I would appreciate some advice from the many experts on the List. In reviewing various records relating to the birth (1827) and marriage (1848) of an ancestor, I am finding different names for the location. Before I waste a lot of money on SP looking in the wrong parishes, I would like to know whether the following places were the same, or in close proximity in 1827: Campsie, Stirlingshire Kirkintillock Lanarkshire The other group, in 1848: Pollokshaws Eastwood Parish (was/is Pollokshaws in Lanark, Renfrew, or other? I have found Eastwood described as both Lanark and Renfrew) Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada

Subject: [Lanark] Campsie, Kirkintillock, Pollokshaws, Eastwood Since Scotland went through a whole regional change for administration purposes what was is no more. CAMPSIE, Stirlingshire (has always been in Stirlingshire so far as I know.) (Campsie is a hilly district in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is noted for the beauty of Campsie Glen and the grandeur of the "mountains" aka hills! known as the Campsie Fells. My e-mail address is campsiehills as this area was just a few miles from where I lived in Glasgow, Lanarkshire. It is just a "country bus run" away from where I lived., but included in Stirlingshire. KIRKINTILLOCH Kirkintilloch is also "next door" to Glasgow and when I was growing up we always thought it was on the border of Stirlingshire, but it is now under the administration of East Dunbartonshire, as is Lenzie, another community "next door" to Glasgow. In the past only "country" buses plied between those areas. No Glasgow city transport, in other words. To confuse things (for those of us from that airt), Bishopbriggs, where my brother lives, was historically part of Lanarkshire, to the north of Glasgow. Administratively it is now managed under East Dunbartonshire, much to my brother's chagrin. So: Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs and Lenzie, all to the north-east of Glasgow are under East Dunbartonshire jurisdiction, but tiny Campsie is still in Stirlingshire. They are all contiguous to each other and the "country" bus would make stops at each before we as children would dekamp to wend our way up the Campsie Fells (with a small waterfall) for our picnic. Pollokshaws was its own burgh until it became part of Glasgow's South Side, Lanarkshire. Pollokshaws has gone through much demolition of older homes, and even the demolishing of "modern" hi-rise flats which, like the Red Road Flats in north Glasgow, were considered to be a miserable experiment in rehousing people from the old tenements...so some of the streets you could be looking for could no longer be there. Eastwood Parish is now part of East Renfrewshire, I believe. Probate Records """Eastwood was under the probate jurisdiction of the Commissary Court of Glasgow until 1823, and since then has been under the Sheriff's Court of Paisley. Probate records for 1513- 1901 are indexed online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. You must register on the website but use of the index to probate records, called 'Wills & Testaments,' is free. You may then purchase a copy of the document or, if the document is before 1823, it will be on microfilm at the Family History Library. To find the microfilm numbers, search in the library catalog for the 'Place-names' of Renfrew and the subject of 'Probate records.' Then click on the link to the records of the Commissariat of Glasgow. The library also has some post-1823 probate records for Renfrew. Look in the library catalog for the 'Place-names' of Renfrew and the subjects of 'Probate Records' and 'Probate Records - Indexes.' Read more about Scotland Probate Records.""" Maisie ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would appreciate some advice from the many experts on the List. In reviewing various records relating to the birth (1827) and marriage (1848) of an ancestor, I am finding different names for the location. Before I waste a lot of money on SP looking in the wrong parishes, I would like to know whether the following places were the same, or in close proximity in 1827: Campsie, Stirlingshire Kirkintillock Lanarkshire The other group, in 1848: Pollokshaws Eastwood Parish (was/is Pollokshaws in Lanark, Renfrew, or other? I have found Eastwood described as both Lanark and Renfrew) Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ken What I would suggest is that when you have the likes of this sort of question is to try the place name in google followed by the word Genuki Which will find for example http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/STI/Campsie/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/DNB/Kirkintilloch/ (Kirkintilloch with an h on the end) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/RFW/Pollokshaws/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/RFW/Eastwood/ You will see on each page various links, one being nearby places There is a vast wealth of knowledge within Genuki and well worth a try and you will generally answer the questions you have There is also google maps but allow for County and or boundary changes as results will normally be present day Genuki will generally give information in the period we are usually interested in Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 23/09/2013 19:05, Ken wrote: > I would appreciate some advice from the many experts on the List. > > In reviewing various records relating to the birth (1827) and marriage > (1848) of an ancestor, I am finding different names for the location. > Before I waste a lot of money on SP looking in the wrong parishes, I would > like to know whether the following places were the same, or in close > proximity in 1827: > > Campsie, Stirlingshire > > Kirkintillock > > Lanarkshire > > > > The other group, in 1848: > > Pollokshaws > > Eastwood Parish > > (was/is Pollokshaws in Lanark, Renfrew, or other? I have found Eastwood > described as both Lanark and Renfrew) > > > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada