> By 1849 Robert and 1st wife Isabella ROBERTSON had moved to Glasgow > where they had their 6th and last child, my g. grandmother Isabella > Margaret Jane COSSAR b. 18 Nov. 1849 at Glasgow, Lks. (IOPRS Frame > 6123). However, I find the prospect of searching the 1851 Glasgow > Census a bit daunting! There are trade directories available for every year for Glasgow. If you have access to a LDS Family History Center you can order them on fiche. They are only 1 or 2 fiche for each year. I ordered them for the census year and a year or so on either side of it. This gave me an address to look my folks up in the Census. Worked like a charm Sheila I Hale

Hi Folks, The Glasgow and West of Scotland FHS have indexed much of the 1851 census. Try www.gwsfhs.org.uk for info. Stuart. Chris & Sheila Hale wrote: > > > By 1849 Robert and 1st wife Isabella ROBERTSON had moved to Glasgow > > where they had their 6th and last child, my g. grandmother Isabella > > Margaret Jane COSSAR b. 18 Nov. 1849 at Glasgow, Lks. (IOPRS Frame > > 6123). However, I find the prospect of searching the 1851 Glasgow > > Census a bit daunting! > > There are trade directories available for every year for > Glasgow. If you have access to a LDS Family History Center you > can order them on fiche. They are only 1 or 2 fiche for each > year. I ordered them for the census year and a year or so on > either side of it. This gave me an address to look my folks up > in the Census. Worked like a charm > > Sheila I Hale