgowstory.com/index.php
• National Library of Scotland - Scottish Screen Archives - Lanarkshire http://ssa.nls.uk/search.cfm?search_mode=Browse&sid=03.01&location=26
• National Library of Scotland - Scottish Screen Archives - Glasgow http://ssa.nls.uk/search.cfm?search_mode=Browse&sid=03.01&location=18
• Collection of photos around the Glasgow area, specially the East End of Glasgow - www.glesga.ukpals.com/index.htm
• The Geograph Britain and Ireland project has a growing collection of photographs - www.geograph.org.uk
• The Annan Collection of old Glasgow photographs - www.annanphotographs.co.uk/index.html
• The George Washington Wilson Collection of Photographs - Lanarkshire www.rootschat.com/links/0o81/  Main index for the Collection for Scotland www.rootschat.com/links/0o7x/
• The Cranhill Arts Project 'Images of Glasgow' - www.glasgowfamilyalbum.com

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Maps

• Map of parishes within the county - www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-lanark.htm
• Map of Scottish counties www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
• National Library of Scotland collection - http://maps.nls.uk/towns/index.html
• 1935 Glasgow Street Plan - www.artus-familyhistory.com/source/Early%20Maps.html
• 1855 - 1873/1874 - 1900 maps of Glasgow Registration Districts - useful guide to areas/names/locations - http://www.douglasbrown.co.uk/glw55map.html and www.douglasbrown.co.uk/glw74map.html
• Great new (modern) mapping site, 'Where's the Path?' -  http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Lanarkshire Maps from 1650 to 1925 over 30 maps
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/SCO_pages/lks.htm


Mining in Lanarkshire

• Great resource for the research into Scottish mining and people - www.scottishmining.co.uk/index.html 
• The Lanarkshire Mining Industry - a history - www.sorbie.net/lanarkshire_mining_industry.htm
• Blantyre 'A blast from the past' - www.blantyrepast.com/index.html 
• The Coal Mining History Resource Centre - www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/maps/scotland/index.html
• The Scottish Mining Museum - www.scottishminingmuseum.com
• Scotland's Shale Oil Industry - www.scottishshale.co.uk/index.html

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

• Bunkle - www.bonkle.org.uk/bonkle/index.html#bonkle
• Cambusnethan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambusnethan
• Clydesbridge Steel Works History - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clydebridge/index.html
• Forth and surrounding villages - http://forthdistrict.atwebpages.com/
• Jordanhill Local History - www.wsmclean.com/
• Old Monkland - www.monklands.co.uk
• Yoker - theyokerstory.wordpress.com No longer available.

More general info here:

• Post Office Directories for the general Glasgow area - www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Glasgow New release of later directories here http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Ascottishdirectories&sort=-publicdate
• 1914-15 Glasgow area post office directory available here http://archive.org/stream/postofficean191415glas#page/10/mode/2up
• 1927 Glasgow Post Office Directory - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glasgow/index-glas.htm
• The Glasgow Police Museum - http://gphs1800.tripod.com/Directory.html  Surviving police personnel records where the successor force was Strathclyde Police are held at Glasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library.
• Historic Hospital Admissions Records Project (HHARP) includes the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow. Covering the period 1883 (when the hospital first opened) to 1903, the database offers insight into the health of the poor child, in a City like Glasgow - http://hharp.org/
• Lanarkshire War Memorials - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,604728.0.html
• Glasgow West End Addresses and their Occupants 1844-1915 - see this RC post for background www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,606290.0.html

Newspapers

• The main free Glasgow newspaper archives available currently to view on line are for the Glasgow Herald, issues range from 1800 - 1990. More issues continue to be added. The only problem is that you cannot search editions by key words, so you have to know what dates to check before starting a search. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC - simply add year for search to see what issues may be available (insert a year in 'Date' box).
• Also, Evening Times - http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C
• Check at local reference libraries to see what newspaper archives they may hold and for what period.
• The Evening Times Roll of Honour - www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/resources/evening-times-roll-honour/Pages/home.aspx 
• A guide to Scottish Newspaper Indexes by the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/collections/newspapers/indexes/index.cfm

Spare BMD certificates

• An ongoing thread on the Lanarkshire board where RootsChat members have included details of BMD certifcates that they have, in case this information is of use to another researcher. See main post here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,595915.0.html
• Also worth checking here on the Unwanted FH Documents & Artefacts www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,153.0.html
• A further, external site, The Scotland BDM Exchange www.sctbdm.com/index.php

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*Burials and Monumental Inscriptions

The Lanarkshire area has a large number of cemeteries. There is always a lot of interest on the Lanarkshire board regarding burial information and whether any monumental (gravestone) inscriptions may be available for an ancestor. This post tries to pull together the large number of posts throughout the Board and includes a link to that specific post here on RootsChat for a particular cemetery. Also included here are some external links that are available to search. Please be aware that some external sites make a charge for more detailed information and/or photographs, though basic information may be free. All information or material in this list contributed by RootsChat members is offered voluntarily and at no cost.

Lists of some of the cemeteries for Lanarkshire are available here:

• Glasgow - www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/cemeteries-gla.shtml See also  http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5157
• North Lanarkshire - www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/cemeteries-nl.shtml  See also www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7348
• South Lanarkshire - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/cemeteries-sl.shtml  See also www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/directory/16/cemeteries

• http://rdsasmemorials.herobo.com - various Lanarkshire Cemeteries(15 so far) and Churchyards(28) covered here , lists lair holders etc.
• The site also has plans for some of the Cemeteries / Churchyards here www.rdsasmemorials.herobo.com/plans/

RootsChat posts:

• Bent Cemetery Hamilton - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492693.0.html
• Bothwell Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,493799.0.html
• Cambuslang Parish Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,511423.0.html
• Cambusnethan Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,183738.0.html More detailed post on headstones here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,540945.0.html and www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,519016.0.html and www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,566572.0.html
• Cambusnethan Private Burial Ground - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,643136.0.html
• Carmichael Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,487175.0.html
• Carnwath Graveyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,386779.0.html  See also www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,600373.0.html
• Carstairs Village Churchyard & Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,471260.0.html
• Cathcart, Cathcart Old Parish and Linn Cemeteries - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,279673.0.html
• Chapelton Old Kirkyard, Glassford - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,446114.0.html also further post here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,519018.0.html 
• Crawfordjohn Death Records - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,253121.0.html
• Dalbeth Cemetery has a number of posts such as www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,352095.0.html and www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,324578.0.html and www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,495487.0.html
• Dalserf Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,514192.0.html
• Gartsherrie Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,273248.0.html
• Glassford Old Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,493430.0.html
• Globe Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,210686.0.html
• Hamilton Old Parish Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,509527.0.html
• High Blantyre Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,513721.0.html
• High Blantyre Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,493577.0.html
• Kirkhill Burial Ground Cambusnethan - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,530309.0.html
• Libberton & Quothquan Churchyard - A couple of posts here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,600319.0.html  and also here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,490399.0.html
• Old Kirkyard Stonehouse - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,445747.0.html
• Pettinain Churchyard - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,481753.0.html
• Ramshorn Cemetery Glasgow - www.happyhaggis.co.uk/lanark-ramshorn.htm
• St Brides Churchyard Douglas - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,508090.0.html
• St John's Kirkyard Symington - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,509851.0.html
• St Joseph's Cemetery Airdrie - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,489688.0.html and www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,555084.0.html
• St Kentigern's Cemetery - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,512075.0.html
• St Lukes Churchyard Carluke - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,486796.0.html
• Strathaven Cemetery (old) - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,490817.0.html
• Wellwynd Churchyard, Airdrie - www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,522589.0.html

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*Burials and Monumental Inscriptions cont/.

Published Monumental Inscriptions (free to view on-line):

• High Blantyre Cemetery - www.gravestonephotos.com/public/cemetery.php?cemetery=1205
• Maryhill Parish Church - www.maryhillparishchurch.org.uk/history/gravestone-inscriptions.pdf
• St Patrick Churchyard Motherwell - www.interment.net/data/scotland/no_lanark/stpat/index.htm
• Southern Necropolis - www.southernnecropolis.com
• Strathaven Cemetery - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barrie/

External Sites:

• www.memento-mori.co.uk
• www.findagraveinscotland.com
• www.deceasedonline.com
• Check individual local history societies' publication lists for details of booklets and CDs available to purchase directly from them.
• Although not available to view or search on-line, the Mitchell Library is a great source for cemetery information including burials and MIs where available. Also worth checking directly with the offices of the North and South Lanarkshire Archives to see what records they may hold and other main local reference libraries in the area.
  

Workhouses

• Workhouse Locations, Scottish Poorhouses, Lanarkshire. There are eleven locations included for the Lanarkshire area.

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

Old Monkland Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/OldMonkland

Cambusnethan (Omoa) Combination
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Cambusnethan

Glasgow City Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Glasgow

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

Dalziel Poorhouse Motherwell
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Dalziel

Glasgow Barony
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Barony

New Monkland Poorhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/NewMonkland

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

• A list of poor rolls, registers of poor, volumes of poor relief applications and various other records containing lists of paupers for parishes in Scotland. - www.myainfolk.com/Resources_files/Records_of_the_Scottish_Poor.pdf

   
   
 
   
New sources of information on this area are always welcomed by members   

[hamilton.reference]

Hi,

I am the Librarian in Hamilton Library, we have 4 distinct reference libraries - Hamilton Town House, East Kilbride Central, Lanark and Rutherglen. With unique collections, archives and resources. If you would like to contact each branch the details are as follows-

Who to contact
   Hamilton Town House Library, Reference Department, tel:01698 452121
   e-mail: hamilton.reference "at" library.s-lanark.org.uk

   East Kilbride Central Library, Reference Department, tel:01355 220046
   e-mail: eastkilbride.reference "at" library.s-lanark.org.uk

   Rutherglen Library, Reference Department, tel:0141 613 5380
   e-mail: rutherglen.reference "at" library.s-lanark.org.uk

   Lanark Library, Reference Department, tel:01555 661144
   e-mail: lanark.ref "at" library.s-lanark.org.uk

We have local collections, news papers, family and local history resources and many authors who research in our library donate their works. In Hamilton also house the Town Council Minutes and the Duke of Hamilton's Estate papers as well as the full run of the Hamilton Advertiser from 1856 as well as other smaller shorter run publications.

Thanks
Scott Broadfoot

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