Hi Iain, I sent a query to the Glasgow Trades House - Tailors section approx two weeks back........I thought I asked a reasonable question in a very polite manner for someone not living in Scotland (without having records at my finger tips). It was details of a particular name in my father's family I enquired about as well as what type of information was available or what details were required to find someone and did they have any historical information, member's names etc for c1850s. The blunt reply was that they needed more detail, what type of detail??.........if I had already known the details I would not have sent the query! If your ancestor was in Glasgow and plied his trade in Glasgow and you know all their details, what else is available from Trades House ? If he plied his trade outside of Glasgow it is not in their interest. At the same time I asked of two other trades of the 14...........nil reply. Hoping others receive a more informative reply if they enquire of the Trades House. Regards Jenny

Hi Jenny, I appreciate that you are in Australia, Jenny, but it might be worth phoning them to speak to someone to see what they might need and whether you can provide any of it. I have no idea of the extent of the records that Glasgow Trades House might hold, and whether they are catalogued, indexed, digitised, etc. They may only exist as the original primary sources and of course there are many organisations that do not have the staff (notably an archivist) or resources for what they see as offering a research service that might involve a lot of trawling. I have really no idea how Glasgow Trades House might fit into this scenario, but good luck with your endeavours. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Myers" <jenm@exemail.com.au> To: "Iain Hutchison" <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk>; "ruth" <rco89791@bigpond.net.au>; <dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] TRADE HOUSE OF GLASGOW > > Hi Iain, > > I sent a query to the Glasgow Trades House - Tailors section approx two > weeks back........I thought I asked a reasonable question in a very polite > manner for someone not living in Scotland (without having records at my > finger tips). > > It was details of a particular name in my father's family I enquired about > as well as what type of information was available or what details were > required to find someone and did they have any historical information, > member's names etc for c1850s. > > The blunt reply was that they needed more detail, what type of > detail??.........if I had already known the details I would not have sent > the query! > > If your ancestor was in Glasgow and plied his trade in Glasgow and you > know > all their details, what else is available from Trades House ? If he plied > his trade outside of Glasgow it is not in their interest. > > At the same time I asked of two other trades of the 14...........nil > reply. > > Hoping others receive a more informative reply if they enquire of the > Trades > House. > > Regards > Jenny > >

Thanks to Ian Anderson for his reply off list with help on my subject. Jenny