Thank you for this info Des. Your work re: the Poor Relief Records has helped so many of us and it is much appreciated. Following some of my Lanarkshire ancestors back, some lived for a time in West Lothian (Whitburn; Linlithgow). Do you have any knowledge of those poor relief records or what repository one might consult to search for them? Thanks, Brigid O'Donnell On Feb 17, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Des Garrity wrote: > HI Everyone, > I have worked on the indexing of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Poor- > relief applications over the years. I just want everyone to know > that there has been some changes very recently, and, some historical > records have been moved to the appropriate Local Authorities (this > includes any surviving Poor-relief applications, School records > etc.) The main ones are listed below: > Kirkintilloch, New Kilpatrick and Cadder are now with EAST > DUNBARTONSHIRE ARCHIVES. > > Bothwell, Cambusnethan, Dalziel, New Monkland, Old Monkland and > Shotts are now with NORTH LANARKSHIRE ARCHIVES. > > Glasgow City, Govan and Barony remain with Glasgow City Archives as > do records pertaining to South Lanarkshire (for the time being) > > I hope this will be of some assistance to anyone looking for the > records in Glasgow. > Des Garrity > > NEW 1861 Census Index on CD > www.desgarrity.co.uk/61c.html > > www.desgarrity.co.uk > > E-Mail: > weeruglonian@sky.com > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its > history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the > earlier message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com > ; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or > unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use > the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the > list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Irene O'Brien, Senior Archivist at Glasgow City Archives, gave a talk on Glasgow Poor Law records at the SAFHS Annual Conference two years ago. She told us then that Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen had all disposed of their Poor Law records many years ago, before family history research had become so popular. The Glasgow records are a marvelous resource which are well worth consulting because they give an insight into the family life of those applying for Poor Law assistance. Iain McKenzie Glasgow