Search found 280 matches
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: Statutory Records
- Topic: Mysterious death
- Replies: 9
- Views: 169
Re: Mysterious death
Was there an RCE attached to the death entry? I would thought that it would have given more information about the death circumstances There is only an entry to the Register of Corrected Entries if there is any information actually changed. (for example a sudden death occurs and the family raise the...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Industrial Schools
- Replies: 7
- Views: 544
Re: Industrial Schools
I think the two main options for that time would have been The Kibble and Thornly Park. Depending upon the name actually used in the documents Thornly park may be the best contender as its official title was "The Paisley Industrial School" while the Kibble was known as the The Kibble Reformatory (Th...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Industrial Schools
- Replies: 7
- Views: 544
Re: Industrial Schools
Hi everyone Does anyone have any information on Paisley Industrial School. According to the poor law record i have my ancestor was sent here for stealing from his mother and neighbours when he was just 9yrs old :( . He was commited there until the age of 16yrs. The information i have about industri...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: Research Sources
- Topic: Greenock Telegraph/Glasgow Express 1917
- Replies: 5
- Views: 145
Re: Greenock Telegraph/Glasgow Express 1917
Are you certain about the second newspapers title ?
If it was the "Port Glasgow Express and Observer" rather than the Glasgow Express, archives are via the same link as above
If it was the "Port Glasgow Express and Observer" rather than the Glasgow Express, archives are via the same link as above
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: Research Sources
- Topic: Greenock Telegraph/Glasgow Express 1917
- Replies: 5
- Views: 145
Re: Greenock Telegraph/Glasgow Express 1917
The Watt Library in Greenock has the Greenock telegraph Archives but they are not online and the library is currently closed. Have a look at https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage-services/watt-library/local-history/watt-library-newspaper-index they have put some informati...
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: Institutions
- Topic: Old Man's Asylum, Blackfriars, Glasgow.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2088
Re: Old Man's Asylum, Blackfriars, Glasgow.....
It was technically not an Asylum in the hospital sense of the word but a "Home" for those of decent character who had fallen on hard times Glasgow Old Man’s Friend Society records are held at the Mitchell in Glasgow. Reference: TD1429 The Hospital for Old Men at 41 Rottenrow is mentioned at https://...
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Name Change
- Replies: 10
- Views: 294
Re: Name Change
In Blacks Surnames CANDOW is listed as an old name in Scotland primarily from the Angus area with variants KENDO & KENDOW. (Tazour Candow is listed as a tenant of Wester Drumme in 1474 and he cites the existance of a Candow Park in Aberdeen in 1450. In discussing the origins of the name he believes ...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Statutory Records
- Topic: Missing marriage index
- Replies: 6
- Views: 227
Re: Missing marriage index
The Family search information claims to be from an extracted record which were previously slightly more trustworthy than submitted records (my own opinion). The url given for the link is https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYM4-9TT but this just leads you around in circles without a visit to one...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:01 pm
- Forum: Statutory Records
- Topic: Missing marriage index
- Replies: 6
- Views: 227
Re: Missing marriage index
Have you seen this one ? (male has differnt first name)
PATRICK FARRELL/ MARGARET DONIGAN
1855 Gros Ref: 685/6 128
Calton and Bonnington
PATRICK FARRELL/ MARGARET DONIGAN
1855 Gros Ref: 685/6 128
Calton and Bonnington
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:04 am
- Forum: Research Sources
- Topic: School Records
- Replies: 3
- Views: 155
Re: School Records
The Family History Section at the Mitchell Library holds a number of school records and would normally be your first stop. Unfortunately I don't know what the situation is with the current lockdown
see https://www.glasgowfamilyhistory.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
see https://www.glasgowfamilyhistory.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx