Hi Michael, I've researched the Poor Relief records at Paisley Library and don't recall seeing any entries for Govan, but you could ask them at http://www.paisley.org.uk/attractions/library.php It's also a while since I worked on Poor Relief records at the Mitchell, but it must be worth asking them about the earliest Govan records. You're right about Govan having been part of Renfrewshire before being assimilated into Glasgow. The same happened in parts of what is now the south side of Glasgow, but it's my understanding that when they all came under Glasgow, their records were transferred too and eventually the surviving records finished up in the Mitchell. If neither Paisley or the Mitchell holds them, it's likely they've been lost a long time ago. Cheers, Ken Mathieson ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael paton" <voyager87@gmail.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Govan in 1840s (Paisley) > Hi Ken > > I understand the ones at the mitchell Library only go back to 1876. I know > that for part of it's history Govan was in Renfrew. So I wondered if > Paisley > carried the records for Govan during those years. I think they started in > 1845 keeping records. Wondering who has them. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Ken Mathieson < > ken@kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> Govan Poor Relief Records are in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, but I'm >> not >> sure if they go back as far as the 1840s. >> >> Ken Mathieson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "michael paton" <voyager87@gmail.com> >> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:21 PM >> Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] Govan in 1840s (Paisley) >> >> >> > Good Afternoon >> > >> > I would like to know if Govan parish was in Renfrew parish in the >> > 1840s. Would Paisley Library have the Poor rolls for that area at that >> > time. >> > Regards >> > Michael >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/31/10 >> 06:39:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/31/10 06:39:00

City of Glasgow Archives has them but unsure how far back. Cheers!!! Don Muirhead Port Dover, ON CA -----Original Message----- From: sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-renfrew-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Mathieson Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:09 PM To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Govan in 1840s (Paisley) Hi Michael, I've researched the Poor Relief records at Paisley Library and don't recall seeing any entries for Govan, but you could ask them at http://www.paisley.org.uk/attractions/library.php It's also a while since I worked on Poor Relief records at the Mitchell, but it must be worth asking them about the earliest Govan records. You're right about Govan having been part of Renfrewshire before being assimilated into Glasgow. The same happened in parts of what is now the south side of Glasgow, but it's my understanding that when they all came under Glasgow, their records were transferred too and eventually the surviving records finished up in the Mitchell. If neither Paisley or the Mitchell holds them, it's likely they've been lost a long time ago. Cheers, Ken Mathieson ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael paton" <voyager87@gmail.com> To: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Govan in 1840s (Paisley) > Hi Ken > > I understand the ones at the mitchell Library only go back to 1876. I know > that for part of it's history Govan was in Renfrew. So I wondered if > Paisley > carried the records for Govan during those years. I think they started in > 1845 keeping records. Wondering who has them. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Ken Mathieson < > ken@kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> Govan Poor Relief Records are in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, but I'm >> not >> sure if they go back as far as the 1840s. >> >> Ken Mathieson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "michael paton" <voyager87@gmail.com> >> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:21 PM >> Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] Govan in 1840s (Paisley) >> >> >> > Good Afternoon >> > >> > I would like to know if Govan parish was in Renfrew parish in the >> > 1840s. Would Paisley Library have the Poor rolls for that area at that >> > time. >> > Regards >> > Michael >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/31/10 >> 06:39:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/31/10 06:39:00 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message